ManyWriters

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At my third wedding to Alec, he slapped me hard across the face in front of everyone.
"How could I possibly marry you?!"
"Where's Scarlett?!"
Alec, who had been gazing at me lovingly just a moment ago, now shouted in anger.
I immediately realized his intermittent amnesia had struck again.
So I gently tried to calm him, my seven-month pregnant belly hidden beneath my wedding dress.
But he kicked me violently in my swollen abdomen.
I collapsed on the spot, bleeding profusely.
As I lay dying, my mother-in-law rushed me to the hospital for emergency treatment.
At the hospital, I desperately gave birth to a baby boy, only to hear more devastating news.
"Serenity, your parents were killed in a car crash... Scarlett was driving."
"Alec plans to be her defense attorney."
In disbelief, I frantically called Alec to confirm.
His voice was cold and detached.
"It was your disabled parents who were driving the wrong way. How can you blame Scarlett?"
"If you want to blame someone, blame them for being disabled and still insisting on coming to New York City."

Love Fades, Half a Life Unseen

The piercing scream made Alec's entire body shudder.


In disbelief, he rushed down the stairs.


At that moment, I was being helped up, blood covering my forehead.


My mother-in-law stood nearby, holding Eames, her face pale as a sheet.


Eames, in her arms, seemed to sense my pain and let out a sorrowful cry.


My mother-in-law handed Eames to the nanny and shouted loudly.


"What are you all standing around for?!"


The mansion's staff snapped out of their daze and frantically tried to help me up.


But my vision darkened again, and I nearly collapsed to the floor.


Just then, I saw Alec running down the stairs in a panic.


His eyes held disbelief and a hint of something else.


"You drove her to jump off the balcony!"


My mother-in-law's tone was accusatory.


Chapter 5