My billionaire husband, Chase Sterling, was drugged and slept with a college student. The moment he sobered up, he called me, his voice raspy and panicked. "Raine, I was drugged. I made a mistake. But I gave her money. She won't bother us." Eight years of loving marriage. I thought it was just an accident. Six months later, Chase went on a business trip, and news of an earthquake broke. When I rushed to the hospital, Chase was standing outside a ward, his expression complicated. The doctor said Tessa Price was three months pregnant. To save him, she had dug through rubble with her bare hands, her fingers bloodied and mangled. Chase grabbed my hand, his voice low and pleading. "Three months ago, her family died. She came to me for help. I was drunk. I didn't expect it to happen just like that..." "Don't worry, she won't enter our home. She will never affect your position." Suddenly, Tessa rushed out and knelt before me, crying. "Mrs. Sterling, please give my child a chance to live!" Chase looked at me, begging. "Raine, you're the most reasonable person I know. The child is innocent..." I stared at him and suddenly laughed. "Chase Sterling. Either we divorce." "Or she gets the hell out." "I won't divorce!" Chase grabbed me, his eyes red. "But I have to be responsible for her." Later, Tessa gave birth to twins, and the Sterling family rejoiced. I took off the wedding ring from my ring finger and dialed an unknown number. "I agree to your proposition." The person on the other end chuckled. "Mrs. Sterling, pleasure doing business with you." Chapter 1 I stood at the door of the hospital ward, my fingers unconsciously clenching. Through the half-open door, I saw Chase's parents each holding a baby, their faces full of smiles. Even Chase, always cold and composed in public, was now looking at the baby in his arms with a gentle expression I had never seen before, a doting smile on his lips. How ironic. They looked like the happy family. Chase looked up and saw me, his expression freezing. "Raine, you're back..." I didn't respond. Chase's mother glanced over, her voice cold as ice. "You know to come back now? Have you had enough peace and quiet on the mountain for the past six months?" "It's good that you're back," Chase's father smoothed things over, his eyes still fixed on the baby in his arms. "Just in time for the babies' full month celebration. As the Sterling family matriarch, you should show some heart." Chase's mother's expression softened slightly. "The babies haven't been named yet. You and Chase should think of names quickly. Don't worry, as long as you live well, the position of the young Mrs. Sterling will always be yours." I looked at them numbly and nodded. "Okay." When the two elders left, Chase's phone rang. He glanced at me and went outside to answer the call. Only Tessa and I were left in the ward. Her complexion was rosy, even her hair glowing with careful maintenance. It seemed the Sterling family had spent a lot of money on her in the past six months. "Sister," she called me timidly. "If I did something wrong, you can hit me or scold me, just please don't quarrel with Mr. Sterling anymore. You know he only has you in his heart. You haven't been back for so long, and he still asks people to clean your room every day." "Tessa Price." I looked at her coldly. "You don't have to pretend like this. The money he gave you back then was enough for you to squander for several lifetimes. You could have flown far away, but you came back to find him halfway, and that's how you have these children now." "Tessa, you know what you're planning in your heart." Broken through by me, her face turned red and then white. Suddenly, she grabbed a baby and stuffed it into my arms. Cruel. The warm milky smell made me stiff all over. But the next second, the baby suddenly slipped from my arms and fell heavily to the ground, letting out a heart-rending cry. Amidst the piercing crying, Chase rushed in and pushed me away. I stumbled back, watching him distressedly pick up the child. The look he gave me was complicated to the extreme. Although he didn't speak, it seemed as if he had said everything. Tessa cried from the side, "Mr. Sterling, I just wanted Mrs. Sterling to hug the child, who knew she would..." Chapter 2 Chase's voice was very cold. "Raine, Tessa is being discharged tomorrow. Since you can't tolerate the children, move to the West Hill Villa for now..." I bit my lower lip hard until I tasted blood. When I went for spiritual retreat, I didn't bring much luggage, and now it was even simpler, just one suitcase held everything. I sat in the empty villa from dark to dawn. It was good, at least I didn't have to watch their happy family of four with my own eyes. Memories flooded in like a tide. Chase and I were childhood sweethearts. Married for eight years, we were the model couple everyone envied in our circle. That time he was drugged by a competitor and had sex with a college student. He called me the moment he woke up, his voice trembling. "Raine, I was set up! I already gave her hush money, she will definitely not appear again!" I believed him. But not long after, this woman named Tessa Price appeared again. Her parents died accidentally, and she found Chase, who was drunk from talking business. The second time. The first time was an accident, what about the second time? Later, Chase went on a business trip to the South and encountered an earthquake. It was the pregnant Tessa who dug him out of the rubble with her bare hands. With the life-saving grace added to the child in her belly, Chase could no longer shake her off. He knelt in front of me crying bitterly, and I stated my conditions. "Chase Sterling. Either we divorce." "Or she gets the hell out." "I won't divorce!" Chase grabbed me with red eyes. "But I must be responsible for her..." He was neither willing to divorce nor let Tessa leave. So I left, went to Mount Santai for spiritual practice. Until Tessa gave birth to the children, and Chase's parents ordered me to come back. I took out my phone and sent the message I should have sent long ago in the darkness. "Let's divorce." In less than ten minutes, there was a hurried sound of the door opening outside. Chase rushed in, beads of sweat still on his forehead. "Raine! I don't agree to a divorce!" I sat quietly on the sofa and sighed lightly. "Forget it, Chase Sterling, I'm tired." "I told you she will never affect us!" He was so anxious that his voice was trembling. At this moment, his phone suddenly rang. Tessa's crying voice came from the receiver, "Mr. Sterling! The baby was frightened by falling on the ground just now and has a fever. The doctor said he might need to go into the ICU!" Chase's expression changed instantly. He looked at me, then at the phone, and finally spoke with difficulty, "Raine, I... I have to go take a look..." I looked at his retreating back in a panic and suddenly laughed out loud. This is my marriage, even divorce has to rank behind other women and children. Chapter 3 I curled the corners of my mouth mockingly. "Go quickly, the child needs you." He hurriedly left, the wind he brought brushing my cheek, as if he had never appeared. I sat alone in the dark, tears falling silently. I knew he might never marry Tessa, but he would be called away again and again. How long can I endure such days if I don't divorce? A lifetime? Familiar cramps came from my stomach. Turning on my phone, in Tessa's Moments, Chase was guarding by the incubator day and night. The haggard face in the photo was a nervous appearance I had never seen before. I found a lawyer to draft a divorce agreement and then went to the company to handle the resignation. HR asked in surprise, "Mrs. Sterling, does Mr. Sterling know you are resigning?" I smiled faintly. "He doesn't have time to care about these things right now." Seeing the pity flash in the HR's eyes, I knew what she was thinking. I returned to the villa. This West Hill Villa, we occasionally stayed a few times after marriage. When I was packing things, I found a yellowed note, "Raine, I don't know when you can see this note. Presumably by then we will have several children. I love you so much, no matter what happens, you are not allowed to abandon me." Tears fell on the paper, and my stomach suddenly felt a sharp pain. My eyes went black, and I fell heavily to the ground. When I woke up again, the phone ringtone rang piercingly. "Raine Vance! What on earth do you want!" Chase's roar came from the receiver. He rarely called me by my full name like this. "Tessa is already cautious enough! How many times have I said that she won't affect your position! Why did you send those vicious text messages? Why curse my child!" I smiled bitterly. He didn't even ask if I did it, he just convicted me. "Are you finished?" I asked calmly. He was stunned for a few seconds. "Next Sunday is the children's full month party, you must come. Stop playing petty tantrums, okay?" "Okay." After hanging up the phone, I looked at the night sky outside the window. On the day of the full month party, I arrived without makeup. Everyone cast pitying glances, while in the center of the venue, Tessa leaned beside Chase in a red dress, like the real hostess. Chase's mother urged me, "Go and hug the child." Chase handed one of the children to me and whispered, "Raine, I won't pursue the text message matter. After today, I will send Tessa abroad, and the children will be registered under your name. You can't have children, isn't this the best of both worlds?" His voice was full of pleading, and my heart hurt severely. In the avalanche back then, I injured my uterus to save him. He once fought with his parents for me, saying he wouldn't have children in this life. Now, everything has changed. Suddenly, the child in my arms coughed violently and foamed at the mouth. "What's wrong with the child!" Someone screamed. Chapter 4 Tessa suddenly lunged over, her voice shrill and piercing. "Mrs. Sterling! If you want to kill someone, kill me, don't harm the child!" Smack! Chase's father slapped me hard on the face. My eyes went black and I fell to the ground. My cheeks burned with pain, and a bloody taste rose in my mouth. Chase subconsciously reached out to help me. The child suddenly vomited a large mouthful of blood with a "wah", and the scene instantly became chaotic. "Mr. Sterling!" Tessa screamed miserably and threw herself over, forcibly squeezing between us. "The baby isn't doing well! Quick, save our child!" Chase's hand trembled violently. I watched the heartache in his eyes fade bit by bit, and finally slowly released the hand that was supporting me, turned around and picked up the child who was vomiting blood. The hospital corridor was freezing cold. I stood there like a wandering soul, the divorce agreement already prepared falling from my pocket to the ground. Chase's mother was sharp-eyed, picked it up and threw it back at me roughly. Her well-maintained face was full of disgust. "How has the Sterling family treated you poorly these years? Huh? Chase fought against us for you, and we tolerated it! Now you want to harm even the children?" "Since you want to divorce so much, then hurry up and leave! Don't dawdle and refuse to go!" I silently picked up the papers on the ground. Chase came out of the ICU, his eyes red. "The child has been saved." He looked at me, his eyes frighteningly strange. "Raine, you really went too far this time." Trembling, I handed over the divorce agreement. "Let's... end it." His pupils constricted sharply. "Are you sure?" "I'm tired." I held back tears. "I don't know what else I might do..." "Good! Very good!" He snatched the agreement and signed his name fiercely, throwing the pen to the ground. "As you wish!" Returning to the former marital home, the housekeeper, Mrs. Xu, greeted me flusteredly. "Madam! Why are you..." She looked at my red and swollen face and wet clothes, her voice choked. I looked around. My piano was gone, the wedding photos had vanished, even my treasured ornaments were nowhere to be found. Mrs. Xu rubbed her hands, stammering, "Miss Price kept bumping into things while resting for the pregnancy, so young master Sterling had..." The door suddenly opened. Chase walked in with Tessa. Tessa said in surprise, "Madam, why are you here?" That tone, as if she were the hostess. "Where are my things?" My voice trembled as I looked at Chase. Chase sneered, pulling Tessa closer into his arms. "You're getting a divorce, why do you care about this?" Tessa hypocritically came to pull my hand. "Madam, it's because Mr. Sterling was afraid I would bump into things during pregnancy..." "Don't touch me!" I threw her off violently. She exclaimed and staggered backwards. Chase quickly supported her and asked nervously, "Are you okay?" Watching their intimacy, I turned decisively and left. Even hearing Chase calling me from behind, I didn't look back. I didn't want them to see my tear-stained, wretched appearance. Outside, heavy rain poured down. I didn't know how long I walked until I was blocked by a few thugs in a dark alley. "Mrs. Sterling, right? Someone paid us to teach you a lesson." A scar-faced man approached with an obscene smile. "This wife of the richest man really looks seductive. Although her chest is small, her face is tender enough!" I subconsciously dialed Chase's phone, and from the other end came his gentle coaxing voice for sleeping. "Tessa, if your head hurts, then sleep." "Chase Sterling! Help..." "I don't want to talk to you right now." The phone was ruthlessly hung up. When I called back, it was turned off. Cold rainwater mixed with tears flowed into the corners of my mouth, tasting salty and bitter. "No one will come here. Obediently have some fun with us!" The thug's dirty hands touched my collar, rough fingers scraping over my collarbone. I closed my eyes tightly, fingernails digging deeply into my palms.
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