On the day of my daughter Skylar Cooper’s sixth birthday, I was having an appendectomy in the hospital. I begged my husband, Oliver Cooper, to pick her up from school, but he refused on the grounds that he had to attend a transnational meeting. “Ms. Anderson, Skylar fell off a building at school! She…” I was so shocked that I couldn’t hear the teacher’s voice on the phone. I pulled out the IV tube in my hand and rushed to the school, but I was still too late. Skylar was on the verge of death and said, “Mom, I miss Dad. Can you ask Dad to come and see me?” She was so badly injured that her face was unrecognizable, and she was covered in blood. I held her body and cried bitterly. At this time, the campus screen was showing the news. [Oliver, the richest man in Enilota, held a press conference and announced the return of Kayla, the young lady of the Watson Group, and the two rekindled their old love.] Before Skylar died, she only longed to see her father, but he ignored us while hugging his ex-girlfriend! I was shaking all over. Finally, I dialed his phone number and said, “Oliver, is this the urgent meeting you left Skylar for?” His tone showed undisguised disgust. “Melissa, are you crazy? Skylar is safe at school, but Kayla is sick and needs me more!”
“Oliver, you bastard. Let’s get a divorce!” I roared with all my remaining strength and smashed my phone. The school called an ambulance, and the medical staff arrived soon. Looking at the doctor, I pleaded like a madwoman, “Doctor, please save my daughter. She’s only six years old. She’s a child!” I couldn’t help but break down and cry. The doctor just sighed and said that the girl couldn’t be saved and asked me to accept the loss. They carried Skylar onto the stretcher. I just watched her gradually disappear from my sight, as if she had never appeared. At that moment, I rushed forward desperately, trying to snatch her body back, but I fainted due to exhaustion. When I woke up again, I was in the mortuary of the hospital. Skylar’s body had already been dealt with. I was so desperate that I couldn’t shed any tears. “I’m sorry, baby. I shouldn’t have brought you into this world.” When she was buried, her body had already been cremated into ashes. It was pouring heavily under the dim sky. I suddenly remembered the beginning of this tragedy. I met Oliver on a rainy afternoon. That year, he failed the SAT, and his family went bankrupt. He was alone on the street, drinking his sorrows away. But I knew that what made him the saddest was the betrayal of his ex-girlfriend. Because of the bankruptcy, his ex-girlfriend, Kayla Watson, completely abandoned him and chose to go abroad, pretending that she was going for further study. At that time, he was very desperate. No one knew that I had been secretly in love with him. Once, he had been like the bright moon in the sky, making me look up to him. Now that he was down and out, I just hoped that he could be happy. I quietly got close to him, hoping that he would cheer up and regain his confidence. Finally, from the age of 18 to 28, it took me a full ten years to move him and help him return to the peak of his life and revive his family business. In these ten years, I didn’t live a single day for myself. I worked hard, just wanting him to fall in love with me. Ten years later, we got married. I thought he loved me, but the reality shattered all my hopes. Oliver had always only loved Kayla, even when I was pregnant with his baby. When I gave birth to Skylar, I had a difficult labor and severe bleeding. I hoped he could take care of me, but he said coldly that I was an adult and since I chose to have a child at an advanced age, I should take responsibility for myself. It was he who said he wanted to have his own child, so I took the risk to give birth to Skylar. After we had our daughter, he never once took care of her in six years. I was used to being humble, and he enjoyed being loved. This marriage and love that spanned sixteen years was just my wishful thinking. But today was his daughter’s birthday! He refused her request without hesitation, went on a date with Kayla, and said that Skylar was safe at school. But Skylar was dead, leaving this world with the regret of wanting to see him just once! I shouted in my heart, “Oliver, you are a devil!” I hated him so much! Then, I thought, “Why should Skylar die a miserable death on a rainy night while they are acting like a loving couple in front of all the celebrities in the city?” I fell awkwardly in the rain, covered in mud. I limped forward in despair. At this moment, I just wanted to avenge my daughter.
The venue of the press conference that Oliver held for Kayla was in the busy city center. With my hair in a mess, I came to the entrance of the venue. I looked like a homeless person who didn’t fit in. The passers-by were all talking about me, but I turned a deaf ear. Skylar was dead, and I didn’t care about anything. At the press conference, Kayla and Oliver were snuggling closely together. All the media were taking pictures of them and widely publicizing their love story. I rushed forward and slapped Oliver in the face. He was stunned. When he saw it was me, he immediately roared angrily, “Melissa, are you out of your mind? Do you know where this is?” I shouted in pain, “I am crazy; that’s why I fell in love with a scumbag like you!” Oliver frowned and said unhappily, “Are you done? You inexplicably said you wanted a divorce on the phone, and now you’re causing trouble here. Do you really want to get my attention so much?” The guests and reporters at the scene didn’t expect such a thing to happen. They stopped paying attention to Kayla and turned their cameras towards me instead. Kayla was very angry, but she forced a fake smile and came over, saying, “Melissa, long time no see. I’m back in the country after all these years, and Oliver took the time to accompany me. Don’t be angry.” Her tone and her smile were as if she was saying that Oliver had always been her man, and I was nothing. “Never mind. My husband is a perfect match for you. I’m giving him to you,” I said calmly. All the reporters at the scene were shocked. For them, this was a huge piece of news. The richest man, Oliver, was actually married and having an affair during the marriage. He warned me in a low voice, “Melissa, can you have some sense of propriety on such an important occasion? Kayla is still sick. It’s not easy for her to come back to the country. Stop acting up.” Sixteen years had passed, and he was still willing to protect the woman who had abandoned him in the first place. I felt disgusted even to explain one more word to him. Pushing Oliver away, I limped towards the stage. I wanted to expose them completely. Skylar was dead, and I wanted to take revenge on them. Once, I would be jealous if he even glanced at another woman. This time, I didn’t care at all that he was embracing his ex-girlfriend. He seemed to anticipate what I was going to do and chased after me to stop me. “Melissa, you’re already a mother. Be mature! Have you thought it through about getting a divorce from me? Don’t you think about Skylar? How selfish you are!” He actually still remembered Skylar! I raised my hand tremblingly, wanting to slap him in the face, but he grabbed my hand. He said, “I just didn’t buy a birthday cake for Skylar. Instead of coming here to make a scene, you should go and buy one for her! When I finish here, I’ll go back!” I couldn’t hold back my tears. Seeing me crying, Oliver said impatiently, “Kayla has suffered alone abroad for sixteen years. This time she’s back, I have to spend more time with her. Skylar is very sensible and will understand me. Don’t be angry, okay?” This was Skylar’s father. Even if he had paid the slightest bit of attention to her, he would have known that Skylar had fallen off a building and that Skylar was dead. Maybe he only cared about Kayla. “It’s too late.” I broke free from his hand and felt disgusted. “What? I can promise you that I’ll spend one day a week with Skylar from now on. Are you satisfied? Stop making trouble!” Oliver made a promise for the first time in sixteen years. I said, “Put away your hypocrisy! Oliver, you don’t deserve it! I said I wanted a divorce! I wish you and your ex-girlfriend never be happy!” It was all too late. It was the end for me and Oliver. “Oliver, is Melissa crazy? Why don’t we send her to the hospital? She spoils everyone’s good mood,” Kayla held Oliver’s hand and leaned against him, saying. Seeing how abnormal I was, Oliver nodded and asked the security guards to take me away. But he didn’t expect that I already had a plan. I shook off the security guards forcefully and, under the gaze of everyone in the hall, scattered the marriage agreement between me and Oliver and the photos of their affair all over the hall.
“Mr. Cooper, is what this lady said true?” “Are you really in a secret marriage and even have a six-year-old child?” “What’s the relationship between you and Ms. Watson?” But before Oliver could answer, Kayla fainted. I saw her wink at me. She was faking it again. “I won’t answer private questions. Kayla has fainted. The press conference is stopped today. She can’t be hurt in any way!” Oliver stopped the commotion and said coldly to me, “Melissa, it’s too much of you to deliberately stimulate Kayla like this!” After that, he pushed me aside, picked up Kayla in a hurry and rushed to the hospital. He said to his assistant, Yohan Anderson, “Yohan, send Melissa home and buy a birthday cake for Skylar. She’s grown up now. Let her take care of Melissa and don’t cause any more trouble.” I returned to our home, Maldiary Villa, in a daze. Looking at everything familiar in front of me, I missed Skylar desperately. But Skylar had already gone. I couldn’t help but twitch and cry. Just then, the person in charge of the cemetery suddenly sent me a message: [Ms. Anderson, something terrible has happened. Skylar’s grave was destroyed!] I stood up in horror and rushed towards the cemetery regardless of everything. When I got there, Skylar’s grave had already been dug up, and standing beside it were Oliver and Kayla. Kayla asked the bodyguard to throw Skylar’s urn out in disgust, and then she carefully put the body of a cat into the grave. The small urn was knocked over by the roadside, just like Skylar’s broken body. She really would never come back! I shouted, “What are you doing? I’m going to kill you!” They were all scared by my crazy behavior. Kayla let out a scream and hugged Oliver tightly. Oliver said, “Melissa, what’s wrong with you? Why did you follow me here? Didn’t I ask you to go back and celebrate Skylar’s birthday?” I laughed so heartbreakingly. He had destroyed his daughter’s grave with his own hands. “Oliver, what right do you have to talk about me? When Skylar was most helpless, where were you as her father? You were sleeping with your ex-girlfriend and humiliating your wife!” Kayla’s face turned red with anger because of my words. “Melissa, what have I done to you? You’re slandering my innocence. I will sue you for defamation!” “You can just go ahead!” I looked at them as if they were a pile of garbage. I shouted, “Go away! Both of you! You don’t deserve to be here!” I threw the cat’s body away forcefully, and then, little by little, I carefully picked up Skylar’s scattered ashes. Kayla let out a terrified scream. “Ah! Oliver, she actually threw our precious son away! Will was the birthday gift you gave me, the boy we raised together. How could she…” She looked on the verge of tears, as if she couldn’t stand the shock and was about to faint at any moment. Oliver quickly held her up tenderly and said to me, “Apologize to Kayla and Will!” Looking at Kayla’s tear-stained face, he dragged me down and forced me to apologize. I felt a sharp pain in my knee, but it couldn’t compare to the pain in my heart. Because the little bit of ashes was blown away by the wind. I sat on the ground in despair. “Oliver, my heart hurts so much! Didn’t you say Melissa is gentle and sensible? She’s just jealous of me! Since she doesn’t like me, then I’ll leave…” Kayla tried to provoke Oliver. He grabbed my shoulders and questioned me, “Melissa, Will’s death has already made Kayla so sad. Why can’t you leave her alone? Stop that! You want a divorce, right? Fine! From now on, Skylar will live with me. You don’t deserve to be her mother! She’ll be the happiest girl in the world!” I laughed loudly and said, “Fine!” Hearing Skylar’s name, I looked at Oliver sorrowfully and said, “Oliver, do you know that Skylar is already dead? The ashes you scattered just now were hers. Why does my poor baby have a father like you? If there’s a next life, I’m sure Skylar will stay far away from you and me.” “Melissa, stop talking nonsense! Just because I didn’t take Skylar to celebrate her birthday, you’re even cursing her!” Oliver completely lost his patience and kicked Skylar’s urn hard. The ashes spilled all over the ground.
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