Chapter 3

Instead of listening, Judith glared at them. "You dare talk back to me for this worthless slut? Do you want me to have my son fire all of you right now?"

Her threat worked instantly. The employees shut their mouths, stepping back in fear.

Suddenly, one of the secretaries holding me gasped. "Mrs. Zhang... look at her. She keeps protecting her stomach. Is she pregnant?"

Judith froze for a second. For a brief, naive moment, I thought she would spare me for the sake of the baby.

I was dead wrong.

The realization that I was pregnant only made her more psychotic.

"No wonder you had the nerve to show up here! You brought a little bastard with you to blackmail my son for money!"

"Well, too bad you met me today. I am not letting this mistake be born."

Judith grabbed me by my hair, yanked my head back, and kicked me hard right in the stomach.

Since I was only in my first trimester, the blow was devastating. Cold sweat poured down my face from the blinding pain.

My head spun, and my vision started to blur.

For a second, I genuinely thought I was going to die.

Using the last of my strength, I shoved Judith back, sobbing out the truth. "I am not his mistress! I am his wife!"

"We have a marriage certificate! I am the legal Mrs. Zhang!"

The VIP lounge went dead silent. You could hear a pin drop.

"Bitch! I am Julian’s mother! If he got married, do you think I wouldn’t know?"

"You're just trying to ruin my son's reputation!"

I wiped the blood dripping from my lips. "Julian and I have been together since college. We got married right after graduation."

Judith’s face filled with pure disgust. "Are you trying to say my son went behind my back to marry you?"

"My son has been a good, obedient boy his whole life. He would never hide something this big from me!"

"If he did, it would mean he didn’t want me as his mother anymore. Who do you think you are to destroy thirty years of our mother-son bond?"

I struggled to keep my eyes open, wanting to defend myself, but suddenly, I felt a sickening warmth pooling between my thighs.

I wanted to look down, but I had absolutely no strength left.

Someone in the crowd gasped, "Oh my god... look! There’s blood on the floor!"

Panic surged through me.

Five years. It took us five long years to finally get this baby.

I wanted to crawl out the door, to scream for Julian to come save our child, but my limbs felt like lead.

"It’s just a little blood. Who are you trying to scare?" Judith scoffed.

"I’ve been pregnant before. Besides, a dirty girl like you has probably slept around with plenty of men. Who knows if this bastard even belongs to my son!"

Her words were laced with venom. Because she was the CEO’s mother, nobody dared to contradict her.

I reached out, desperately grabbing the hem of her pants. "I beg you... please save my baby. The baby is innocent!"

"My poor baby hasn't even seen the world yet... please, don't do this. Call an ambulance, please!"

But my desperate cries fell on deaf ears.

The people standing around just watched with cold, indifferent eyes.

It was none of their business. They didn’t want to get involved.

Judith stood there, watching me bleed out on the floor. Only after a grueling ten minutes did she finally pull out her phone.

For a split second, I thought she had found her humanity. But she wasn't calling 911. She was calling Julian.

"Mom? What is it now?"

Julian's voice came through the line, sounding exhausted and annoyed.

"Sweetheart! Some girl just barged into your office looking for you," Judith said, her voice instantly transitioning into a sweet, motherly tone.

"Mom, people come to my office to see me every day. Men, women, everyone. Can you please stop micromanaging my life?"

"Oh, sweetie, I’m just worried about you since you’re still single."

"You don't need to worry about my personal life. I have it under control. I'm busy, I have to go."

Before he hung up, Judith deliberately put the phone on speaker.

"Did you hear that?" Judith sneered, looking down at me. "My son just said he’s single. What kind of 'wife' are you?"

"In his heart, I am the only woman who matters."

Hearing Julian's words, my heart completely shattered.

So, he had hidden our marriage from everyone.

All this time, I was the only one living in this beautiful, pathetic illusion.

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