Chapter 1My Husband Lied About Being Impotent, So I Pinned Down His Best Friend and Demanded: Give Me a Child

I adopted a boy in the second year of our marriage due to my husband's erectile dysfunction.

When the child was seven years old, I overheard his friend saying:

"Damn, Adrian Blackwood is so cold-blooded!"

"Leo is actually your child with Valerie Sinclair?"

"Won't your wife divorce you if she finds out?"

Adrian Blackwood sneered, "Divorce? She wouldn't dare leave me."

It turns out he claimed to have erectile dysfunction and never touched me just to stay faithful to his true love.

Now, I've changed my mind.

I turned the tables and pinned his best friend to the bed.

" Marcus Ryder, I want to have a baby..."

On our son's seventh birthday, Adrian Blackwood invited some friends over to celebrate.

As it was getting late, I put Leo to bed. When I woke up in the middle of the night, they were still partying downstairs.

I got dressed and was about to go down to the kitchen to make some hangover soup for them, to prevent headaches the next day.

I don't know what they were talking about earlier, but at that moment, Adrian Blackwood's friends seemed shocked:

"Damn, Adrian Blackwood, you're so cold-blooded! As expected of our bro!"

"Leo is actually your child with Valerie Sinclair?"

"Won't your wife divorce you if she finds out?"

I was thunderstruck, frozen in place.

Adrian Blackwood's expression was dark and unreadable. He lowered his head slightly, his brows furrowed as if troubled by some emotion. His handsome features seemed almost unreal, now covered with a layer of faint sadness. It was as if endless worries were hidden in those deep eyes.

He silently drank one glass after another.

But he didn't say a word to refute them.

My fingers tightly gripped the hem of my dress.

Another person continued:

"Adrian Blackwood, are you still thinking about Valerie Sinclair?"

"But your wife is pretty nice. Why don't you forget about Valerie Sinclair and be good to your wife?"

"I see that your wife treats Leo even better than his birth mother. After all these years, you must have feelings for her too, right?"

Adrian Blackwood's thin lips were pressed together, with a barely audible sigh.

"I don't know what to do either. I thought I was ready to spend the rest of my life with Zoe Lancaster like this..."

"But... Valerie Sinclair is back."

"She's sick and wants to see the child. She even wants to take him back."

My heart felt like it was being squeezed by an invisible hand.

Those once sweet memories flashed through my mind, only to be mercilessly torn apart in an instant.

Just as I was about to collapse, a large hand caught me.

It was Marcus Ryder, Adrian Blackwood's sworn brother.

I happened to be standing outside the room where he was resting.

I steadied myself, wanting to pull away from him.

At that moment, the people downstairs seemed to be coming up.

But that burning hand tightened around my waist.

In a panic, Marcus Ryder actually pushed open Leo's door and pulled me inside.

I gasped in shock:

" Marcus Ryder, what are you doing?"

Marcus Ryder's long fingers pressed against my lips as he leaned close to my ear and whispered:

"Shh, sis-in-law~ Keep your voice down. Do you want to wake up your husband's love child?"

I immediately covered my mouth and looked at Leo sleeping soundly on the bed.

I glared at the troublemaker, who was clearly doing this on purpose.

" Marcus Ryder, get out!"

At that moment, footsteps approached in the hallway.