His Mistress Came With His Secret Child

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The first time I caught Falcon cheating was one month before our wedding.

I called off the engagement on the spot and packed my things to go back to my parents' house.

But he refused to let go. He knelt in the snow outside my building for an entire night.

Lewis, I lost my mind for a moment. If you don't forgive me, I'll kill myself.

Looking at his lips, purple from the cold, I chose to forgive him.

For five years after the wedding, he treated me with even more tenderness and care, as if none of it had ever happened.

Until our fifth wedding anniversary, when I cooked dinner at home and waited for him.

That woman , the one who had sex with Falcon in his car , suddenly showed up at our door.

She was holding a four-year-old girl in her arms.

"Where's Falcon? He promised to take our daughter to the amusement park today. What, is he playing the perfect husband in front of you again?"

The ladle in my hand clattered to the floor.

Scalding soup splashed across the back of my hand, leaving a bright red burn.

My mind felt like it had been struck by a sledgehammer , completely blank.

Four years ago, Falcon had pinned Katherine in his car, reckless and frantic.

When I caught them, he swore on the spot that he'd been drunk and mistook her for me.

He promised he'd paid Katherine off and made her leave the city for good.

But now, Katherine was standing right in front of me , with a little girl who looked seventy percent like Falcon.

Which meant that when Falcon was kneeling in the snow begging me to forgive him, Katherine was already pregnant.

These five years , what I believed was a changed man , had been nothing but a lie from start to finish.

Katherine looked at my stunned face, and a mocking smile curled at the corner of her lips.

"For the past five years, whenever Falcon went on those 'business trips' to the next city, he was actually spending time with us."

"Every night after he said goodnight to you, he'd put Anna to bed."

"Lewis, you've had him to yourself for five years. Now that Anna's starting preschool, it's time for you to step aside."

The little girl in her arms blinked her big eyes and called out in a sweet, babyish voice:

"Mommy, I want Daddy. Daddy promised to take me on the Ferris wheel today."

I stared at that child, my stomach twisting violently.

Just then, I heard the door lock turn.

Falcon walked in, holding the Black Forest cake I loved most.

"Lewis, sorry I'm late , there was something urgent at the office that came up..."

His words died the moment he saw Katherine and the little girl.

The cake slipped from his hands and hit the floor, the beautiful box crumpling on impact.

"Falcon!" Katherine's eyes went red the moment she saw him, and she called his name with a wounded cry.

Falcon's face went pale. He looked at me in a panic:

"Lewis, let me explain..."

He rushed toward me, reaching for my hand. I shoved him away.

His eyes reddened. He spoke urgently:

"Lewis, I really didn't know she was pregnant! She only showed up with the kid a few days ago!"

"I didn't lie to you , I swear I had no contact with her these past five years!"

Katherine laughed coldly from the side. "Falcon, that's pretty low, even for you. Just two days ago, at Anna's parent-teacher conference, you told everyone you'd give her a real family."

Falcon spun around and glared at Katherine. "Shut up! Who told you to come here!"

Katherine shrank back from his outburst. The child in her arms burst into frightened wails.

Falcon heard the crying and instinctively furrowed his brow. A flash of pain crossed his eyes.

"Lewis, the child is innocent."

Falcon turned back to me, his voice edged with pleading.

"I admit it , I've known about Anna for a while. But I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to overthink things."

"I've already been making arrangements to send them abroad. I promise they'll never appear in front of you again."

I watched him perform his little act with cold detachment.

"Didn't want me to overthink? Falcon, do you think I'm an idiot?"

I walked to the living room, grabbed his briefcase, and dumped everything inside onto the floor.

Besides documents, there were two VIP annual passes to an amusement park, and a tuition payment receipt from a preschool.

The payment date was two weeks ago. In the signature line, Falcon's name was written clear as day.

"You hid this so well."

Falcon stared at the receipt on the floor. The color drained from his face.

He looked away, unable to meet my eyes.

"I want a divorce."

I said it calmly. No screaming, no hysteria , just a deep, bone-tired exhaustion.

"Lewis." Falcon grabbed both my shoulders.

"I'll send them away tomorrow. I'll give you everything , all the money. Please don't leave me..."

Maybe five years ago, I would have softened.

But now, I felt nothing but disgust. I shoved him away with all my strength.

"Falcon, I already gave you one chance five years ago."

"I will never, for as long as I live, forgive someone who betrays me twice."

I turned and walked into the bedroom to pack my things.

Falcon followed me in. He grabbed the clothes out of my hands and screamed, his eyes red:

"Lewis! Can you just calm down for one second!"

"I'm just trying to be a father , is that so wrong?"

I looked at his self-righteous expression and let out a short, bitter laugh.

"There's nothing wrong with being a father. But you had no right to drag me into it."

"Since you love your daughter so much, go build your little family of three with them."

I stepped past him and walked out with just a few pieces of clothing.

Katherine stood in the living room with the child in her arms, a victor's triumph glowing in her eyes.

I stopped as I passed her.

"No need to rush claiming your territory. This trash , I don't want it anymore. Help yourself."

Then I walked out of the home I had lived in for five years, without looking back.

As the door shut behind me, I heard Falcon call my name in desperate despair from inside.

But I didn't turn around.

I didn't go back to my parents' house.

The last time I called off the engagement, five years ago, they had worried themselves sick over me.

After that, when Falcon became such a devoted husband, my parents couldn't stop telling everyone what a wonderful man I had married.

Telling them the truth now , I genuinely worried it would be too much for them to bear.

I checked into a hotel.

I had just finished showering when Falcon's mother, Bonnie, called.

When the call connected, she didn't greet me with her usual warmth. She got straight to the point.

"Lewis, Falcon told me everything. Where are you right now? We need to meet."

Half an hour later, I met Falcon's mother at the coffee shop in the hotel lobby.

She was dressed in a well-tailored blazer, her face flawlessly maintained, carrying the faint air of someone looking down from a height.

"Lewis, this is Falcon's fault. I'm apologizing on his behalf."

She slid a bank card across the table toward me.

"There's two hundred thousand dollars in there. Consider it compensation."

I looked at the card and felt a strange urge to laugh.

"And what exactly does this mean? You're paying me to keep quiet?"

Bonnie lifted her coffee and took a calm sip.

"You're a smart girl. Falcon is the only son in the Patterson family , he can't be without an heir."

"You and Falcon have been married five years, and you haven't been able to get pregnant. That worries me too, honestly."

"Anna is the Patterson heir. I can't allow her to grow up without a family."

My fingers clenched involuntarily, nails pressing hard into my palm.

So five years of not conceiving had become their justification , their righteous excuse , to welcome an illegitimate child into the fold.

What they didn't know was that the reason I hadn't gotten pregnant was because Falcon said he wanted more time for just the two of us.

"So what you're saying is , you want me to accept that child and stay married to Falcon?"

Bonnie exhaled softly.

"Falcon does love you. He promised me , if you're willing to accept Anna, he will never have any contact with Katherine again. You'd still be Falcon's wife. Anna would call you Mom. What's so bad about that?"

I looked at this woman , the woman I had called Mom for five years , and felt a chill settle over my entire body.

In their eyes, I was nothing more than a piece on their board, to be moved however they liked.

"I won't play mother to Falcon's illegitimate child. Please tell Falcon , Monday morning, nine o'clock, City Hall."

I turned and left.

As I reached the door, Bonnie called out from behind me, her voice cool: "Lewis, don't be so stubborn. After a divorce, who's going to want you? You're not getting any younger."

I ignored her and walked out into the night.

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The next day, I went to work as usual.

The moment I got to my desk, my stomach lurched and I gagged a few times.

My coworker Prince handed me a cup of warm water with a concerned look.

"Lewis, you look terrible. Did you eat something bad?"

I shook my head, but a quiet unease was already taking root inside me.

During my lunch break, I slipped away to the hospital.

The moment I got my test results, my whole body went rigid.

Six weeks pregnant. Of all the times , I was carrying Falcon's child.

Looking at the tiny gestational sac on the ultrasound image, my tears fell without warning.

This baby had come at the worst possible time.

My phone rang. Falcon.

I declined the call and blocked his number.

I arrived with the finalized divorce papers, intending to go back and collect the important documents I'd left behind.

But when I pushed open the door, I froze.

Alongside Falcon's shoes in the entryway were two other pairs , one adult's, one child's.

He had actually brought Katherine and her daughter into our home, bold as you please.

Just then, Katherine walked out, holding Anna's hand.

Before I could say a word, Anna suddenly broke into violent coughing. Then she collapsed to the floor, gasping, and angry red hives erupted rapidly across her arms.

"Anna! What's wrong!"

Katherine screamed and threw herself down beside the girl.

She locked her eyes on me, tears streaming, and pointed an accusing finger:

"Lewis! Did you give Anna the nut candy? You know she has a severe nut allergy! Why would you do something like that to a child!"

I let out a cold laugh. "I never touched her. Stop making things up."

Falcon came running at the commotion. A flicker of panic , and something else, something like relief , crossed his face.

Then he noticed the child, and his expression hardened instantly into fury:

"Lewis, I never knew you could be this vicious!"

I was about to deny it, but Falcon wasn't listening.

He grabbed me and snatched a mango from the table, shoving it toward my face.

After five years of marriage, he knew better than anyone that mangoes were deadly to me.

Even the slightest contact with the juice could trigger a severe allergic reaction , severe airway swelling.

But in this moment, the eyes that looked at me held nothing but hatred and cruelty.

"Since you can't stand this child, let's see how you like the feeling yourself!"

He grabbed my jaw and forced the mango into my mouth.

I thrashed and fought with everything I had, finally shoving him away, and crashed to the floor.

Almost instantly, my throat began to swell. Breathing became nearly impossible , like a thousand needles stabbing into my airway.

The suffocation hit like a wave. My whole body convulsed. Cold sweat soaked through my clothes.

Then a savage cramping pain tore through my lower abdomen. I curled up on the floor in agony, one hand clawing at Falcon's pants leg.

I forced the words out through my constricting throat, barely a whisper.

"Falcon... help me... I'm pregnant..."

His body went still.

A second later, Katherine screamed and sobbed:

"She's faking it! She hasn't gotten pregnant in five years , why would she suddenly be pregnant now? She's lying to you!"

Falcon looked down at me convulsing on the floor, his expression ice-cold.

"Pregnant? Lewis, you'd really make up something this pathetic just for sympathy?"

He kicked my hand off his pants leg, his voice dripping with contempt and disgust.

"A little mango won't kill you. At most you'll learn your lesson. But if something happens to Anna , I swear you'll pay for it."

Then he bent down, scooped Anna into his arms, and walked out.

The front door slammed shut.

I opened my mouth, gasping, but not a trace of air would come in.

Darkness pulsed at the edges of my vision. The pain in my abdomen was getting worse. Something warm was flowing down my legs.

I closed my eyes in despair, and my consciousness sank into an endless dark.