However, before they could go any further, Aiden arrived. His face twisted in fury as he roared at them, “Are you trying to push me to my grave? Are you trying to kill me?”
I only heard about what happened afterward through others.
When Skyla was eight months pregnant, Aiden finally succumbed to pressure from her parents and married her.
There was no wedding reception; they simply got the marriage certificate.
A month later, Skyla gave birth to a son with cerebral palsy. He was most likely conceived the night she drugged
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Aiden.
People around them sighed with pity, saying, “A doomed relationship leads to a cursed outcome. But it’s the child who suffers the most.”
Aiden didn’t leave the research institute, but he was never reinstated to his former position. He remained a basic researcher ever since.
Skyla never went back to work after getting pregnant. Besides, after giving birth, there was no way she could. Even her parents moved from their hometown to take care of their disabled grandson.
Aiden, who now earned only 12 thousand dollars a month, had to support four adults and a child who needed constant therapy.
Meanwhile, I thrived. After reapplying for my position, I achieved the highest performance ranking in the company that year. My salary multiplied, and I now led a much bigger team.
Chloe was doing well, too. I hired a young, full–time nanny with a high salary to cook for Chloe and help with her homework.
Mom occasionally dropped by to help, and even she finally admitted, “A woman has to rely on herself if she wants to stand tall.”
Having seen Aiden’s and my divorce, Chloe was more mature than other kids her age. But she was still as bright, cheerful, and full of warmth as ever.
She was a lot like me, and I was grateful that I never gave up on her.
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