My Half-Vampire Son Painted Another Woman as Mom

After a decade of sacrifice, a human mother attends her son's secret art exhibition only to find her vampire husband introducing another woman as his wife. The very event she helped organize becomes the stage for her erasure. She realizes her role was never that of a beloved partner, but merely a nanny and vessel for a half-blood heir. This modern fantasy explores her devastating discovery that her family has already chosen her replacement while she remained hidden at home.

Chapters

Chapter 3

Iris's POV

I heard people murmuring behind me.

"Luke is so lucky. His mom comes to every exhibition."

Another voice chimed in with a laugh.

"Yes. And the couple seems so in love. A talented kid, a perfect family."

My body went rigid.

"His mom comes to every exhibition"---those words pierced my ears like needles.

So this wasn't the first time.

This woman had always been there, always appearing as his mother.

The sounds of the crowd surged back---laughter, congratulations, praise.

They surrounded me, yet none of it was meant for me.

An exhibition themed "My Mother," starring my husband, the son I'd carried for ten months, and my son's "Mommy." I was just the human who'd delivered Luke, the nanny who handled discipline and restriction.

The love and joy of motherhood had long been handed to someone else by Lucien.

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