Chapter 3The Seventh Year: The Bird Has Flown

That night, just as I fell asleep, his assistant called me.

"Ms. Sterling, Mr. Winchester is digging up the grave. Please, come stop him."

I laughed. I was the wife Holden married, yet everyone called Mia "Mrs. Winchester" and referred to me as "Ms. Sterling."

Since the last time I decided to divorce and then ghosted him, Holden had announced on the company’s official social media:

Mia is the only wife I recognize in this life.

After that day, I became the laughingstock of the city.

I pulled the corner of my mouth; my neck still throbbed with pain.

"If it’s his business, call the Winchester family. Don't tell me. It has nothing to do with me."

I hung up.

I never thought Holden would stoop to grave-robbing.

Since he got with Mia, we talked about divorce more often than we ate dinner.

But it never happened. Either I refused, or Mia called him away with some excuse.

The last time was two months ago. Holden offered me half his assets to sign the papers.

I agreed.

But the day before we were to sign, I found out I was pregnant. I didn't show up.

Holden blew up my phone that day. That was also the day Mia left.

When Holden’s grandfather, the patriarch of the family, found out, he talked to Holden all night.

Holden might ignore everyone else, but he respected the Old Man.

The next day, Holden withdrew all his search teams. He stopped looking for her.

We didn't speak again. Divorce wasn't mentioned.

I thought that even if he didn't care about me, he cared about the child.

Now I see that trying to use a child to tie down a man was the most pathetic thing I’ve ever done.

The next day, I went to the clinic.

I’m not a saint. I didn't want to be a single mother.

I can live without love, but my child should be born into a whole family.

The procedure was quick. I was discharged that afternoon.

Now that the child was gone, divorce was just a piece of paper.

Holden hadn't shown up once during this time. But of course, he was scouring the world for his little lover.

He refused to believe Mia was actually dead.