After getting pregnant, my husband became infatuated with the young nurse who saved his life. To help her gain experience, he secretly arranged for her to perform my C-section without my knowledge. Halfway through the surgery, the young nurse got scared and disappeared. I suffered severe blood loss and was barely saved from death’s door by the doctor. The young nurse then claimed I had lost control during the surgery, interfering with her medical procedure and even injuring her. To appease her, my husband canceled my private room and locked me in an abandoned warehouse to “reflect on my actions.” After three days of having the entire hospital staff examine the young nurse, he finally decided to give me a chance to apologize. But when he saw me lying there lifeless, he went insane. On Valentine’s Day, my due date, Jack Sullivan left me alone at home because I refused to let Emily Parker, the woman who saved his life, participate in my delivery. He went to accompany Emily instead. At midnight, Emily added me on SnapChat. “Hey Jack’s wife, Jack’s cooking skills are amazing! I wish I could cook with him every day!” My heart suddenly tightened, unsure if she meant cooking or… something else. But then she posted on social media, with a picture of her and Jack cooking together in the kitchen. Jack had his arms wrapped tightly around her. “I got to eat a meal cooked by my crush! This is the most romantic Valentine’s Day ever.” The phone slipped from my hand as I lost my grip. My whole body felt cold, and my stomach started to hurt. Oh no, I was going into labor! I shakily picked up the phone and quickly called Jack. After the third attempt with no answer, I realized I needed to call an ambulance. The pain made me curl up involuntarily. Suddenly, my phone pinged. I forced myself to check it through the pain. Jack had finally replied. “I’ve tolerated your jealousy before, but Emily saved my life. I trust her to deliver my child, and you don’t get a say in this!” The smile that had started to form on my face froze completely. My whole body felt cold as I used my last bit of strength to like Emily’s recent social media post. The ambulance arrived, and I was rushed to the hospital. As I was about to enter the operating room, I saw Jack rushing over. I thought he had come to be with me after hearing I was in labor, but I heard him tell the doctor, “This is Emily’s first time assisting in surgery, you must guide her step by step. If anything goes wrong, I’ll hold you responsible!” At that moment, my body, which I had painfully tried to keep upright, collapsed onto the bed. Jack heard the noise and finally noticed me. He looked startled for a moment, then acted as if nothing had happened and gently held my hand. “Lily, don’t be afraid. I’ve found the best doctor in the city. You and our baby will be safe and sound.” For a moment, I had the urge to ask him if the best doctor was prepared for me or for Emily. In the end, I decided against it and just told him one last time, “I don’t want Emily to perform my surgery.” Jack’s previously gentle face instantly darkened. He coldly refused, “Now is not the time for you to be unreasonable. Get into the operating room!” I lay on the operating table as the anesthesia entered my body. Even before the incision was made, I felt like I was about to pass out from pain. In my hazy state, I noticed the hickeys on Emily’s neck, dense and disappearing into her collar. So, last night, besides having dinner with her, did he also sleep with her? My mind went blank as the cold surgical knife cut through my skin. Emily, who was handing the scalpel to the lead surgeon, seemed to notice my gaze. Her eyes above the mask raised an eyebrow at me, not hiding her smug expression. I suddenly felt incredibly bitter. The tugging sensation on my belly continued, but instead of anticipating my child’s birth, I felt hopeless about life. I closed my eyes, trying to numb myself. After a while, I heard Emily and the lead surgeon talking. She went to get some tools. I didn’t react until I heard the lead surgeon’s anxious voice. “Why hasn’t Nurse Parker returned? The patient’s condition is critical. If we don’t complete the surgery soon, she could suffer severe blood loss!”
The thread holding me together in my mind snapped. If Emily had been just an ordinary nurse, I wouldn’t have objected to her participating in my C-section. But six months ago, Jack had brought Emily home, saying she was his lifesaver. He never explained exactly what the favor was. When I discovered Jack had secretly bought Emily an apartment, I was already five months pregnant. Heaven hadn’t even left me an escape route. I could only choose to have the baby. But I had made a divorce plan. There were five months left until the baby was born. This was the deadline I gave Jack to come to his senses. But he only got worse, going on more and more business trips. Emily sent me increasingly provocative messages from her burner account, with escalating content. From gifts Jack had given her, to the “battle outfit” she wore for Jack, to photos of their entangled bodies in bed. Every time I thought about it, my morning sickness got worse. Until Jack accompanied Emily on a world tour, leaving me alone at home where I fell and almost miscarried. Jack took three connecting flights to rush back to the hospital. He held me tightly in his arms, shaking uncontrollably, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry Lily. I’ll never leave you again!” He apologized over and over, even hanging up all of Emily’s calls and deleting all her contact information. Emily hysterically messaged me from her burner account every day, while I looked at Jack’s haggard appearance and ultimately softened my heart. I thought he had finally remembered me and our daughter, and wanted to live a good life with us. I didn’t expect that he had just hidden his betrayal more covertly, letting me discover it only when I was about to give birth. “Not good, the patient is losing too much blood and about to go into shock. Quick, stop the bleeding!” The doctor’s urgent shout pulled me back from my memories. I realized that I really was losing consciousness. I don’t know if it was an auditory hallucination, but I thought I heard Jack’s voice. I forced my eyelids open and realized it really was Jack calling. His angry voice came through, “After the surgery, don’t send her to the private room. Send her to the worst ward!” My heart sank. I didn’t understand why he had suddenly gone mad. The lead surgeon looked at me worriedly and couldn’t help but tell Jack, “Nurse Parker left midway through the surgery, forcing us to stop. Your wife’s condition is very bad, she could suffer severe blood loss!” There was silence on the other end. Just when I thought the call had been disconnected, Jack’s indifferent voice came through. “Severe blood loss? She has the nerve to have severe blood loss? Emily told me everything. You’d better finish this C-section quickly. This has nothing to do with Emily!” The call ended. I didn’t know what Emily had told him, but now I just wanted to know if the baby and I could safely get off the operating table.
But my body was exhausted, and I eventually passed out. When I woke up, the bed creaked loudly at my slightest movement. The sticky smell of sweat mixed with the scent of disinfectant. The small room was filled with several beds, with barely any space between them. The smell from the nearby bathroom also reached my nose. My stomach churned, and I felt like throwing up. Then I heard a familiar surprised voice, “Jack’s wife, you’re not feeling sick because of this room, are you?” “So many people can live here! You really were raised in luxury, unlike me. If I ever have a baby, I’d be content if someone just took me to the hospital. My mom gave birth at home back then.” Emily’s fair face was full of surprise. When she mentioned childbirth, her shy gaze fell on Jack. I was about to say that nowadays everyone gives birth in hospitals, but I heard Jack snort in disdain. “Not everyone is like you. She’s always been dramatic. It’s time she tasted some hardship!” Hardship? I looked at his contemptuous eyes and suddenly felt bitter. I indeed hadn’t suffered much hardship, but I was the daughter of a prominent local businessman. Even though my parents had passed away, the inheritance they left me was enough to ensure I wouldn’t suffer any grievances. If I didn’t need to suffer, why should I seek it out? “Nurse, I want to change rooms.” I tried to raise my voice to call out to the hallway, but I had overestimated my physical condition. My weak voice didn’t summon a nurse, but it made Jack’s face turn cold. “Don’t think that just because you gave birth to my child, I’ll indulge you. Lily Johnson, you don’t deserve a good room!” This was the first time in our five years of marriage that he had called me by my full name. I heard him continue with a ridiculous reason. “You interfered with Emily’s medical procedure during the surgery, and you even dared to hit Emily. She was kind enough to perform your surgery, and this is how you repay her kindness!” His cold eyes looked at me as if I was some unforgivable criminal. I was stunned for a moment before noticing the handprint on Emily’s face. Emily quickly covered her face helplessly, her eyes welling up with tears. But she said, “Don’t blame Jack’s wife! It’s my fault for being too clumsy and not dodging in time.” By this point, she was already sobbing pitifully, looking at Jack with a piteous gaze. “Jack, it’s my fault. I’m just a junior nurse. I really wasn’t qualified to perform Jack’s wife’s surgery. I won’t make her angry again in the future.” Tears glistened on her small face, and Jack immediately raised his hand to wipe her tears, feeling heartbroken. He then turned to warn me, “Whether it was intentional or not, you hurt Emily. Apologize to her right now!” I thought that at least for the sake of our past relationship, Jack wouldn’t humiliate me too much. But I didn’t expect that right after I had given birth, when I was at my weakest, all he cared about was getting revenge for Emily. I couldn’t help but laugh bitterly. In that case, I didn’t need to keep any face either.
“If I wanted to hit her, I would have done it openly! After all, who wouldn’t feel satisfied seeing a wife confront the other woman!” As soon as I said this, they were both completely stunned, not expecting me to say it outright in front of so many people. Seeing the other patients and their families pointing and whispering about them, Emily immediately started crying pitifully. Jack quickly reacted and hugged Emily, using his body to shield her from the disapproving gazes of others. “Shut up! What nonsense are you spouting!” “Emily and I are innocent! She saved my life, shouldn’t I protect her? Don’t act like a shrew and make baseless accusations!” His cold gaze fixed on me, seemingly embarrassed and angry. As soon as the words “lifesaver” were spoken, everyone noticed the handprint on Emily’s face again. Suddenly, people began to criticize me. Seeing Emily crying helplessly in his arms while still apologizing, Jack instantly regained his confidence. “When you do something wrong, you should take responsibility. It’s just an apology, it won’t kill you. You brought this on yourself!” Seeing that I remained silent, he felt I was being unreasonable and directly grabbed my hand, forcefully dragging me out of the ward. But I wasn’t intentionally keeping quiet. My stomach had suddenly started cramping severely, and I had no strength at all. “My stomach hurts so much. Let go.” After a while, I managed to squeeze out a few words, but I had already been dragged into the corridor. Jack suddenly let go of my hand, and I collapsed powerlessly onto the ground. Hearing the heavy thud, Jack’s expression froze for a moment, his eyes flashing with disbelief. He instinctively wanted to pull me up, but before I could grab his hand, Emily spoke up. “Jack’s wife, I know someone like you who’s been pampered since childhood probably has never apologized to anyone, and it doesn’t matter to me whether you apologize or not. But you don’t need to pretend your stomach hurts to trick Jack!” Upon hearing this, Jack’s expression, which had shown a hint of guilt, instantly turned cold again. He forcefully slapped away my hand reaching out for help, “Lily Johnson, I used to think you were just spoiled by your family, but I never imagined you would be so devious as to lie!” In an angle Jack couldn’t see, I noticed Emily’s triumphant look. Since this was Jack’s hospital, and he, as my husband, said I was pretending, who in the hospital would believe me and come to treat me? The floor was ice-cold, but my heart was even colder. Jack, you finally spoke the truth. Are you tired of my spoiled behavior? But you’ve forgotten that five years ago, you would carefully pick out strawberry seeds for me one by one because I was allergic to them. You would pick out my clothes for me every day because I found it troublesome. You would drive hundreds of miles overnight just because I said I missed you. When I asked if you thought I was too spoiled, you said, “I want to spoil you to the point where you can’t live without me, so that I’m the only one in this world who can tolerate you!” But now, you’ve forgotten all of this, haven’t you? While I was lost in thought, Jack’s good friends also arrived. Since we were all in the same social circle, I knew them too. Seeing Ryan, who was at the front – he, Jack, and I were childhood friends, and he always called me “Jack’s wife” sweetly, and his family was also close to my parents – I couldn’t help but feel a glimmer of hope. I quickly waved to him. “Ryan, my stomach hurts so much. Please call a doctor!”
Under my expectant gaze, Ryan walked over in a few steps and stopped in front of me. But he looked at Emily instead, “Emily, how’s your face? Let me take a look!” His anxious gaze was fixed on Emily. Emily helplessly hid behind Jack. She shook her head repeatedly, “It’s fine, I have thick skin, it doesn’t matter.” “But Jack’s wife looks like she’s in a lot of pain. Whether it’s real or fake, shouldn’t we call a doctor for her?” Emily’s small face looked at me with concern, her understanding demeanor instantly making Jack tighten his grip on her hand protectively. As if she was his wife. “Of course it hurts, her face is all red.” Jack’s other friends also came over, looking at me with dissatisfaction. “Jack’s wife, we’ve always let you have your way for Jack’s sake, but Emily doesn’t owe you anything. How could you lose your temper at her?” “Yeah, you really need to change that attitude!” The successive agreements made my heart sink. So they all came to support Emily. Even though I had already anticipated the answer in my heart, my body still instinctively looked towards the person who once said he would indulge all my little tempers. But Jack acted as if he hadn’t heard anything, carefully placing an ice pack on Emily’s face. Perhaps because I had been staring for too long, he noticed and looked at me, curling his lip in disdain. “She really does need to change. Put her in the car for me!” I looked at him in disbelief, feeling as if I had fallen into an ice pit. The fear of the unknown made me struggle desperately, “Let me go, Jack Sullivan!” I stubbornly fixed my gaze on Jack’s face, but he didn’t even glance at me. Instead, he protected Emily as they quickly got into the car. Soon the car started, and I watched as they took me to an abandoned warehouse. My heart was overwhelmed with fear. Ignoring my aching stomach, I frantically grabbed onto a piece of Jack’s clothing. Trying to awaken his last bit of conscience, I pleaded, “What are you doing? Jack, my stomach really hurts. Take me to the hospital quickly!” I shook his hand forcefully, but he violently shook me off. “Now you know to be afraid? Where was this earlier? If you had just apologized to Emily, this would have been over. Now, heh……” He sneered and directly dragged me out of the car, “It’s too late! I won’t indulge you anymore!” I fell powerlessly to the ground, my knees scraped bloody by the gravel, but I tried to stand up as if I couldn’t feel the pain. “Jack Sullivan, are you really going to be so heartless? Don’t forget, I’m your wife, and our newborn child is still lying in the hospital!” The coldness on Jack’s face cracked, showing signs of wavering. “The child……”
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