Chapter 2 Your Sister Is Pregnant

As soon as the doctor finished speaking, tears welled up in Aurora Barnes' eyes. Her long eyelashes trembled and she lowered her head guiltily.

"Elmer, our baby... Our baby almost..."

She sobbed and couldn't manage to finish her sentence.

Elmer was stunned.

Aurora was pregnant? How could it be possible?

They had never slept together.

After all, Aurora had a congenital heart disease.

So he never got intimate with her, for fear of injuring her inadvertently, let alone made love to her.

Elmer's eyes were riddled with confusion. After thinking about it for a moment, he asked, "When did this happen? Why didn't you tell me?"

Seeing that he wasn't happy but suspicious, Aurora grew a little flustered.

She blinked away her tears and forced a smile, saying, "Don't you remember that time you got drunk at my place? Well, that night, we..."

Aurora let her voice trail off deliberately, and she turned her face away shyly.

"I didn't know I'd be so lucky to get pregnant the first time we did it..."

Seeing the sweet smile on her face, Elmer no longer doubted her.

He figured the alcohol must've erased his memory of that night.

But the most pressing concern was Aurora's physical condition. She was in no shape to carry and give birth to a baby.

Elmer sighed slightly. "Aurora, you're not well yet. The baby will only make things worse."

He reached for her hand and continued in a low voice, "I think you should have an abortion."

"What?! I don't want to have an abortion!"

Aurora withdrew her hand and looked at Elmer in disbelief.

But a split second later, her heart skipped a beat. She realized that she overreacted just now.

With a faking pitiful look on her face, she threw herself into Elmer's arms and burst into tears.

"I know I'm not in good health. You don't even have the heart to make out with me when you're sober. But this is our only chance. I can't bring myself to kill our baby."

She looked at Elmer with her teary eyes, squeezing out a tear or two. Elmer couldn't help but pity her.

"I know that you and Leona are husband and wife. I won't ask you for anything else. I just want to give birth to your baby, even if it means raising it by myself.

And if I die first, at least you'll still have someone to accompany you."

She looked at him, her eyes full of expectation.

"Stop talking like that. I can't watch you get hurt because of it," Elmer said with a serious face.

Aurora shook her head firmly. "I'm willing to do anything for our child. Even if it means risking my life, I want to give birth to it!"

Elmer didn't want to talk about this topic with her anymore, so he helped her lie down and said softly, "You must be tired. Get some rest first."

Afraid that her emotional stress would worsen her condition, Elmer coaxed her gently and lulled her to sleep before leaving the hospital.

By the time he left, it was already dawn.

Leona didn't sleep a wink all night.

When Elmer stepped foot inside his villa, he found his wife sitting on the sofa absentmindedly.

The morning light flooded into the room from the window, illuminating her tired face.

Elmer was inexplicably irritable to see her awake. He said in a cold voice, "Why aren't you in bed yet? What are you doing here?"

Clenching her fists, Leona looked up at him and said defensively, "I waited for you to come back..."

She had thought that if Elmer had spare time, he would come back to accompany her.

As expected, he finally showed up. At least, Elmer would belong to her—even if for just a moment.

Leona tucked her messy hair behind her ears and smiled at him, hiding her tiredness well.

But the corners of her eyes were still red from crying.

Seeing this, Elmer frowned more tightly. He unbuttoned his shirt and snapped impatiently, "Why do you pretend to be so pitiful? What're you going to do? Run to Grandfather and cry again?"

The other night, Elmer was in a meeting with a client when his grandfather suddenly called, asking him whether he hadn't been home for a couple of days.

His grandfather also ordered him to go home and stay with Leona on her birthday.

Obviously, it was all Leona's idea!

Now, it seemed she wanted to use the same trick again.

Leona was stunned. "What? I never talked to Grandfather."

Although Elmer's grandfather was nice to her, she had never thought about asking him to force Elmer to treat her well.

She didn't have the heart to force Elmer. Neither would she stoop so low.

As long as she could stay by his side like this, she was more than content.

"Oh, forget it."

Elmer cast her an indifferent glance and dropped the topic, not because he believed her, but because he didn't want to waste time talking with her.

He sat down opposite her, took out a document, and handed it to her. "Have a look at it. Tell me what else you need to add."

Leona's eyes landed on the bold words at the top of the document.

It was a divorce agreement.

Leona's eyes went as wide as saucers. She looked at Elmer in disbelief. "You want to... divorce me?"

Elmer's collar was open, exposing the hickeys she had left on him earlier. But when her eyes met his, she saw only coldness.

"Yes."

Leona gasped in astonishment. She felt her heart break into a thousand pieces.

She had thought that it didn't matter that her parents and sister had forgotten her birthday. She had waited for Elmer expectantly, eager to find comfort in him.

However, he had only come home to have sex with her in a drunken state, and then he left without hesitation because of one phone call from Aurora.

She had waited for him all night, only to receive a divorce agreement.

Why did everyone treat her like this?

Why did he decide to rip her heart out of her chest?

She had had enough of the injustice. She wouldn't let them get what they wanted!

Leona's eyes suddenly flashed with fierce determination. In a voice that trembled slightly, she said, "I disagree. I won't accept the divorce."

Exhausted, Elmer rubbed his temples tiredly.

"Let's not waste time. Aurora is pregnant."

The news was like a bolt from the blue. Elmer's cold voice echoed in Leona's ears as she stared at him in a daze.

All the courage she had plucked up just a moment earlier had dissipated completely.

After a long while, she finally came to her senses and asked, "When did it happen?"

"It's none of your business."

"I see."

Leona chuckled bitterly, tears streaming down her face. Her straight back was bent by the unbearable grief.

Too emotional to think straight, her hand suddenly shot out.

She grabbed the divorce agreement on the tea table and ripped it to shreds in front of Elmer.

White pieces of paper floated in the air between them.

There seemed to be an insurmountable gap between them.

Leona's body trembled, but she stared at Elmer defiantly.

She had swallowed so much humiliation in this marriage, yet her husband never saw her fit to be the mother of his child.

But now, he told her that Aurora was pregnant with his child!

Her sister got pregnant with her husband's baby! It was simply too ridiculous!

Leona seemed to be nothing but trash in everyone's eyes.

Her parents only doted on Aurora, their adopted daughter, and her marriage was on the verge of disaster thanks to Aurora.

Her life was like a joke!

Elmer's expression darkened. He stood up and looked down at her, asking coldly, "What was the point of that?"

Leona pursed her lips. He was right. What was the point of insisting on sustaining the marriage?

He had never loved her after all.

But even so, she didn't want to sign her name on the wretched divorce agreement.

At the very least, they were still bound by the marriage—even if just on paper.

If they divorced, they would cut ties forever.

The atmosphere in the living room became so tense that one could've cut through it with a knife. Neither of them spoke for what felt like an eternity.

Suddenly, Elmer's phone rang, breaking the stalemate.

He answered the phone.

"Elmer," his grandfather's stern voice sounded from the other end of the line. "Bring Leona here tonight. Let's have dinner together!"