Five Times Too Many

The scene grew increasingly unbearable, their ragged breathing stabbing at my heart like a blade.

Not able to watch any longer, I immediately turned and fled.

I had just left the hotel before I suddenly felt nauseous again, and I crouched on the ground, dry heaving.

Suddenly, a chilling stream of wine was poured onto my head.

After the deed was done, Nicole casually threw away the bottle of wine and smirked mockingly. "Are you a sow, Penelope? How in the world are you able to still get pregnant after five miscarriages? I study medicine, so you can't trick me—I know signs of pregnancy when I see them.

"I'm going to become Sam's real wife soon, and you're nothing more than just a useless substitute for me. You're the outsider in this relationship, and he's just using you to satisfy his physical needs, got it? That child inside your womb will never be anything more than a bastard.

"Right, do you want to know what happened to your past five stillborns?"

Then, she took out her phone and shook it in front of my eyes, as if she was showing off, and my entire body shuddered in anguish.

"Amazing, isn't it? You can try and give birth as many times as you want, but those mongrels will only end up just like this!"

Not able to hold in my rage, I raised my hand to attack her, but I hadn't yet had the chance to do a thing before Nicole quickly took a few shards of glass from the ground and swiped it toward her palm.

Blood immediately flowed down her arm, and she screamed.

Sam, hearing the commotion, rushed over and shoved me away immediately.

Holding Nicole tight, he turned and shouted, "What are you doing, Penelope?!"

Before I could even say anything to defend myself, Nicole started sniffling. "Sam, today's the day we announce our wedding, so I just wanted to invite Penelope for a drink! But then, she accused me of stealing you from her, and even attacked my hand! I wonder if she's become mentally unstable after losing all those children…"

Sam shot me a dark glare, like a venomous snake. "I decided on marrying Nicole, so you could have taken up your frustrations with me, not her! She's a doctor, so her hands are used to save lives in the hospital! How could you hurt her? How could you be so cruel?

"No wonder those babies ended up becoming stillborn, they didn't want to live with a vicious mother like you! This is what you deserve!"

I stared at him incredulously, as if the man in front of me was a stranger. Then, I pointed at Nicole, and shouted, "What I deserve? Then what about you two?

"Why don't you tell me why my babies were healthy when they were in my womb, but ended up dying after they were born? Tell me what you did with their bodies!"

Sam frowned. "The doctors just didn't manage to find their defects while they were in your womb, which might I add, was caused by your terrible health! I've already buried them, so why are you bringing them up now? Apologize to Nicole, now!"

My hands weakly fell to the sides of my body, and I scoffed at myself.

I already knew that was what he was going to say, but why did my heart still ache so much?

I picked up a glass shard from the ground and immediately cut off my pinky finger, blood spurting out immediately.

"Penny!" Sam was shocked, his eyes going wide.

"You're right, Sam. I'm sure Nicole needs her hands to carry out her precious job, so now that it's hurt, I'll pay her back with my finger. Is that enough for you?"

After that, I turned and left.

Seeing my receding figure and the blood on the ground, Sam felt a sudden wave of unease, trying to call out to me, but Nicole clung to his arm.

"Sam, my hand hurts so much…"

Sam hesitated for a long moment, and in the end, he didn't come after me.

Before I entered the operating room, he called.