Frozen in Heartache

Pregnancy Kit

Nancy was clearly displeased. She acted like a spoiled child and began to whine for Sam to buy her new ones.

With a helpless smile, Sam reached out and gently patted her head. "Alright, alright, I'll buy you all new ones! How could I say no to my favorite little darling?"

Immediately, her mood shifted. Her eyes lit up, and she eagerly dashed into my room to smash all my belongings.

"I've hated these things for so long! Smash them all! I want everything replaced with new ones!"

I trailed behind them, struggling to keep up. Perhaps my body had been frozen for too long, and the calcium in my bones had been lost. I was sore all over, and my bones scattered all over the floor with every step I took.

At first, I panicked whenever I felt my bones scattering behind me. I would turn around, frantically trying to gather them up, only to remember I had been dead for a long time. What was the point of picking up the bones? All that remained of me was a hollow consciousness.

A bitter smile tugged at my lips, and I stopped bothering about it.

"Sam, if I ever run away, would you come looking for me?" Nancy asked.

"Of course, I would, Nancy," he replied gently. "Why compare yourself to Katerina? She's nothing but a liar. You would never deceive me."

I leaned in the corner, listening to their idle chatter while I fixed my gaze on Nancy. She then mysteriously pulled out a pregnancy test kit.

"Since that's the case, I have some good news for you! I'm pregnant!" she announced.

I sat up straighter, my interest piqued. That pregnancy test looked oddly familiar.

And then it hit me. It was the exact same one I had used before I died.

Curious, I moved closer to them. The drop of blood from when I accidentally cut myself while tearing open the packaging was still dried on the strip, and Nancy hadn't even bothered to replace it.

Yet, Sam didn't seem to doubt her at all. Overwhelmed with joy, he swept her into his arms.

"Really? Are you really carrying my child? Nancy, you're the best!"

After his excited outburst, he gently lowered her onto my bed, treating her as if she were a piece of fragile porcelain.

After tucking her in, he scolded her playfully. "You should've told me sooner! If I'd known, I wouldn't have taken you all the way to Nathlis to see the auroras. That's far too dangerous for your health."

"I'm fine, Sam. This is your child, and he will be just as healthy as you," she said.

I couldn't listen to their sweet nothings any longer, so I turned away, feeling bored. After all, I was nothing more than a pawn in Sam's marriage of convenience. I knew he didn't love me.

Even though I had loved him for ten years, I never had a place in his heart. There was always someone else, whether it was the secretaries who came and went each year or Nancy, his perfect match who had returned from abroad. He had always kept someone in his heart, but it was never me.

I had grown used to it long ago.

What could I do? My grandmother was still in the hospital, and I needed Sam. I needed his money.

The thought of Grandma sent a sharp pain through my chest. Was she still unaware that I had died? Probably. Her illness made her memories slip away so often that she likely wouldn't even notice my absence.

I wandered aimlessly, my feet carrying me back to the basement, where I was locked up for half a month.

I pressed my face up against the freezer, its surface wrapped tightly in a dust cover, completely obscuring whatever lay inside.

My blood had seeped from the drainpipe below, soaking through the base of the cover, making it stick firmly to the freezer like glue.

It had been two weeks since Sam locked me inside this soon-to-be abandoned freezer.

All because I had turned off the water heater while Nancy was in the shower. For that, he decided I needed to suffer alongside her.

He called in seven or eight bodyguards, and together, they lifted me like a piece of meat and shoved me into the cold, cramped space before slamming the door shut himself.

My wrists and ankles were bound tightly, and a filthy rag had been stuffed into my mouth, leaving me helpless.

"Katerina, you deliberately targeted Nancy and were jealous of her. Do you admit your mistake?" he sneered.