Chapter 7
With that, Anna turned to Antonio. “We’re connected now. The baby I’m carrying was made with your help. It’s our kid too.
“No matter what, you’re the father, and that’s unchangeable.”
Antonio agreed with a nod. “This is the best choice I’ve ever made.”
Then they went to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology together.
It was only after hearing all this that I realized Antonio had secretly done. IVF with Anna, and she was pregnant with his child.
No wonder he hadn’t shown any care even after I had given birth for so long.
He hadn’t been home since leaving the police station.
He didn’t know our place had been completely cleared out and I had sold that house already.
Carrying my child outside on a bright, sunny day, I felt completely chilled.
It seemed that I had just been pulled out of a freezer.
The baby was crying in my arms. He was so tiny, seemingly clueless, but when he cried, it was as if he understood something too.
I had just gotten into the car when Kyler texted me a photo of those two at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, clear enough that it looked like it was taken by Kyler’s camera.
He replied very seriously, “Eye for an eye, and I took it fair and square.”
The angle was indeed very direct..
And he told me an even more shocking piece of news.
Antonio and Anna had been through IVF before. It wasn’t their first rodeo. Since we got married, they had been trying off and on. This time. was their fifth shot.
It only worked this time.
It began on our wedding day! Antonio showed up late and almost didn’t make it to our wedding. It turned out that he was off getting IVF done.
They had five tries in total.
That meant through all the years we were together, he was set on having a child with Anna.
So when he found out I was pregnant, he wasn’t exactly over the moon. He was kind of down.
Back then, I figured he just wasn’t ready for a baby.
Now I got it. He was wondering why I was pregnant but Anna’s IVF hadn’t worked out.
He couldn’t understand why I was the one having his child.
When it hit me, looking at the baby in my arms, I felt bad for the little
guy.
It turned out his dad wasn’t exactly thrilled about his arrival.
Kyler gave me evidence, and I collected it.
Not long after I got home, I got a message from Antonio’s buddies.
Grace, we messed up last time. Today, we’re buying dinner for you,
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Antonio, and Anna. Let’s work things out, okay?” They hardly ever reach
out to me.
Since Antonio and I started dating, they either didn’t reach out to Antonio. at all or they would invite him when they knew I wasn’t available.
This time, it was definitely a trap.
But I needed this kind of trap, and I had been waiting for it. I knew they would defend Anna.
After all, they claimed that Anna was the apple of their eyes.
Besides, I had a chat record that I had been keeping under wraps. One of them accidentally sent it to a group chat I was part of. I just so happened to catch it and screenshot it.
At the time, I didn’t pay much attention and figured they were just pulling my leg, but now I was not so sure about that.
