On my birthday, I suddenly heard my daughter Emilia Henderson’s thoughts. She was thinking: “Dad said that as long as Mom eats this cake, she’ll miscarry smoothly. Then Ms. Thomson can become my mom.” My body stiffened for a moment, and I looked toward Emilia. She gazed at me innocently: “Mom, hurry up and eat it. Dad and I made this cake together. If you don’t eat it, I’ll be sad.” At the same time, I heard her thoughts again: “Mom is always disciplining me and spending Dad’s money all day long. She’s nothing like the gentle and capable Ms. Thomson. I don’t want such a useless mom.” My husband Felix Henderson held me affectionately, but his thoughts were completely different from his actions. He was thinking: “Once she miscarries, I’ll take over the company directly. Even if she figures it out, it’ll be too late. By then, I’ll have already left this woman and married Elsie.” Then, under their expectant gazes, I signed the divorce papers and turned to leave. But this time, they went crazy. ***** The moment I confirmed I could hear Emilia’s thoughts, I froze. I looked up in confusion and only then noticed that a woman with a sexy figure, Elsie Thomson, had appeared beside Felix at some point. They sat at another table, chatting with guests who had come to my birthday party. Felix was thoughtfully peeling shrimp for Elsie and even took off his jacket to drape it over her shoulders. I suddenly felt deeply hurt, finding this scene particularly painful to watch. When I was pregnant with Emilia, my fingers had swollen like carrots due to hormones. So I had once begged Felix to peel shrimp for me. But he just looked at me impatiently and then dumped the entire plate of shrimp: “You’re already pregnant and about to become a mother. You need to learn how to take care of a child, not wait for me to serve you every day.” I couldn’t help but smile bitterly. Felix thought peeling shrimp for me was serving me, but now he was happily taking care of Elsie. So he simply didn’t love me enough. At this moment, Emilia’s urging voice came again: “Mom, hurry up and eat it. The cake will melt soon.” I turned to look at Emilia’s sweet smiling face, but heard her cursing me in her mind: “As long as you eat the cake, Ms. Thomson will reward me with a huge ice cream. I’m sick to death of eating the food you make every day. You torture me all the time, forcing me to swim, paint, and practice dancing. Ms. Thomson is so good to me. I like Ms. Thomson the most.” I suddenly froze, as if someone had struck me on the head. I had no idea that in Emilia’s eyes, I was such a vicious mother. The nutritious meals I carefully prepared for her every day were just tasteless food in her eyes. I spent a lot of time accompanying her to interest classes, but this was painful torture for her. Yet Elsie didn’t need to do anything—just a huge ice cream and a pretty face were enough to make both Emilia and Felix like her. I helplessly let my hands drop, feeling my heart ache as if it were being cut by a knife. Amid Emilia’s urging, I realized that Elsie had somehow walked up to me. She affectionately ruffled Emilia’s hair, then suddenly pulled her hand back as if startled: “Matilda, I’m sorry. You’re usually busy, and I spend more time with her, so she’s closer to me. Don’t blame her.” Felix frowned tightly, as if I had just bullied Elsie: “What right does she have to blame you? She doesn’t have to do anything at home, just enjoys life every day. Matilda, you should thank Elsie. I really don’t know why you’ve become so unreasonable now.”
Elsie smiled as she sat beside me, cutting off a corner of the cake and placing it in front of my plate. They all watched my every move intently, each harboring their own schemes. Felix thought to himself: “As long as Matilda can’t keep this baby, I’ll be able to seize all her assets and make her leave in guilt.” Emilia thought: “Once Mom eats this cake, I can be with Ms. Thomson forever and never have to see this old witch again.” I could tell they were dying to shove the cake directly into my mouth, or drag me straight to the hospital to get rid of the baby in my belly. Being betrayed simultaneously by my husband and daughter felt like a knife twisting in my heart. But at this moment, I felt nothing but disgust and revulsion toward this family. I looked up coldly, meeting Elsie’s provocative gaze, and smiled. “I shouldn’t enjoy this delicacy alone. We should all share it together.” With that, I cut several pieces of cake and pushed them in front of each of their plates. They were clearly panicked. Emilia, being the most naive, immediately pushed her cake aside and said, “I can’t bear to eat it. Mom, I want to save all the cake for you.” But what she was really thinking was: “Even if this cake doesn’t kill someone, it’ll seriously hurt them. I just need to poison Mom to death, since I’m going to be Ms. Thomson’s daughter anyway.” Hearing Emilia’s inner thoughts broke my heart. I never imagined that the child I’d raised with all my love and devotion would actually want me dead. Unable to bear watching Emilia get poisoned, I took the cake away from in front of her plate, but still stared at Felix and Elsie until they finished eating all their cake. As they ate, their faces turned pale and cold sweat beaded on their foreheads. They were clearly worried their evil scheme would be exposed. But in Emilia’s eyes, their expressions took on a different meaning. Emilia thought: “Ms. Thomson really loves me so much. To become my mother, she’s willing to endure any pain.” While eating his cake, Felix thought: “As long as I can get Matilda to eat the cake in a moment, everything I’m sacrificing will be worth it.” The moment Felix and Elsie finished swallowing their cake, they stared at me. Emilia, feeling sorry for Elsie, said anxiously, “Mom, you should eat your cake too. You can’t let Ms. Thomson be the only one eating.” I stirred the cake with my fork and sneered coldly. “I’m not eating the cake.”
Elsie’s body instantly stiffened, and Felix’s expression turned serious. “Are you messing with us? Stop fooling around and eat the cake.” Emilia picked up a piece of cake with her fork and held it to my lips. “Mommy, let me feed you, okay?” Looking at Emilia’s expectant eyes, my heart ached. “Do you really want me to eat it?” Before I knew it, tears had welled up in my eyes. Even though I already knew the answer, I couldn’t help but ask. Emilia smiled sweetly, “Of course. Mommy, I’d be so happy if you ate it.” But Emilia’s inner thoughts were brutally honest. She was thinking: “If you don’t eat it, how can Ms. Thomson become my mom? You’d better just drop dead!” I could no longer control my tears, my eyes burning with pain. I stood up and fled from Emilia’s side. Just then, someone said, “Why is our guest of honor rushing to leave? Don’t you have a birthday speech to give today? Come on up to the stage.” I turned around to find a group of guests from my birthday party standing behind me. They clapped happily, urging me to take the stage. I was stunned. “The stage? A speech? I never prepared any speech.” Suddenly, a pair of large hands landed on my shoulders. I was forced to look into Felix’s cold, calculating eyes. He said, “Stop making a scene, honey. All these people are watching. Just go up and give your speech.” A speech paper was suddenly pressed into my empty hand. I stood there helplessly, listening to Felix’s scheming thoughts. He was thinking: “There’s no way I’m divorcing her. Once she publicly admits to transferring her inheritance to me in front of everyone, I’ll dump her. Even if she figures out what’s going on, what can she do? She can’t possibly expose me in front of all these people. What an idiot!” I opened the speech paper in my hand and skimmed through it. The gist of it was: To thank Felix for taking care of me throughout our marriage, I was willing to transfer all my assets to him, with everyone present serving as witnesses. Everyone was staring at me, and I had no choice. If I left directly today, the guests would surely think I was throwing a tantrum, which would only improve their opinion of Felix. If I followed Felix’s plan and obediently read the speech, I would lose everything. Felix pushed me onto the stage as I felt the burning gazes from below and listened to his incessant inner monologue. He was thinking: “Hurry up and read that content out loud. All your money is about to be mine. I can’t wait to marry Elsie.” I opened the speech paper and cleared my throat. “Next, I want to announce something to everyone.” Felix puffed out his chest proudly, eagerly awaiting to receive my assets. I could already hear him calculating how to spend my fortune. Since Felix and Emilia, whom I had devoted ten years of my life to caring for, wanted me dead and wanted my assets for the sake of a mistress, I was going to crush their hopes completely. I let out a cold laugh and regained my composure.
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