Chapter 5

A huge wave of absurdity rushed into my heart.

When a person is in pain to the extreme, they can actually find it laughable.

I curled my lips in mockery. “So now you want me to thank you for aborting my boyfriend’s child?”

Chloe’s lips moved, and she tried to grab my wrist.

I suddenly noticed a silver ring on her ring finger.

The silver was unusual, carrying a gray-white matte sheen.

My entire body stiffened at once.

I knew that ring!

After my mom died, I mixed a small pinch of her ashes into molten silver and made that ring myself.

On the first night I gave myself to Ethan, I personally put it on his finger.

Back then, Ethan promised gently, “Sophie, I’ll always wear it, and when we get married, I’ll move it onto your hand so your mom can watch you find your home.”

But now, it was on Chloe’s hand...

My whole body began to tremble.

“Where did you get this ring?”

Chloe’s eyes dodged mine, but she could not say a word.

At that moment, I completely lost my mind!

Like a madwoman, I lunged at her to snatch the ring from her hand.

Chloe was knocked over by me, and a sharp scream rang out.

Ethan hurriedly pushed the door open and came in, immediately seeing Chloe collapsed crookedly at the edge of the bed while the needle had already been pulled out of the back of her hand.

He rushed over to support her, and when he turned to look at me, his gaze was like frost.

“Sophie Bennett, are you insane?”

I did not look at him and only crouched on the floor, clutching the ring, my whole body trembling.

“You can humiliate me, but you can’t humiliate my mom!”

But Ethan stood up and looked down at me.

The next second, he reached out and knocked the ring from my palm.

The silver band rolled across the floor tiles with a crisp sound.

“Sophie Bennett! I’ve had enough! Your mom was tortured to death back then because she was shameless! Your mom died and your dad went crazy, and yes, you’re pitiful, but that doesn’t mean the whole world has to revolve around you. I don’t, and Chloe doesn’t either! Now apologize to Chloe.”

I endured the dull pain in my heart, my eyes flashing with determination.

“Impossible.”

Hearing that, Ethan sneered and took out his phone to make a call.

A few minutes later, an orderly pushed a small high-temperature sterilizing furnace into the room.

My eyelid twitched, and a bad feeling surged in my heart.

Ethan bent down, picked up the ring from the floor, and walked to the furnace opening.

“You don’t have to apologize, but I hope you can bear the consequences.”

I instantly realized what he was going to do and rushed forward in panic.

But it was already too late, because the orderly pinned me down, leaving me unable to move.

The furnace door opened, and Ethan placed the ring inside before closing the door.

“No! No! Ethan, I was wrong!”

But at that moment, no matter how I cried and screamed, it was useless.

Through the glass window, I saw the ring begin to melt, then slide down, and finally disappear without a trace.

Only after I had cried until my voice was hoarse did the orderly finally let go.

I knelt on the floor with my face pressed against the cold tiles, my face smeared with snot and tears.

Ethan had already left with Chloe in his arms and did not look at me again.

I did not know how long passed before I finally stood up numbly.

Holding the wall, I walked out of the hospital step by step.

With every step, the dull pain in my heart slowly grew lighter.

I did not go home, because in that home, nothing belonged to me.

I casually hailed a cab, and it was headed for the airport.

The moment the street scene outside the window rushed backward, my tears finally ran dry.

Ethan, from now on, mountains and rivers will separate us, and we will never meet again.