Chapter 313 Years of Lies and a Secret Baby

Julian finally sobered up.

He came into the living room, saw the shattered wedding photo, but said nothing.

“If you’re not happy with it, we can always take new ones later.”

“No need,” I said softly.

“You should take wedding photos with the person you love.”

Julian looked a little surprised. I simply went to another room to sleep.

But the next day, he dragged me to retake a set.

Then, he took me to a lavish party.

Jewelry covered the tables, and the hall was filled with my favorite pink roses.

Julian knelt dramatically.

“Today is my wife’s and my three-year anniversary. This is a special surprise I arranged for her.”

Guests cheered, but all I felt was the man’s hypocrisy.

He was clearly using this as a way to make me pay for his guilt.

Just then, a voice spoke up.

“Julian, you’re so generous with Skylar!”

“Unlike how you used to be with Valerie Reed, so stingy! You even had to share one bowl of beef noodles!”

Another drunk guest loudly agreed.

“Exactly! You used to live with her in that rundown storage unit. That cramped, narrow bed—you two actually slept there for three years!

I really admire your perseverance. No wonder you succeed at everything you do!”

Heartbreak mixed with shock.

Julian was a clean freak; our home was always spotless.

Sometimes, if I accidentally drank from his cup, he’d frown and lecture me afterward.

I was about to confront him.

“Slap!”

A loud slap landed on his face.

The entire hall fell silent.

It wasn't me who slapped him, but Valerie Reed, who had emerged from a corner.

Her eyes were red-rimmed, but filled with an unyielding defiance.

“Julian Hayes, you coward who can’t own up to his actions!”

“I walked with you from nothing to everything for seven years. You didn’t end up with me, and I don’t blame you.”

“But you disappointed me, and you won’t disappoint Skylar Vance again!”

Julian was uncharacteristically silent.

A few bystanders shook their heads.

“Valerie, you’re really too generous! Julian treated you like that, and you’re still thinking about him!”

“It’s truly his loss that he didn’t marry you…”

I smiled. “Alright, Julian. We’re getting a divorce.”

“I’ll take back all the house and company equity. You can be with the woman you love.”

Julian panicked.

“Skylar, don’t be angry. They were just joking!”

But just then, a server accidentally bumped into the champagne tower.

Countless champagne glasses instantly toppled, glass shards flying everywhere.

I instinctively protected my stomach, but a sharp pain made my vision blur, and I felt a gush of warmth down below.

Before losing consciousness, I heard urgent voices.

“Julian, Valerie only has minor injuries, we’ll take care of her!

Your wife is having a miscarriage, hurry and get her to the hospital!”

But as my eyes closed, I saw Julian rush towards Valerie without hesitation.

He carried her into the ambulance.

When I opened my eyes again, the doctor looked at me, his gaze full of sympathy.

“Ms. Vance, your baby… couldn’t be saved.”

“After this miscarriage, it’s likely you won’t be able to have children again.”

I touched my empty, faintly aching abdomen.

It was just as Valerie Reed said—I could never have Julian’s child.

I saved the miscarriage report and placed it with the letter.

Just then, I heard the nurses at the door murmuring.

“Did you know? Mr. Hayes got a long scar on his back trying to save Ms. Reed!”

“He’s not even fully recovered, but he’s rushing to bring Ms. Reed food and soup, constantly taking care of her.”

“My goodness, his wife probably doesn’t get that treatment! I heard he and Ms. Reed were a couple before.

Could it be that Skylar Vance interfered in their relationship?”

I said, my voice heavy, “What are you talking about?”

They jumped in fright and awkwardly scurried away.

Julian then hurried out of the adjacent room and came to my side.

“I’m sorry, you heard it at the party. I owe Valerie… too much.”

“This time, let’s just call it even for the past.”

Listening to his sickening lies, I calmly handed him a document.

“Sign this guarantee, and I’ll forgive you.”

Julian didn’t even look at it, quickly signing his name.

But if he had bothered to glance, he would have seen that it was actually a divorce agreement.

When I was discharged, I wanted to walk out myself, but he insisted on driving me home.

I couldn’t argue with him and was forced into the passenger seat.

But halfway there, his phone rang.

The number he supposedly blocked long ago now displayed on his screen.

“Julian, the hospital has a power outage, I’m so scared!”

“I remember before, whenever our rental had a power outage, you’d hold me close and comfort me…”

Julian was silent for a moment, then turned to me.

“Skylar, go home by yourself.”

I looked at him, astonished.

“But Julian, this is the countryside. You can’t even find a ride here!”

Valerie Reed heard my voice and started crying again.

“Julian, don’t worry about me. It’s snowing, and it’s raining heavily outside. Skylar will surely have her old injuries flare up if she goes back alone!”

“I’ll be fine… alone!”

Julian, clearly resolute, forced me out of the car and sped off in the opposite direction of my home.

I was left alone in the rain, my body aching.

After waiting a day and a night, a kind old man on a three-wheeled bike finally gave me a ride home.

I lay in bed, burning with a fever of 100 degrees, yet I saw Valerie Reed’s SnapChat update:

【Thirteen years of deep affection, finally achieved.】

She was holding a man’s hand—a hand still wearing *my* wedding ring.

I immediately called him.

“Julian Hayes, come back now and divorce me.”

“You committed adultery, misused medication, and committed numerous other crimes. I’m reclaiming all the money I invested in you!”

There was a several-second pause, no one answered.

A moment later, Valerie Reed’s smiling voice came through.

“Skylar, why don’t you check the headline news?”

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