“Besides, I didn’t do it for free. The $10,000 is just for getting pregnant. If I can give them a son, they’ll give me another $20,000 bonus. I only thought of you—how hard you work, how tough it is to make money. I wanted to help ease our financial burden. I did this for you, for our family. Am I really wrong?”
By the end, Sarah’s eyes were glistening with tears.
She acted as if she were the one who cared about me, while I failed to appreciate her.
She looked utterly wronged.
“You honestly think you’ve done nothing wrong, and I’m the one with the problem?” I asked.
“I helped ease our financial burden. I made money for our family. What exactly is wrong with that?” Sarah retorted.
“As I thought. You really don’t realize your mistake.”
I let out a bitter laugh and shook my head.
Before, I had only thought Sarah wasn’t very smart.
But I never imagined she could be this foolish.
“I’ll be resting at home for ten months. As long as I deliver this baby, I’ll have earned $30,000. Tell me, how is that wrong?” she snapped.
“Don’t tell me you just magically got pregnant with Jessica’s husband’s child.”
My eyes grew colder.
“Of course it wasn’t magic.”
“Then how did it happen?”
“I… with him…”