Chapter 5

Leo was knocked unconscious by my blow and didn't wake up until noon the next day.

He clutched his head in pain, dimly recalling what happened yesterday.

Leo took my hand and hit his own face with it:

“Honey, drunks don’t know what they’re doing.”

“Slap me back, I promise I won’t fight back. As for the abortion thing… I’ll go clarify it for you right away. With me around, let’s see whose dead mouth dares to spread rumors.”

Looking at Leo’s shameless demeanor, I calmly said:

“Let’s get a divorce.”

Leo smiled helplessly, his pinky finger lightly hooking my strands of hair.

He thought I was just throwing a tantrum, wanting to be intimate with me and coax me into forgiving him, just like before.

His phone rang.

Leo glanced at the caller ID, quickly pulled his hand away, and answered.

“Eve, what’s wrong?”

“What else? I lost a dare. I tell you, I’m pretty unlucky this time, the punishment is to get a room with one of the guys, and we have to go all the way!”

“They’re all laughing, saying I wouldn’t dare, but you know me, I always honor a bet! I choose you to get the room with.”

Leo’s breathing hitched. He looked up, observing my expression, then quickly refused:

“Don’t be reckless, you idiot. Just forfeit.”

“You don’t want to? Humph, then I’ll find someone else~”

Leo panicked, immediately agreeing without thinking:

“Eve, I dare you! Send me the hotel location, I’ll be right there.”

Leo anxiously slipped on his shoes, not even bothering to look at me:

“Eve is naive and overly competitive. If I don’t go, she’ll definitely be taken advantage of by some other guy.”

“Don’t worry, honey, I’ll go talk some sense into her, I’ll definitely convince her not to do it!”

I followed Leo’s car, tailing him all the way to the hotel.

Posing as his wife, I got a room key, then burst in, phone in hand.

*Click! Click!* I captured both of them, faces flushed and stark naked.

When she saw me taking pictures, Eve shrieked:

“Rachel, delete those photos right now! Leo and I were just doing a Truth or Dare punishment. Can’t you be less petty?!”

Leo, his face red, pulled the blanket to cover his lower body, stammering an explanation to me:

“Eve is too stubborn, she insisted on completing the dare. I couldn’t help it…”

“But don’t worry, I only see her as a buddy. This is a one-time thing, absolutely no next time.”

“Listen, Rachel, delete the photos. Eve is still a girl, how will she ever get married if these get out?”

I couldn't help but laugh.

Caught red-handed in bed, and he's still calling them ‘good buddies.’

I calmly tucked my phone into my pocket.

Seeing I was unmoved, Leo’s face gradually darkened.

He pulled out his phone and started playing a blurry video.

It was the video of me falling down the stairs to abort myself when I was eighteen.

Leo had secretly kept this video on his phone, captioned ‘Lifelong Regret.’

Whenever he got too tired from working hard, he'd watch it once to motivate himself.

Watching it always gave him the drive to keep going.

Now, that former regret had become a bargaining chip to threaten me.

“Rachel, if you dare to spread those photos, I’ll post this video online! Everyone will see your ugly state of secretly getting an abortion, how you killed your own flesh and blood!”

Through my tears, I smiled calmly:

“Don’t worry, I won’t spread it.”

“I’m not here to fight the other woman, nor am I here to break up you two loving ‘besties’.”

“I just want to keep some evidence. In court, it might help with our asset division.”

With that, I turned and walked away without a trace of hesitation.

In the empty, themed suite, Eve pouted, rolling her eyes as she asked:

“Hey, is she really serious this time?”

Leo instinctively shook his head:

“No way! She’s an orphan, no family, no home. Where could she go without me?”

“I’ll contact the hospital right away to arrange the next IVF. Rachel loves children so much, she’ll calm down immediately.”

Leo called the hospital, but the nurse on the other end responded with confusion:

“Don’t you know? After the last abortion surgery, Rachel completely lost her ability to conceive.”