Chapter 4

That evening, all my luggage was packed.

After confirming tomorrow's flight time with that person, I was about to sleep when the doorbell rang.

It was Isabella again.

Caleb had social obligations tonight, so she came here to assert her presence.

Not wanting trouble, I pretended not to hear and continued sleeping.

At two in the morning, a basin of cold water woke me up.

I opened my eyes to find Caleb standing by my bed, looking at me as if he wanted to kill someone.

He roughly yanked me out of bed.

My wrist twisted at a strange angle. I cried out in pain.

"Caleb, what are you doing?!"

He gripped my chin viciously, angry flames seeming to burn in his eyes.

"Lily, you have the nerve to ask me?!"

"Didn't I warn you that if anything happens to Bella's baby, I won't let you off?"

An ominous premonition rose in my heart.

"What happened to her?"

Caleb sneered.

"Playing dumb? She fell at your place. If you didn't push her, who did?"

My face went pale. Isabella's previous taunting words suddenly flashed through my mind.

"So what if my framing tactics are crude? As long as Cal loves me, he'll believe me and take my side. Methods don't matter—as long as they work."

A bitter smile curved my lips.

"If I said I didn't push her, would you believe me?"

Caleb didn't answer, but his actions gave me his answer.

He had someone bring a cane and ordered them to strip off all my clothes and tie me up.

Then he had those powerful wolf warriors whip my abdomen again and again.

To make Isabella happy, he took out his phone and video-called her right in front of me.

The camera pointed at me.

Isabella's delicate voice came from the phone.

"Cal, you have to stand up for me. You don't know—that old hag kept cursing at me, calling me a homewrecker, shameless. Then she tried to push me. Good thing our baby is strong, or she would've killed it!"

Caleb coaxed her tenderly while the blows grew harder.

Searing pain spread from my abdomen. My stomach became a bloody mess.

My face was deathly pale. Tears of humiliation and pain fell together.

Caleb's brow furrowed. His eye twitched sharply. A flash of reluctance quickly passed through his eyes before he looked away.

"I still need to accompany Bella. I'll leave the rest to you."

I numbly endured the mocking and lecherous gazes of those wolf warriors.

Some took advantage of the chaos to grope me.

"This is Caleb's wife. Are you crazy?"

That person casually groped me again.

"Look at this woman's body—you're telling me you have no reaction?"

"Besides, Caleb's wife is that one now. When he said to leave it to us, wasn't that tacit permission for us to do what we want with her?"

"Anyway, if something happens to this vicious woman, Caleb won't blame us. You all know how much he dotes on that Omega."

Those few sentences silenced everyone else.

Their hands grew more brazen.

I screamed shrilly, my eyes nearly bloodshot.

"Let go of me!"

At the critical moment, a "bang" sounded. Several wolf warriors standing in front of me collapsed.

Terror completely overwhelmed me. I shook uncontrollably.

The newcomer gently pulled me into his arms.

"I'm late, Lily."

......

After coaxing Isabella to sleep, Caleb was exhausted.

The doctor said Isabella's baby wasn't actually in much danger, but for the child's sake, he could only go along with Isabella's wishes.

He was getting older too. He wanted a child of his own.

Once Isabella gave birth this time, he'd take the child and send her away.

After playing around for so many years, it was time to settle down.

Just as he left the hospital room, he ran into a top obstetrics specialist.

"Caleb? I didn't catch you last time, but I wanted to tell you—Lily had such a hard time getting pregnant. You were too careless... While you're still young, you should focus on conditioning her body. Maybe a miracle will happen again."

Caleb froze. "What child?"

The specialist said strangely, "Lily didn't tell you last time? I even told her to be careful, but who knew she still couldn't keep it... Her face was drained of color from crying..."

The man's body swayed. His face turned white as a corpse.