My mercenary husband Jax spent a night in the jungle with his drugged teammate Selene. Seven times, he claimed, he had to be with her to “burn the poison out.” When he returned, carrying her half-naked body, he knelt before me. “Iris, Selene was poisoned trying to save me. I have to help her!” After that, every time Selene was “drugged,” my husband would run to her. Six months later, he came to me with the ultimate plea. “Iris, Selene is pregnant with my child! You know you can’t have kids. So once it’s born, I’ll bring it to you. You can raise it as your own.” Agony twisted my heart. I swallowed back the tears and forced out a calm, “Okay.” The crumpled pregnancy test report I’d hidden in my hand was tossed into the fire pit. Flames danced, and Selene coughed twice from the smoke. Jax immediately pulled her into his embrace, frowning at me. “Iris, Selene has promised me she’ll hand the baby over to you once it’s born. You don’t need to threaten her. She won’t come between us.” I poked at the ashes in the basin, letting the smoke sting my eyes, a convenient cover for the redness already there. I spoke calmly. “Jax, let’s get a divorce.” Jax reached out anxiously, trying to pull me closer, pleading again. “Iris, don’t make a scene, okay? Selene took a bullet for me, and then she was forced to take a toxic injection to save me. I owe her my life. Giving her a child in return isn’t asking too much!” His tone was humble, but every word defended Selene. Seeing my expression, the others couldn’t stay silent either. Jax’s brothers also began to plead with me. “Yeah, Selene is pregnant. The only right thing for Jax to do now is marry her!” “Iris, you’re a homemaker. You don’t understand how dangerous it was for Selene to save Jax from under a gun. We all saw her sacrifices for him.” “If you ask me, Jax should just marry Selene!” “Shut up!” Jax roared, cutting them off. “Iris will always be my only wife! As for Selene, I’ll compensate her.” He looked down at the pregnant woman in his arms, a look of involuntary tenderness and concern on his face. A bitter taste rose in my throat. I opened my mouth, but no words came out. The others might not know, but Jax did. I, too, once fought by his side. I even took a knife for him. That time, I was in a coma for three months. When I woke up, he knelt by my hospital bed, his eyes red, begging me to resign my commission and never risk my life again. He promised he’d protect me forever. Now, he was kneeling before me again, but it was to protect another woman. I turned and walked away in silence. Jax quickly followed. “It’s cold out, don’t catch a chill.” He gently draped his coat over my shoulders, then tucked a strand of hair behind my ear. His warm scent on the coat instantly enveloped me. I touched my lower abdomen, almost telling him I was pregnant too, but his words cut me off. “Iris, Selene gets cold easily. Let her have the climate-controlled villa in the suburbs. You can go rest on the island for a while.” My words were stuck in my throat, swallowed back down. He’d built that climate-controlled villa specifically for me after I took the knife for him, leaving me with chronic issues. Living there felt like spring all year round. But the island villa was exposed to sea winds from all sides; my body couldn’t handle it. We’d only stayed there for a few days during our honeymoon. We never went back, and it had been abandoned for ages. He used to offer me all the best things. Now he wanted me to give them to Selene. His heart was no longer with me. I lowered my eyes and murmured, “Okay.” Jax happily kissed my forehead. “Iris, you’re always so understanding.”
I lay alone on the operating table. The doctor held my hand, comforting me. “Mrs. Black, your body is too weak. I’m afraid we couldn’t save the baby.” The first time I saw that tiny embryo on the ultrasound report, my heart had instantly softened. No matter how much the doctors urged me to terminate the pregnancy, I was unswayed. This was the culmination of my love with Jax. If I could trade my life for my child’s, it would be worth it. But now, there was no need. Cold instruments churned in my abdomen. I gripped the bedsheet, tears silently streaming down my face. My phone suddenly rang. The nurse pressed the answer button and held it to my ear. Jax’s enraged voice boomed through the receiver. “Iris Black, you’ve utterly shattered my trust! How could you do something like this to Selene?!” “What are you talking about?” I was completely bewildered, my voice hoarse as I asked him. “Selene has been kidnapped! The address they sent is that island I gave you!” Jax screamed hysterically into the phone. “Only the two of us know where that island is. Who else could it be but you?!” The pain was so intense I couldn’t speak, only shook my head desperately, forgetting Jax couldn’t see me. Getting no reply, he snarled, “If anything happens to Selene, I’ll make you pay a thousand times over!” The phone only offered the mechanical beeping of a disconnected call. The nurse’s face was flushed with embarrassment as she put the phone down. I closed my eyes in despair, my heart filled with desolation. When the surgery was over, the doctor wheeled me out of the operating room. But Jax’s brothers suddenly appeared, dragging me from the hospital bed. They bound my hands and feet with cold iron chains. “Jax said to take you to the island too. If they won’t let Selene go, we’ll use you to pay the price!” “Are you insane?! Stop it! She just had surgery!” The doctor ran up in a panic to intervene, but Jax’s brothers shoved him to the ground. I was forcibly thrown into a car. The brutal movements sent searing pain through my abdomen. I soon passed out from the agony. I don’t know how much time passed before I was roused by a splash of ice water. I jolted awake, my eyes fluttering open in a daze. Jax furiously slammed the water basin onto the boat deck. He reached out and gripped my neck. “Iris, have I been too good to you all these years? Is that why you’ve become so cruel and selfish, to the point you can’t even spare an unborn child?” My entire body was cold, my lips trembling, unable to form a complete sentence. “I… I didn’t… It wasn’t me who… did it…” But Jax didn’t believe me. His eyes red, he violently dragged me off the boat. Selene, heavily pregnant, was tied to the lighthouse, crying piteously. “Jax, it’s too dangerous, don’t come closer!” Seeing me, she cried out, “Iris, if you can’t stand me, I can leave! Why would you hurt my baby?” I frantically shook my head. “It wasn’t me! I didn’t do any of this!” “Jax, the person’s gone, must have run off.” Rook and the others had checked for any dangers around, then quickly untied Selene. Jax pulled her into his arms, his face a mask of agonizing worry.
Rook spat at me in disgust. “Ugh! We called you our sister-in-law, but you’re disgusting!” “Seriously, you’re so vicious, you’re not even fit to touch a hair on Selene’s head!” “Enough.” Jax coldly cut them off, then bent down to me. “Iris, you’ve gone too far this time. You’ll stay here and reflect.” He held Selene and turned to leave. I collapsed helplessly onto the sand. From a distance, I saw Selene turn her head and flash me a triumphant smile. Three days later, my body was numb from the sea wind, my lips cracked and painful, my eyes burning and constantly tearing up. Just as I thought I was going to die there, a blurred figure slowly approached me. “Help… help me…” I used all my strength, but only a faint whisper escaped my lips. Before losing consciousness, I heard a soft sigh. “Iris, what am I going to do with you?” When I woke up, I was lying on the basement floor. Opening my eyes, I met Jax’s complicated gaze. “You’re awake?” He brought a glass of warm water to my lips, but I instinctively turned my head away. He slammed the glass heavily onto the table. “Have you caused enough trouble?” His gaze was filled with disgust. “I’m not even holding you accountable for kidnapping Selene, and you’re still throwing a tantrum? Can’t you be less spiteful?” I scoffed. He hadn’t even investigated, yet he was convinced I was the culprit. If I truly wanted to deal with Selene, I could have done it half a year ago. Why wait until now? “Jax.” Selene’s fragile voice echoed. She slowly walked in, clutching her belly. “Why are you here?” Jax immediately went to her, carefully pulling her into his embrace. “I was worried about Iris, so I came to check. Is she okay?” Selene asked timidly, shrinking back in fear when our eyes met. “Don’t mind her. She won’t die.” Jax swept a disgusted glance at me, then said to me expressionlessly, “You’ll stay here for the next few months until Selene safely gives birth.” As they left, the basement door slowly closed. I struggled to crawl up from the floor and quickly drank the water on the table. A warm current spread through my body. I propped myself up and found a box in the corner of the basement. Taking out an encrypted phone, I dialed a number. “What you asked for, I agree.” “Really? You’re not kidding? That’s great… Where are you now? I’ll come get you.” “I have some things to deal with first. Wait for me.” “Okay, no matter how long, I’ll wait for you.”
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