The day I found out I was pregnant, my unborn baby’s inner voice was suddenly exposed to the world. *[Stupid old hag, what are you looking at? Once I'm born, the first thing I’ll do is dump you in a nursing home! Your retirement savings will be perfect for buying my organic formula and designer baby gear!]* My mother, Helen, who had been crying tears of joy for me just a second ago, froze. The smile on her face completely shattered. Within days, she packed her bags, returned to her cottage upstate, and took an overdose of her medication, ending her own life. She left me a suicide note with only one sentence: "My daughter doesn't want me anymore." My husband was about to comfort me when he, too, heard the baby's telepathic voice: *[Silly Daddy, why are you still smiling? Mommy and Grandma both have terrible hereditary diseases that cost a fortune to treat! Mommy only married you to scam your money and pay for Grandma’s medical bills!]* My husband gasped, freezing in shock. Before he could even process it, my best friend, Serena, showed up "right on cue" with a medical folder in her hand. With a look of sheer "reluctance," she handed the report to my husband. "Austin, I couldn't keep this from you anymore... I pulled some favors and found this. Chloe's mother really does have a severe genetic illness. The treatment is a bottomless financial pit. Chloe... she might have been lying to you from the very beginning." Right on cue, the baby's inner voice chimed in, as if stamping Serena's words with confirmation: *[Oh no! Aunt Serena leaked Mommy's secret! Daddy is going to find out!]* Austin filed for divorce on the spot, demanding I pack my bags and get out. The shock was too much. I went into severe hemorrhaging on the operating table, dying in agonizing pain. Until I woke up, reborn. And once again, I heard that child’s voice.
"Chloe, congratulations! You're officially pregnant! You're going to be a mom!" A familiar voice echoed in my ears. I snapped my eyes open. Looking at the ultrasound report in my best friend Serena’s hand, I finally realized I had been reborn. Hearing the news of my pregnancy, Austin showed no joy. He merely cast a cold, detached glance my way. My mother, Helen, wiped the happy tears from her eyes, squeezing my hand. "This is wonderful, sweetie. I'm finally going to be a grandma." But in the next second, the baby's voice rang out from my womb: *[Old bag, who wants you as a grandma? Your genetic disease is a financial black hole. Mommy said once we drain you of your last penny, we’re going to dump you in some cheap suburban nursing home to rot!]* Helen's face instantly drained of color. Her hands began to tremble violently. It was exactly like my past life. The moment my mother heard that voice, the light in her eyes died. Next, Serena would "accidentally" reveal that my mother had a family history of genetic illness that would cost millions to treat. Under the influence of the baby's voice, Austin would become fully convinced that I only married him to scam his money for my mother's treatment. Seeing the familiar despair in my mother's eyes, I immediately grabbed her hand tightly. "Mom! Don't listen to that absolute nonsense! I don't want this baby anymore! You are the only person who matters to me!" My mother gasped, her tear-filled eyes wide with confusion. "Chloe, sweetie, what are you saying..." Beside us, Serena panicked. "Chloe, have you lost your mind? Why on earth would you abort a perfectly healthy baby?" Austin also spoke up, his voice freezing cold. "Yeah, why abort it? Are you trying to cover something up?" Looking at the suspicion in Austin's eyes, I sneered inwardly. It seemed he could already hear the voice too. To prevent the tragedy of my past life, I had to get rid of this child. "Austin, you have to trust me this once. We cannot keep this baby!" The moment the words left my mouth, the baby kicked me hard in frustration: *[Mommy! How can you be so cruel? Just because you're scared Daddy will find out about Grandma's genetic illness, and that you married him for money, you're going to abort me to silence me?!]*
That voice sounded like a curse, dragging me back into the horrors of my past life. Back then, after my mother cut off all contact with me out of guilt, I spent every day crying. Austin had looked at me with pure disgust. "Stop acting. Didn't you and your mother just marry me for my money? Now that she's sick, you expect me to be the sucker who pays for it?" I thought he was just speaking out of anger and tried to explain that my mother was perfectly healthy. But he threw a forged medical report in my face. My mother's name was printed in bold black and white, complete with a signature from a specialist Serena had "helped" find. After that, Austin secretly transferred all his assets and kicked me out of the house. Just like right now, Austin was quietly listening to the baby's voice: *[Grandma’s illness costs hundreds of thousands a year! Mommy already calculated all of Daddy's assets. She's just waiting for Grandma to get sick so she can drain him dry!]* *[Once Daddy is broke, Mommy will take me and Grandma to find my real dad. He's a rich heir!]* To be honest, I had absolutely no idea who this "rich heir" was. I had never done anything to betray Austin. But Austin's face grew increasingly dark, his gaze turning incredibly sharp as he stared at me. "Are you so eager to abort this baby because you have a guilty conscience?" "I can promise you, neither my mother nor I have any genetic diseases! If you don't believe me, we can take her for a comprehensive health check right now!" I proposed, interrupting him before he could accuse me further. Seeing my absolute confidence, his brows softened slightly. "Chloe, it's not that I don't trust you, it's just..." Sensing the tense atmosphere between us, Serena quickly stepped in to play peacemaker. "Oh, you two! It's just a health checkup. I have connections in the hospital system. I can arrange the most comprehensive exam for Helen. I promise it’ll be fast and accurate!" I looked at her with a cold smile. "Thanks for the offer, Serena, but I’d rather go to a different hospital." "No!" A flash of panic crossed Serena’s face. "I mean... my trusted specialist is at our hospital. Why go through all the trouble of going elsewhere? Don't you trust me?" I really didn't. After all, in my past life, she was the one who forged my mother's medical reports, framing me as a gold-digging fraud. In the end, I was forced to walk away from the divorce with nothing. She, using the baby's voice to guide her, successfully took my place and married Austin. As the ultimate beneficiary of the entire tragedy, there was no way I was going to believe she had nothing to do with this "mind-reading" baby. So, I played along, putting on a righteous act for Austin. "A full health checkup is a big deal. Serena is my best friend. To ensure absolute fairness and transparency, Austin, would you really feel comfortable letting Serena handle everything?" Just as Austin was about to agree with me, the baby's voice chimed in with mock admiration: *[Mommy is so brilliant! Daddy would never guess that Mommy already bribed the doctors. No matter which hospital we go to, the report will say Grandma is perfectly healthy!]*
Was this child determined to drive me to suicide again? I forced down the rising rage in my chest and threw the decision back to Austin. "You decide where we do the checkup. There are dozens of hospitals in this city. Pick any one you want!" Austin rubbed his temples, looking exhausted. "Never mind. Let Serena arrange it. We'll monitor the whole process. There shouldn't be any issues." I thought about it and agreed. If we watched every step, nothing could go wrong. Serena looked incredibly uncomfortable, but she had to play along, taking my mother through the entire panel of tests. A few days later, the detailed medical reports arrived. Seeing that every single index was perfectly normal, I let out a massive sigh of relief. Although I didn't know why the baby's voice was trying to ruin me, the black-and-white paper proved my mother was healthy. That was an undeniable fact. Serena forced a relieved smile. "See? Helen is perfectly healthy. You guys were just worrying over nothing!" But the moment she finished speaking, the baby’s voice rang out loud and clear: *[Mommy is so incredibly charming. She actually got Aunt Serena to throw away her professional ethics just to forge this fake medical report!]* Austin snapped. He grabbed Serena's arm in a vice grip. "Serena! Do you swear on your medical license that this report is real?" Serena looked deeply hurt, biting her lip without saying a word. Her silence made it look like I had indeed begged her to forge the report. I opened my mouth to explain, but the baby seemed even more anxious than I was: *[Mommy, quickly tell Daddy to let go of Aunt Serena!]* *[Oh no! If Daddy looks at Aunt Serena's Snapchat, he'll see the texts where Mommy and Grandma discussed how to fake the illness and scam his money! Then the whole marriage fraud will be exposed!]* I had never plotted any of this! We met at a college party and married for love. After marriage, I never coveted his money. I even offered to sign a prenup, but he was the one who insisted we didn't need one. We had been married for six years... I thought he wouldn't doubt me over some bizarre, baseless voice in my womb. Yet, he impatiently snatched Serena's phone right out of her hand. When he opened her Snapchat and saw the meticulously forged text messages—detailing how my mother and I planned to fake an illness, demand exorbitant medical fees, and drain his bank accounts—his hand began to shake violently. "What is the meaning of these messages?" Serena nervously tried to claw her phone back, casting a sorrowful look at me. "Austin, that was years ago. What's the point of bringing it up now?" "I want answers!" Austin roared, his eyes bloodshot. Serena squeezed out a couple of tears, looking miserable. "When Chloe first approached you, it was indeed because of your family's money... She told me her mother was sick and needed a lot of cash, so..." "You're lying!" I screamed, shaking with rage. "Austin, don't listen to her! Those texts are fake!" I grabbed Austin's arm, begging him to believe me. But he shoved me away in disgust. "Chloe, I never realized you were such a conniving, cold-blooded snake!"
The force of his shove sent me crashing to the floor. A sharp pain shot through my abdomen, and hot blood began to pool beneath me. My mother gasped in horror, trembling as she tried to pull me up. "Ah! It hurts!" I screamed. Hearing my cry of pain, Austin and Serena finally looked over. Panic set in, and they rushed to lift me, wheeling me straight into the emergency room. I stared at Serena with pure, unadulterated hatred. "If I die, you are a murderer. I will haunt you for the rest of your life!" Austin defended her, snapping at me, "You're the one who scammed me first, and you still have no remorse! I don't even care whose baby that is anymore! Once you're out of surgery, we are getting a divorce!" Hearing his words, my heart turned to ash. I closed my eyes in despair. The surgery lasted an entire hour, and the baby's voice mocked me for that entire hour. Except this time, he was speaking directly to me: *[Hehehe, so much for your husband's grand love!]* *[You evil woman, trying to abort me? I'm telling you, you will never get rid of me!]* *[Once you're discharged, I'll make sure your precious mother leaves you too. You'll end up completely alone and abandoned!]* What a malicious creature. He was my own flesh and blood, yet he was calculating my ruin as if I had committed some unforgivable sin against him. Before slipping into unconsciousness, I couldn't help but ask him why he hated me so much. But he didn't answer. When the anesthesia finally wore off, the doctor handed me a cup of water. "Fortunately, the baby is extremely resilient. He's out of danger, but you'll both need to stay under observation for a while." Staring at the clear water in the cup, a sudden realization hit me like a bolt of lightning! I finally understood what this baby's "inner voice" actually was. Over the next few days, I lived in absolute peace. The baby still tried to provoke me from time to time, desperately trying to get me angry enough to induce a miscarriage. But I refused to give him what he wanted. I ate well, slept well, and let him grow healthy and strong in my womb. When Austin’s lawyer delivered the divorce papers, I didn't cry or beg. I simply picked up a pen and signed my name with a flourish. Within days of our divorce, Austin proposed to Serena. On the day they set their wedding date, Serena called me. "Chloe, I've already told Austin that you and Helen have a genetic disease. I told him I only forged the fake report out of pity for our old friendship." "For Austin's sake, I suggest you abort that bastard immediately. Otherwise, we will make your marriage fraud public and turn you into a social pariah!" Facing her threat, I casually agreed over the phone. But behind her back, I took my prenatal vitamins, ate expensive supplements, and nurtured the baby until he was plump and healthy. As my due date neared, Serena's wedding day finally arrived. Right in the middle of her wedding reception, I FaceTime-called her. "Hey! Happy wedding! Wishing you a lifetime of bliss!" Seeing my heavily swollen belly through the screen, horror washed over her face. In the next second, she threw down the wedding ring, abandoned Austin at the altar, and rushed into my hospital room within fifteen minutes, throwing herself onto her knees. "Chloe! Why haven't you aborted this baby yet?!" "There's no time left! I beg you, abort him now! If you do, I'll give Austin back to you immediately!"
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