Chapter 1

As the youngest cardiac surgery specialist at the hospital, I was urgently called back from maternity leave.

I was to perform a heart transplant for a big shot's illegitimate son, just over two years old.

When I saw the tiny donated heart, I suddenly felt inexplicably dazed, experiencing an inexplicable palpitation.

Still, relying on my strong professional skills, I successfully completed the surgery.

I unexpectedly overheard my husband chatting with his friend inside.

I stood there, dumbfounded.

That tiny heart from earlier... was it really my daughter's, my baby girl's?

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As I dragged my tired body past a VIP ward,

I unexpectedly overheard my husband chatting with his friend inside.

"Zoran, Melvin's surgery was successful. He's been successfully moved to the ward."

"But for Tallulah's son, you killed two people in one go. Crystal protected the baby girl with her dying breath, allowing her to survive, yet you strangled your own daughter with your bare hands. How could you be so heartless?"

"That little bitch was born solely to provide a heart for Melvin. Otherwise, why would I have let Seraphina carry my child?"

Zoran said coldly, "Ruirui couldn't marry me, but she gave me a son. I can't let her down.The Sterling family's assets can only be inherited by Melvin. The baby girl sacrificed her heart for her brother, so her death wasn't in vain."

I stood there, dumbfounded.

That tiny heart from earlier... was it really my daughter's, my baby girl's?

I instantly broke down in tears. Just as I was about to push open the door and demand whether this was true or not,

His friend let out a long sigh and continued, "Have you thought about what you'll do when Seraphina finds out about the baby girl's death? There's no way you can keep this from her."

"I'll find a way to have her adopt Melvin."

Zoran said coldly, "Melvin has the baby girl's heart inside her. It'll serve as a memento for Seraphina, and this way, Melvin can naturally become our heir."

My hand, poised to push open the door, suddenly froze.

Had he already planned out this whole scheme?

In his grand plan, I wasn't just a machine for bearing his children and providing heart donors!

He even intended for me to personally place my daughter's tiny heart into his love child's chest cavity.I felt compelled to care for the future of his illegitimate child.

He was using me as nothing more than a complete tool for his own benefit.

I had thought I'd married into happiness.

But I never imagined that this man, who showed me endless tenderness and patience, had seen me as a mere instrument from the very beginning.

In his world, there was only room for his pure love, Tallulah.

My heart felt as if it were being carved out with a knife. I collapsed to the ground, utterly defeated.

Now, I had no strength left to question him further. I only wanted to see my precious daughter one last time, even if it was just her lifeless body!

Tears streaming down my face, I rushed out of the hospital.

Sitting in the taxi.

I wept, desperately wishing that all of this was untrue, that everything I'd just heard was merely a hallucination.

But upon returning home and seeing the entire mansion completely empty, my heart died completely.