My Best Friend Took My Leg, My Baby, and My Love Chapter 01

My Best Friend Took My Leg, My Baby, and My Love Chapter 01

After the car accident, my husband and my best friend stayed by my side almost around the clock.

They told me it was because they loved me.

I was touched. I threw myself into rehabilitation, determined to get better.

Until one day, a message popped up in my newly launched online jewelry store.

“Does your cross necklace really have the power of God? Does it actually work?”

“I already placed an order. Could you ship the cross necklace soon?”

“I did something terrible. I want to give it to someone as an apology.”

I was curious.

“What are you trying to make amends for?”

The reply came almost immediately.

“I stole both of my best friend’s husbands…”

“But I swear I never meant for it to happen…”

“Her first husband was a doctor. He always seemed cold and distant, but he was actually gentle when no one else was around.”

“I couldn’t stop myself. While she was pregnant, I slept with him.”

“Later, she found out he was having an affair. She divorced him and ended the pregnancy.”

“She never suspected me. I even promised myself I would never betray her again.”

“But then her second husband was even more attractive. He was a billionaire CEO, and I fell for him too.”

“Last month, we did something reckless just for the thrill. We gave her sleeping pills and left her asleep in the back seat while we sat in the front.”

“Then the accident happened.”

“We got out, but she lost her right leg. She miscarried, suffered massive bleeding, and had to undergo a hysterectomy. She’ll never be able to have children again.”

“I feel so guilty. I don’t dare tell her the truth. What should I do?”

My blood ran cold as I read those words.

Because the story she told…

was exactly what happened to me.

A second later, a shipping notification appeared.

The customer information hit me like a knife to the heart.

That name made my entire body freeze.

Sophie Carter.

My best friend.

…

I stared at the screen without blinking.

Cold.

It was summer, but all I felt was an endless chill spreading through me.

The pain from my amputation was unbearable, but it was nothing compared to the pain tearing through my heart.

How could this be?

For the past month, Sophie had stayed by my side day and night.

She brought me water. She fed me. She took care of every little thing.

My husband, Ethan Sterling, had canceled all his work and stayed with me too.

He cleaned my wounds, helped me bathe, and cared for me like I was the most precious person in the world.

After losing my right leg and my unborn child, they had become everything I had left.

How could they do this to me?

Were all those moments of kindness fake?

A crushing sense of betrayal tore through me.

I could barely breathe.

What was real?

I needed an answer.

I had to know.

A face appeared in my mind.

Only he could tell me the truth.

My hands trembled as I picked up my phone and dialed my ex-husband Adrian Walker’s number.

He picked up almost immediately.

“Hey, Nattie…”

I cut straight to the point.

“Adrian Walker, was it Sophie Carter? Was she the one you were having an affair with back then?”

Silence.

His silence told me everything I needed to know.

My heart felt like it had been ripped apart.

The pain was so intense that even my soul seemed to tremble.

After a long pause, Adrian finally spoke.

“Yes, Nattie. It was her.”

“I was an idiot back then. I regret it every single day.”

“I wanted to tell you the truth a long time ago, but Sophie said that if you found out the person who betrayed you was your own best friend, you wouldn’t be able to take it. She said you’d completely fall apart…”

“I kept it from you because…”

I couldn’t listen anymore.

I hung up.

My tears fell uncontrollably onto the table, leaving dark spots on the cold tabletop.

In a daze, I felt like I had returned to four years ago.

I was five months pregnant when I found a lace bra in Adrian’s pocket.

That day, I had been exactly like this.

Crying my eyes out, holding my chest as I asked him:

“Who was she?”

But Adrian only grabbed his hair in regret and refused to say her name.

Later, I divorced him.

When Ethan Sterling, who had been overseas, heard the news, he rushed back immediately.

He was the heir to the Sterling Family fortune.

We had known each other since childhood, and he had loved me for years.

When he found out I was considering ending the pregnancy, he cried and begged me.

“Don’t do it. It’ll hurt your body.”

“Let me raise the baby. Please.”

But I refused.

With Sophie by my side, I went through the procedure and ended the pregnancy.

Afterward, my health deteriorated.

I was weak every day.

Sophie held me in her arms and cried like her heart was breaking.

Ethan never complained, no matter how difficult things became.

He cared for me like a full-time caregiver.

He even checked my medication himself before giving it to me, making sure I wouldn’t have any bad reactions.

Back then, I thought they were the two people I could trust most in the world.

But now…

I had been betrayed twice by the people I trusted the most.

My entire world collapsed.

I suddenly remembered the day, two years ago, when I finally accepted Ethan’s proposal.

He had been so happy that he lifted me off my feet and spun me around.

“Nattie, I’ll protect you forever. I’ll love you forever.”

Sophie had smiled sincerely too.

“Me too. As your best friend, I’ll always protect you. I’ll never let anyone hurt you.”

So that was what their promise of “forever” was worth.

Two years.

Only two years.

I covered my tear-filled eyes and let out a laugh.

A laugh full of despair.

Pain.

Regret.

I opened the drawer and pulled out the pain medication I took for my phantom pain.

Then I shoved the pills into my mouth.

One handful.

Then another.

Until the bottle was completely empty.

But the pain in my missing leg and the pain in my chest didn’t disappear.

If anything, it felt like it was consuming me whole.

A bitter taste rose in my throat.

I suddenly coughed up blood.

Then I heard hurried footsteps outside the door.

And a desperate scream.

“Nattie!”

The next second, everything went dark.

I lost consciousness.