Chapter 2Discovering My Husband's Affair And My Mother-in-Law's Plot Through My Daughter's Words

I met Andrew during our university days.

At first, I didn’t like him and clearly rejected his advances, but he didn’t give up, pursuing me for two whole years.

Eventually, I was touched by his persistence, and we entered a relationship.

A year after graduating, we got married.

After marriage, I longed for children, but Andrew insisted we were both in our career prime and that having a child would impact our work, so our intimacy was scarce, and whenever it did happen, precautions were taken.

Then, about a year ago, one evening we both got a bit too tipsy, forgot to take precautions, and I ended up pregnant.

I was thrilled! At first, Andrew seemed a little hesitant, but soon he was just as excited, buying toys and baby clothes, saying he couldn’t wait to meet our little miracle.

Now that I thought about it, was it possible Andrew hadn’t wanted children because he already had a son elsewhere?

“Darling, I’m back!”

As I pondered this, I heard the sound of the door opening, followed by a knock.

“Honey, are you in there? Why is the door locked?”

I walked over, opened the door, and smiled, “I must have locked it without realising! What brought you home so early today?”

“I’m lucky today, no late meetings, so I rushed back to see my beautiful wife and our precious daughter.”

Andrew wrapped me in a big hug before walking over to the crib to gently lift Lily into his arms.

“Hey, little one! Did you miss Daddy?”

I stayed close, unwilling to let my guard down for even a moment.

Lily waved her hands and feet energetically.

“Don’t touch me with your dirty hands, you scoundrel! You horrible father! Pah!”

I gasped in shock.

The voice of my daughter returned!

“What are you pretending to be, a good husband and father? Your other son is six years old! You come home late every day, saying it’s work, but you’re actually out with your mistress and your illegitimate son! Pah! I can’t stand to look at you!”

At that moment, Lily suddenly closed her eyes, her tiny fists clenched tightly, as if exerting effort.

I was still reeling from the previous words when Andrew suddenly exclaimed, “Ugh! She just peed on me!”

I snapped back to reality, noticing Andrew’s face twisted in disgust and hatred.

No normal father would look like that, even if a three-month-old baby had an accident on him.

I held back my anger and heartbreak, taking Lily from him, saying, “I forgot to change her nappy earlier.”

Andrew rushed out to clean himself up.

As I changed Lily, I heard her voice again.

“Mummy, you’re so pitiful. You’ve been kept in the dark for years. Your own daughter could have been sold off and suffered, and now you’ll have to take care of that mistress’s son! Once he’s grown, those beasts will work together to destroy you both! They’re living it up on our corpses…”

My hands trembled uncontrollably.

The weight of those words was overwhelming.

But I forced myself to digest it all.

From what I gathered from Lily's thoughts, it seemed Margaret had pretended to want to help me care for Lily but actually aimed to sell her off in secret.

And Andrew, while playing the perfect husband and father, had a mistress and even a six-year-old son.

Six years! That meant he must have been involved with that mistress for at least seven years…

Back when we were still deeply in love during university!

The thought of how sweetly Andrew treated me back then made me feel nauseous.

If I had unknowingly handed Lily over to Margaret, she would have surely tricked me into believing she’d lost her, leaving me heartbroken.

Then Andrew would bring home his son from the affair, and find some excuse for me to adopt him.

Knowing my own character, I understood well that in my grief over losing Lily, I would be vulnerable. If Andrew spun a tragic tale about that boy’s past, I would likely take him in and treat him as my own.

No wonder Andrew had insisted on not having children all these years; he only didn’t want to have a child with me because he already had one outside!

No wonder! At first, he seemed uninterested in this pregnancy, but later he acted as if he was eagerly anticipating the arrival of our child!

At that time, he must have already started plotting all of this with my mother-in-law!

Lily was his biological daughter too; how could he let go of her!