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

Alec's denial left me momentarily speechless.


As I stood there dumbfounded, the office door burst open with a bang.


Scarlett stood in the doorway, her face contorted with anger.


The secretaries behind her were too stunned to speak.


"Lawyer Shaw, we couldn't stop Miss Gevano..."


Alec frowned, stepping back and releasing me.


But at that moment, Scarlett charged forward, raising her hand to slap me.


I raised my arm to block her incoming slap, while my other hand gathered strength and struck her face.


The crisp sound of the slap stunned everyone into silence.


Scarlett, the first to recover, shot me a crazed look before suddenly clutching her chest and collapsing to the floor.


She lay on the ground, her face instantly turning pale, looking quite terrifying.


But Alec beside her didn't move a muscle.


Chapter 10