Open Marriage, Broken Promises: When Love Turns to Ashes novel Chapter 57

When I got off the plane, I went straight to the house I had shared with Sean to start packing my things.

There was much more stuff at home than at the hotel, every corner filled with memories of the happiness Sean and I once shared.

Once I had packed everything, I walked out the door, and my heart suddenly felt empty.

But I didn't look back, and walked forward with resolve.

I silently said to myself.

Emily, don't look back, keep walking…

Just then, fireworks started exploding in the distance.

The bright fireworks filled the sky, as if they were celebrating my rebirth.

My pace quickened, and I suddenly realized—what I had felt just now wasn't emptiness, but freedom.

At that moment, I shed my "wet coat" once more.

After finding a place to stay, the first thing I did was go to the hospital to terminate the pregnancy.

I knew better than anyone the kind of damage an unfortunate family can inflict on a child.

I didn't want my child to suffer the same fate I did.

This was the first gift I gave it, and the last one.

I placed my hand gently on my slightly rounded belly, a deep sorrow filling my heart.

When I was first diagnosed with pregnancy, Sean had been so overjoyed. Now, look at where we were.

I never doubted his sincerity, but sincerity can change in an instant.

After the procedure, I lay on the hospital bed, waiting to enter the operating room.

But then, I saw the last person I wanted to see.

Sean.

He was standing at the entrance of the gynecology ward, holding Lily, looking at me in disbelief.

"Emily, how dare you?!"

"You all better not let her get the procedure, she's my wife! The child has my share too!"

The doctor pushed me forward, looking awkwardly at me.

"Do you know him?"

I closed my eyes and shook my head.

"I don't know him. Please continue with the procedure."

The doctor, having received my response, slowly wheeled me into the operating room.

Sean tried to stop me, but the nurses restrained him, and he collapsed helplessly onto the floor.

"Emily! Why are you doing this to me? It's also my child, you don't have the right to terminate it!"

One of the nurses, hearing him, couldn't help but sneer.

Lily, who had always been pampered by Sean, couldn't take this and pushed him, her eyes red.

"You weren't saying that when you came to me! You said you'd divorce and marry me! How could you lie to me?"

"Sean, you're not human!"

After the abortion, I didn't need to stay in the hospital. Once I recovered, I stood up, ready to leave.

Sean, seeing me leave, was more frantic but was tangled up with Lily.

After a moment of chaos, he suddenly shoved Lily aside.

She stumbled, twisting her ankle, and tumbled down the stairs.

Before anyone could react, she was already lying on the floor in a twisted position, blood spilling in a bright, glaring red from below.

Maybe the pain was too much; her face turned pale, and she opened her mouth, unable to speak for a long time.

I don't know how long it took, but she stared at Sean in a daze and said.

"Sean, our baby... I think... it's gone..."

The scene instantly plunged into chaos.

I had no interest in watching this farce. I turned to leave, but Sean grabbed the hem of my clothes.

He knelt before me, his eyes bloodshot.

"Emily, you can't leave me, you can't live without me. No one else will love you like I do."