Chapter 1

On my wedding day, I witnessed my fiancé and my sister making out in the bridal car.

The shock sent me to the hospital, nearly causing a miscarriage. Meanwhile, my fiancé turned around and married my sister instead.

Alone and heartbroken in the hospital bed, I tearfully signed the surgery consent form.

But just as I was being wheeled into the operating room, Zoran frantically blocked the doorway.

Trembling, he embraced me and begged for a chance to take care of me and the baby.

However, during my postpartum recovery period, I overheard a conversation between him and his best friend.

"Since this baby's cord blood is useless, why not keep it? It's still a life after all."

"If I tell Melody the baby survived, how will she agree to have a second one? Where else can I find another source of cord blood?"

"There's a breakthrough drug for Estrella's condition. Cord blood isn't the only option..."

Zoran replied with a pained voice, "The side effects of that drug are too severe. I promised Estrella I'd never let her be a test subject again!"

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In the sun-filled living room, Zoran remained silent for a long time, his tone tinged with unmistakable disappointment.

"But it's still a life... If Melody finds out the truth, your relationship is over!"

Zoran stayed quiet for a while, then gave a sad smile.

"She'll never know. I'll treat her even better than before."

I slid down against the bedroom door, sitting on the floor with tears streaming down my face.

When I came to my senses, I realized my phone had recorded several audio clips, the last one filled with nothing but my muffled sobs.

After my baby was born prematurely, I handed him over to Zoran with high hopes.

But Zoran told me that due to the premature birth and congenital deficiencies, the baby had passed away!

I knelt at the door of the NICU, crying until I nearly fainted.

After losing the baby, I was in a daze, holding on only because of his love for me.

Throughout my postpartum recovery period, I woke up countless times from nightmares, overwhelmed with guilt each time I regained consciousness.

I asked to hold my son one last time.

Zoran said he was worried I couldn't handle it and forcibly pulled me out of the crematorium.

I thought that after losing my son, Zoran was my last salvation. Little did I know, he was actually the source of my misery!Thinking about how my child was discarded, never even getting the chance to be held by their mother before their last breath, how desperate they must have felt!

A mother's heart is connected to her child's!

The thought made me violently cough up a mouthful of fresh blood.

Hearing the commotion, Zoran rushed to my side, frantically grabbing the blood pressure monitor nearby.

"Melody! This will all pass. Once you've recovered, we can try for another baby. Our sweetheart will come back to us!"

"You're still in your postpartum recovery period. You absolutely can't overthink things!"

He was so scared his body trembled slightly, his heart pounding erratically.

It's laughable that I used to think he loved me too much.

During these days since I lost the baby, I've been holding back my grief, always telling him I'm fine because I feared him worrying about me.

Now I realize, he wasn't worried about me at all. He was worried about losing Estrella's life-saving cord blood!

"Zoran, I never want to have another child in this lifetime. I truly can't overcome the pain of losing a child."

Zoran froze for a moment, then crouched down in front of me anxiously.

"Melody, we're married now. How can we not have children?"

"Besides, you desperately need a child now to heal your wounds!""Zoran, seeing you so unhappy every day, I blame myself for not protecting you and our child better. Melody, can you give me another chance?"

I haven't even finished my postpartum recovery period, and he's already thinking about my uterus again?

There's a miracle drug available, but he's too stingy to use it for Estrella?

If side effects mean suffering, then the pain I'm enduring from being separated from my child is a thousand times worse!

My heart aches, and my love for Zoran cools bit by bit.

"I see now how much you care for me. I've been too weak."

The hospital called Zoran about an emergency, and he rushed out the door.