The Delivery I Scheduled, The Love I Ended Chapter 02

The Delivery I Scheduled, The Love I Ended Chapter 02

Ethan returned with breakfast the next morning.

Serena’s signature perfume clung to his clothes.

He placed the takeout container on the table and touched my hair.

When he saw my still-rounded belly, satisfaction flashed through his eyes.

“Why are you awake so early? Did you sleep badly?”

His voice was gentle, as if nothing had happened.

He clearly believed my decision to visit the hospital had been nothing more than another failed attempt to frighten him.

“I slept fine.”

I moved away from his hand.

He loosened his tie and tossed it onto the couch.

“Crab cakes from South Briarhaven. I went out of my way to get them.”

The oily smell turned my stomach.

“I can’t eat seafood. It makes me sick.”

Ethan pushed the container closer.

“You used to love these. Since when did pregnancy make you this fussy?”[不自然]

“Do you have to ruin the morning?”

“Eat something. If you won’t eat, the baby still needs food.”

I did not move.

Ethan refused to remove the food.

The room grew tense as he waited for me to obey.

He did not ask whether the smell was making me sick. He only wanted proof that I would still do what he said.

The doorbell rang before his impatience erupted.

Serena stood outside wearing Ethan’s suit jacket and a sweet smile.

“Mr. Vance, I’m sorry to bother you.”

“I came for my package.”

Ethan stepped aside.

“It’s on the coffee table.”

Serena found the box I had opened and resealed.

She gasped.

“Mallory, did you open my package?”

Her expression became wounded.

“Ethan specially ordered this maternity skincare set from overseas for my pregnant friend. It’s extremely hard to find.”

Ethan looked at me.

“I told you not to open it.”

“Sorry. I didn’t check my phone.”

He raised his voice.

“You didn’t check your phone?”

“Did you do this because I wouldn’t announce you at the gala?”

Serena caught his sleeve.

“Don’t blame her. Pregnancy can make people emotional.”

“She opened it, but I can always order another set.”

She sounded as though she were defending me, but every word painted me as an unstable, jealous wife.[keeping the expensive gift in her hands信息不准确]

Her performance made Ethan feel even more protective.

“No. My assistant will buy another one.”

He pressed the box into Serena’s hands.

She lowered her head and thanked him.

After she left, silence filled the house.

Ethan rubbed his forehead.

“You weren’t like this before.”

“How did you become so unreasonable?”

“Serena is younger than you. Why compete with her?”

His certainty exhausted me.

He had transformed a marriage into a competition, then blamed me for refusing to lose quietly.

“Ethan, I want a divorce.”

It was the first time I said the words.[可润色]

He stared, then laughed.

“Are you finished?”

“Do you think threatening me with divorce will make me give in?”[threatening divorce will control me不自然]

He looked down at me with complete confidence.

“You’re carrying my child. Where could you possibly go?”

“I have meetings today, and I don’t have time for this.”

“Stay home and calm down.”

The door slammed behind him.

I swept the cold crab cakes and their bag into the trash.

Ethan did not know that his child would soon be gone.

The baby moved inside me.

The kick was light, but my eyes immediately filled.

“I’m sorry.”

I held my belly.

“Your father doesn’t love you.”

The movement made the decision feel unbearably real, but it did not change the home Ethan had created for this child.