Chapter 2The Wedding Day Swap

I just realized I was someone else's wife now.

It was too sudden; I hadn't adapted to this identity yet.

But answering Liam's call, I felt more relaxed than ever before.

"Who was that?"

Xavier opened the car door just as I hung up.

He looked at me suspiciously.

"A friend."

I don't know why, but I didn't want to tell him about marrying Liam yet.

Felicity also got in the car carrying gifts.

Putting down the gifts, she rubbed her hands and blew on them.

"So cold."

Xavier immediately wrapped her hands in his: "I'll warm them for you."

As if I wasn't in the car.

Suddenly I was glad he abandoned me at the courthouse this time.

If we had really gotten the license, could I stand their ambiguity for decades?

I shook my head gently.

"Xavier, it was so cold outside just now, is the baby okay?"

Hearing her words, Xavier looked nervous.

He quickly took off the Bodhi bracelet from his wrist and put it on Felicity's wrist.

Through the rearview mirror, Felicity gave me a triumphant smile.

I had climbed 999 steps on my period to pray for this bracelet for Xavier at a mountaintop temple.

Caught in a storm on the way down, I was almost washed away.

Two years ago when I gave it to him, he was moved to tears.

He said he would never take it off.

Now, just two years later, he gave it away so casually.

The past flashed by like a meteor. I tried hard to hold back my tears.

I grabbed Felicity's hand, snatched the bracelet, and threw it out the window.

A flash of anger crossed Felicity's face, then she looked on the verge of tears:

"Xavier, why is Serena angry? Is she blaming you for giving me the bracelet? Even if she's angry, she shouldn't throw it away, right? After all, it's something you wore. She doesn't care about you at all."

Xavier's face was livid: "Serena, what are you fussing about now? It's just a broken bracelet, not something precious. What's wrong with me giving it to Auntie? If you keep being so selfish, I can't marry you."

I said dismissively: "Then don't marry, what's the big deal?"

Hearing my words, Xavier got even angrier.

I should be the one angry about this, right?

But he pursed his lips tightly and drove fast.

Even running two red lights.

As soon as we arrived home, Felicity was taken to a room by the old man.

"Whose bastard are you carrying? If you can't get engaged, abort it immediately."

"Women of the Xie family are not allowed to have children out of wedlock."

Even from far away, I could hear the old man's roar.

And Felicity's sobbing.

Xavier looked worried.

He pulled me over, face solemn, and persuaded again:

"Serena, you see how hard it is for Auntie."

"Go tell Grandpa you can't conceive, and Auntie is a surrogate for you."

"You're afraid of pain anyway; with this child, you won't have to give birth yourself."

I slapped his hand away:

"For your aunt, I have to say I'm infertile? Are you sick? Is this child yours?"

Xavier's face darkened, obviously displeased:

"Serena!" He said heavily.

"What nonsense are you talking about? How could I do such a thing?"

"Didn't you agree in the car just now?"

I sneered:

"The things you've done could fill a book."

Xavier grabbed my wrist:

"Serena, if you still want to marry me, accept this child and stop spreading rumors about me and Auntie. Otherwise, we break up."

"Think about it."

Before I could answer, he shoved me and walked away.

Near the end of the banquet, I was about to say goodbye to the old man.

Turning a corner, I was dragged onto the terrace by Xavier.