Chapter 2

Under the stunned looks of the other relatives, I walked out of the storage room holding my child.

“Catherine, what’s going on? Why did Albert bring out another child?”

“Yeah, I remember you only had one child. Where did the child in his arms come from?”

The relatives who had come to the banquet were looking back and forth between me and Catherine.

Catherine held the child in her arms, and after freezing for a second, she hurriedly found an excuse and explained:

“That’s a child we adopted. The kid has a sad background, and having two kids will make the house livelier.”

Hearing Catherine’s explanation from the stage, I felt my whole body freeze.

For the sake of her first love, Fred, she could actually call someone else’s child her own.

And she could even describe our child as an adopted child.

The child in my arms also seemed uncomfortable in this noisy scene and kept crying.

I hurriedly patted the child, only then remembering that the child hadn’t eaten for six hours.

Just then, Catherine also came down affectionately holding Fred’s child.

Catherine smiled at me:

“Albert, thanks for not making trouble this time.”

“Look how cute Fred’s child is. We’re all family now, so say hi to Fred’s child.”

I held the child in my arms and forced down the anger in my chest before speaking:

“Catherine, do you know Angel hasn’t eaten for six hours?”

To prepare for today’s banquet, Catherine and I had started getting ready three months ago.

I had thought today’s banquet would be the happiest time for our family of three.

But the banquet we had carefully prepared together had turned into something for Fred’s child.

And now, for Fred’s child, not only had she put the child in a pitch-black storage room, she had also gone this long without feeding them.

Catherine looked at Angel crying in my arms, and her face went pale. Panic flashed in her eyes.

At that moment, Fred arrived just in time and naturally wrapped his arms around Catherine.

“Catherine, thank you for being willing to be my child’s mom. I don’t even know how I’m supposed to repay you.”

It was as if they were the real family.

My eyes stung, and my gaze turned even colder.

“Fred, take the child for a moment.”

But Fred looked at me and put on a hurt expression.

“Albert, even if you don’t want Catherine to be my child’s mother, you can’t deliberately pinch Angel until she cries!”

As he spoke, Fred’s eyes even turned slightly red.

“And I even made formula for Angel myself. Albert, you can’t just make false accusations like that!”

Catherine, who had been anxious a moment ago, suddenly froze too.

Holding Fred’s child, she frowned at me.

“Come on, Albert. Isn’t this kind of cheap trick childish?”

“Besides, Fred has taken such good care of Angel. How could he not feed her?”

“Angel only started crying after she got to you!”

But I had clearly seen from Angel’s trembling body that she was crying because she was hungry, and her stomach was completely empty.

She didn’t even look at Angel once and just believed what Fred said.

I took a deep breath, forced down the anger in my chest, and said through gritted teeth:

“Catherine, do you know where I found Angel?”

“It was in a storage room, an empty, pitch-black storage room!”

Catherine froze slightly, but when she glanced at Fred beside her, she immediately frowned and asked:

“How could a child be in a storage room? The child was clearly being taken care of by Fred the whole time.”

“Enough, Albert. If you keep acting, you’re going too far!”

I laughed in anger.

“Acting? Catherine, would I joke about my own daughter?”

Fred continued to hold Catherine affectionately right in front of me, looking wounded.

“Albert, don’t be mad. Angel isn’t even hurt, is she?”

“Besides, look, you’ve scared our child to tears.”

Catherine noticed that Fred’s child in her arms was crying too, and she quickly started soothing them softly.

“Don’t cry... don’t cry. Are you hungry? Mommy will feed you right away.”

Watching how much attention Catherine gave Fred’s child in her arms, disappointment filled my eyes.

Had she still not realized it? She had never cared about me or Angel at all.

Catherine had always liked Fred and favored him in everything.

Three years ago, Fred announced his relationship overseas. Catherine chased after him and got into an accident on the road, leaving her unable to walk.

I stayed by her side day and night, encouraging her and helping her with rehab until she finally recovered, and she married me.

A year ago, we had our daughter, Angel.

Just when I thought our family of three would live happily ever after, Fred came to this city with his newborn child.

For the past year, Catherine had barely come home at all and had just kept going back and forth to Fred’s house.

Up until now, she cared more about Fred’s child than Angel.

Looking at the scene before me, I knew it was time to leave. There was no need for me to keep staying by her side.

Seeing that I stayed silent, Catherine sighed:

“Albert, I don’t have time to take care of Angel right now.”

“You take Angel home first and wait for me to come back. Don’t make trouble here, okay?”

I just looked at Catherine coldly. Right now, everything she said was about Fred.

There was already no place left for me and Angel in her heart.

Then I wouldn’t keep holding on anymore. I said in a voice cold as ice:

“Catherine, Angel and I will never give you any more trouble. Let’s get divorced!”