Chapter 2

"Lisa, are you okay?"

William reached out to help me up, but I instinctively pulled back. The filthy, disgusting scene in the stairwell flashed through my mind again.

"Don't touch me."

William met my eyes and his face stiffened. He knew I must have seen everything.

Just then, the doctor walked over and said, "The patient fainted due to emotional shock. Luckily, her body is fine, but your wife is about to give birth. Be a little more considerate."

The doctor looked at William with a hint of displeasure. William quickly nodded and apologized, unsure of how to face me.

After the doctor left, Heather, who had been silent the whole time, finally stepped forward. "Lisa, since you know, there's no need for William and me to hide it from you anymore."

William shot Heather a glare, but she didn't care at all.

"Lisa is my best friend. What's there to hide between us? We're together now."

She said it with such self-righteousness, like it was just some kind of announcement.

My face was pale. William had been watching my expression closely and immediately snapped at Heather.

"Enough! Don't you know Lisa is pregnant?"

Heather pouted. William came over to soothe me. "Don't upset the baby. I'll explain this whole thing to you later."

"Get away from me!"

I shoved William away with disgust, a sharp pain twisting in my chest.

The truth was slapping me right in the face. What was there left to explain?

Heather quickly steadied the stumbling William and glared at me angrily.

"Lisa, don't be so unreasonable. Don't use your pregnancy as an excuse to scream at William."

"He's not just your man anymore. Even if you don't care about him, I do."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. My eyes red, I demanded, "How long has this... been going on?"

Just asking that question took every ounce of my strength. The pain in my chest was so fierce I could barely breathe.

"Let it go, Lisa. Please, just listen to me, okay? The most important thing right now is your health," William said, unable to bear seeing me like this.

But I screamed, my heart shattering, "Answer me!"

The scream made Heather's face twist with anger. She shot back, a hint of revenge in her tone, without any hesitation.

"I'll be honest with you. The day I introduced William to you... no, even earlier than that, we were already together."

My whole body trembled. Three years. Three whole years. And even longer.

The first year, Heather introduced William to me. The second year, William and I officially started dating. And this year, the third year, I got pregnant.

Yet in some corner I never saw, William and Heather were inseparable.

The thought that we had shared a man for these three years made me violently nauseous.

Heather, however, put on understanding act and smiled at me. "Lisa, we're friends who tell each other everything. You'll understand, right?"

Looking at my once cheerful best friend holding onto my man, I couldn't hold it in anymore. I bent over and retched violently.

William was terrified. He rushed to my side in a flash. "Lisa, what's wrong? Let me get a doctor."

I used all my remaining strength to back away, refusing to let him near me. Gasping for air, I said, "William, I don't want this baby anymore."