Chapter 2 Just To Have A Baby

In the past, whenever Brendan came home from work, Adeline would always welcome him with a warm smile. She'd take his coat and asked about his day in a gentle voice. Even if she was in a bad mood that day, she'd always restrain her emotions and never lost her temper in front of him. Today, however, she looked at him coldly and her voice was chilling as ice.

Brendan noticed her change in demeanor, and he instantly knew that something was wrong.

He grabbed her arm and gazed into her cold, lifeless eyes.

"Are you mad at me, Adeline?"

Three years ago, Adeline's father made a series of bad business decisions. In the end, her family owed a lot of people a lot of money. Many loan sharks went to their house and threatened them, demanding their money back. In an effort to pay off their debts quickly, the Dawson family wanted to unite with the Clemons family. They made a deal over 20 years ago that their children were to be married when they grew up, so the Dawsons forced Adeline to marry Brendan in exchange for a generous dowry.

Although the Clemons family was very rich and powerful, Brendan was not exactly a man of morals.

And Adeline actually had someone special in her heart at the time. At first, she refused to marry into the Clemons family, but her father had sent away her mentally ill mother and used her as his bargaining chip. Thus, Adeline had no choice but to agree to the marriage.

Before the wedding, the Dawson family and the Clemons family had arranged for Adeline and Brendan to meet.

No matter how hard Adeline tried to resist, she was forced to come with them to the Clemons family home.

That day, the sun was shining brightly. When Brendan strode in, his eyes seemed somewhat lazy and indifferent. Despite it all, he was such a heartthrob!

The moment he walked in, Adeline's heart began to race. She didn't expect that the man she was betrothed to was none other than her secret crush of many years.

She broke into a nervous sweat and nearly exploded from joy. "Hello, I'm Adeline Dawson, your wife-to-be."

Sitting on the sofa with his slender legs crossed, Brendan sneered coldly. "You're Adeline, right? Let me make things clear for you. If my Grandpa hadn't been seriously ill and wanted to see me get married and have children, I wouldn't have agreed to this stupid marriage. The Clemons family might be able to help the Dawson family with their debts, but after we get married, I refuse to have anything to do with you. We'll only be a couple on paper. I won't love you. Your only task here is to give birth to the heir of the Clemons family. Do you understand?"

Seeing the coldness in his eyes, Adeline knew that he didn't like her.

But he was the man of her dreams.

And this was the only way she could get close to him.

So she married him, full of hope for the future.

She had thought that as long as she tried her best to please him, he would gradually warm up to her. Maybe he'd even come to love her.

However, it turned out that she was really stupid and naive.

In the past three years, she had devoted herself to him. She got up at four o'clock every morning to prepare him breakfast. She did everything for him, but in return, he treated her like a stranger.

He didn't remember her birthday. He wouldn't show up even during occasions where they needed to show up together. There was a time when she had a terrible stomachache and couldn't even stand up from the pain. She was sweating profusely and called him, to which he replied, "I'm very busy now. Don't call me if it's not important."

Then, without waiting for a response, he hung up.

She had no choice but to go to the hospital by herself. She signed the operation agreement by herself. After the operation, she hired a nurse to take care of her. When she was discharged from the hospital, she went home alone. Even after such an ordeal, Brendan had never even bothered to ask about her condition.

However, when it came to Tiffany, he knew everything about her.

Adeline was not a blockhead. She felt heartbroken when she found out about his disappointing behavior.

Raising her head, she locked eyes with him and asked in a low voice, "Brendan, do you think it's still worth it to maintain our marriage?"

"Do you regret marrying me?" It seemed that Brendan understood what she meant.

"Don't forget why you married me in the first place."

Adeline gritted her teeth. She remembered the reason very well.