My Mute Wife

Into the night.

Lexie leans over the bed and reads a book.

There is also a medicine bowl at the bedside, in which the daily bowl of antiretroviral pills has already been drunk.

As she read the book, she subconsciously rubbed her stomach.

Although it is not yet the month of conception, but can already feel the signs of this little life, probably is the mother and child said to be connected to each other.

These days she stays alone, more and more unable to let go of the child.

She even thought of Alan is also without parents, in the Howard family grew up, as long as this is the Howard family’s blood in her belly, no one will treat him badly.

The child is innocent.

“Creak” the sound of a door opening, the sound of light footsteps is very different from those heard in the past.

Lexie froze for a moment and turned her head to see the uninvited guest.

Edith?

[What brings you here?

“Surprised?” Edith circled her house, “I heard you were pregnant, so I came to see you, after all, this in your belly, is my nephew.”

Edith held out her hand, and the diamond ring on her ring finger shone brightly.

“What do you see here?”

Lexie frowned, [What the hell are you doing here?Content is property of NôvelDrama.Org.

With a ‘pop’, a document landed on Lexie’s sheet.

“Sign this document.”

Lexie was stunned to see the words ‘divorce settlement’.

She looked up in disbelief.

Edith was so proud, “Alan asked me to bring it to you, he has signed it, once you sign it, you will have nothing more to do with him.”

[This is impossible.]

“Impossible?” Edith sneered, “Do you really think you can hold on to Mrs. Howard’s position just because you’re pregnant with a child? I tell you, I can make this child in your belly worthless with just a little trick.”

What foreign Cheng family, but a cover.

She started preparing the day she heard Lexie was pregnant. She didn’t believe Alan had any half-hearted feelings for her, men are the embodiment of jealousy, so as long as she showed the slightest sign that she would leave, Alan would definitely try to retain her.

Even if it means telling Lexie to get lost!

“It was a big gamble, and if I lost the bet, I had to go abroad, but obviously, I won the bet.”

Edith flaunted her diamond ring, her face was full of smugness, “Alan gave me a diamond ring I like very much, we are about to get engaged, you give back shameless words, don’t blame me for not being polite.”

Lexie clutched the document, her face pale.

Impossible.

[Alan said I should keep this child, and I don’t believe what you’re saying.

“So what if you keep this child? Don’t worry, I will raise it well for you, if he has this life to be born!”

Edith’s hand came up.

Lexie suddenly flung away in horror as the cutting surface of the diamond ring sliced through her cheek, and the pain of the flesh splitting open was instantly piercing.

Edith let out a startled cry and gave her a hard stare.

“What are you doing? Dirtying my diamond ring!”

Lexie lifted the covers and got out of bed.

“Where are you going?”

[Get out of the way, I’m going to ask Alan about it face to face.

She didn’t believe a word Edith said.

“Stop right there, Alan he doesn’t even want to see you, why are you so shameless?”

Arguing and pulling, ‘clang’, the medicine bowl smashed on the floor, broken porcelain splattered everywhere.

“What for?”

A chortle came from the doorway.

Alan strides in.

Edith immediately put on a soft look and leaned over, “Alan, I advised her to sign properly, but she didn’t believe me, she even got angry with me and threw things at me, I was hurt.”

Alan gave Lexie a look.

Lexie’s eyes were red and she stared at Alan in awe.

“Where is it hurt?” Alan withdrew his gaze and took Edith’s hand to check the injury in front of Lexie.

She was not hurt at all, and the only blood on her hand was left when the diamond ring just cut Lexie’s face, but she frowned, “It hurts.”

“Have the maids take care of it for you, it shouldn’t be serious.”

The warm and worried look fell on Lexie’s eyes and her heart felt like a knife.

“Leave it to me here,” Alan put his arm around Edith’s waist and patted her on the back, “don’t take away from your good mood.”

“And the agreement thing?”

“You go downstairs first and wait for me.”

“Good.”

After Edith left, Alan’s eyes quickly went cold, “I thought I told you to recuperate, what are you doing?”

[Is what she said true? You want to divorce me?

“Isn’t this what you’ve been waiting for? I’ll make it happen for you.”

When she heard this, Lexie’s mind went blank.

She stumbled forward a step, but her foot stepped on the broken porcelain tiles, the pain came from the heart of her foot, but she did not dodge, as if such pain can make her more awake.

More able to recognize that this is not a nightmare, but a reality.

Alan’s eyes tightened and he was about to move closer when out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of a shadow in the doorway of the room.

“You’ll move out after the divorce, and when the baby is born, you’ll be free.”

The cold words fell on the ears, like falling into the ice cellar.

As if something had instantly drained the strength from her body, Lexie didn’t even have the strength to sign.

“Sign it.”

Alan walked up to her side and handed her the paper and pen.

The divorce agreement is in duplicate and Alan’s name has been signed.

Lexie’s eyes were instantly red, and she braced herself to take the document, but the hand holding the pen couldn’t stop shaking a little.

The only sound left in the room was ‘rustling’.

The freedom she had dreamed of was at hand, and after signing the final installment, she was no longer Alan’s wife and no longer involved with the Howard family.

But this stroke is like a thousand pounds, how can not fall down.

Alan suddenly took hold of her hand and slashed the last stroke down hard.

“That’s fine, you can keep this one.”

“Tomorrow afternoon, Jack will bring someone to help you move your stuff.”

The cold words fell, and Lexie dropped to the head of the bed.

The foot is still bleeding, broken porcelain embedded in the flesh, like a thorn, deeper and deeper, as if it had been stuck to the heart, as if all the wounds that did not heal in the past days were all pried open and bleeding once more.

Downstairs came the sound of Edith’s pouty cheer.

A gust of wind blew from the balcony and the agreement that had been left behind flipped over and covered Lexie’s feet, stained with bright red blood.

The four words ‘divorce agreement’ are shocking to the eye.

The heart suddenly felt like a big hole had been dug, and the whistling wind was running amok.

Ask yourself, don’t you really want to escape from this place?

The day has finally come.

But why is it so hard to feel?

Lexie covered her chest, her thin fingers clutching her pajamas, clenching them into a crumpled ball, but still couldn’t stop the tidal wave of pain coming from there.

It was as if they were going to pass out and have trouble breathing.