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In the ninth year of my relationship with Damien, I became pregnant again after multiple miscarriages.
At six months, it was discovered to be an ectopic pregnancy, requiring surgery.
I contacted Damien, asking him to come to the hospital, but received a cold response.
"You must give birth to our Stone family's son!"
My heart shattered as I questioned him, "Is having a son more important than my life?"
Damien Land became angry:
"Don't try to scare me with talk of life and death. If you don't want to have it, there are plenty of women out there eager to do so!"
That day, I suffered severe bleeding in the hospital, and only survived by having my uterus removed.
Meanwhile, he was in his office, intimately entangled with my best friend.
Years of marriage crumbled in an instant.
At that moment, I let go of everything and left without a backward glance.

Husband Forced Me to Bear His Mistress's Child

But it didn't bother me any further. Perhaps my words that day had gotten through to him a bit.


A few months passed like this. One day, I was returning home from work.


A girl was crouched by my door, curled up with her back against the wall and her face buried between her knees.


Thinking she might be a neighbor's child who had gotten in trouble, I tentatively asked her, "Hey kiddo, did you make your parents angry?"


She buried her face deeper into her body, her muffled voice replied, "Yeah, I made Mom mad."


I tried to comfort her, "It's okay. Go apologize to your mom. She'll forgive you."


The girl lifted her face, tears in her eyes.


I froze on the spot, forgetting to breathe for a moment.


It was Melody. She had grown taller, almost a young lady now.


But her face was no longer as round as when I left. She had lost a lot of weight.


After a long pause, I finally managed to ask, "How did you get here? Are you alone?"


Chapter 9