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On the day I was seven months pregnant, Alaric proposed to his pure love.
That woman took off the ring Alaric had placed on her finger himself and tossed it into the sea.
"Alaric, I heard Miss Langdon used to be a state swim team champion. Why don't you have her jump in and fetch my ring for me?"
Her finger traced Alaric's pecs as she breathed into his ear, "I'll play any game you want tonight."
Alaric's heated gaze roamed over her legs, then he turned to me with a smirk.
I understood his meaning and frantically clutched my belly, pleading, "Alaric, I'm seven months pregnant, and it's winter..."
But Alaric just swallowed hard and scoffed, "You don't actually think I care about that bastard in your belly, do you? It's not like you haven't miscarried before. Why act all precious now? Jump in and find that ring, or you're never coming back up!"
He had someone forcibly lift me and throw me into the sea.
I bobbed up and down in the frigid water, searching back and forth for hours.
Until I felt something draining from my belly, until the azure sea water was stained with a streak of crimson...
I looked up at the scene on the cruise ship, where Alaric was marrying his pure love amid the cheers of the crowd, and my heart finally shattered.
Seven years of marriage, nine miscarriages, this was the last time.

Seven Months Pregnant into the Sea to Retrieve a Ring

"We don't know where the child is either. All we know is that the person who took the child was named Kael, and he said he was the child's uncle..."


Looking at the date the child was taken, which was very close to when Aria and I had our accident, I couldn't help but feel dizzy.


Could it be that Aria had discovered some secret and was silenced?


As I was filled with doubts and continuing my investigation, Alaric also arrived shortly after, bringing people to block the entrance of the orphanage.


With him came a bulldozer, facing the pleading director and the anxious children inside the orphanage.


He took off his sunglasses and declared, "I've bought the land this place sits on."


"If you don't want the orphanage demolished, tell Vivienne to come out and see me!"


I rushed over, seeing the children crying in fear of losing their only shelter, and felt a surge of anger welling up inside me.


Chapter 9