Concubine’s miscarriage

The scent of disinfectant extended throughout the air in the sanitarium.

Leah Easton dashed out of the doctor's office excitedly with the lab results in her hands. Just when she was about to make a phone call, her cellphone rang. When she picked it up, she heard her uncle say, "Leah, is everything alright between you and Jackson?"

"We're fine. Why did you ask?"

"I heard that Jackson brought a pregnant lady to the infirmary for a prenatal checkup the day before yesterday..."

Leah burst into laughter and replied, "You think Jackson has a kept woman?"

"Yes!"

"Don't worry. Of all men, Jackson is the last person in the world who would do such a thing."

After Leah hung up the call with her uncle, she called Jackson Lee. However, he only answered after the phone rang for a long time.

"I'm very busy. Don't call and disturb me if it's nothing important! That's it for now."

He sounded cold and emotionless and hung up before Leah could say anything. Leah held onto the test results, feeling as if her burning passion was frozen instantly.

Since they got married three years ago, Jackson was always very gentle to her. But recently, there was an abrupt change in his attitude, not only cold, even when answering her call, he was also impatient, which made her wonder what caused such a drastic change in him.

With her mind preoccupied with her thoughts, Leah turned and saw a figure pop up before her.

"Sis!" a gentle voice called out.

When Leah looked over, she saw Sharon Cook who was accompanied by a middle-aged woman.

Leah frowned at the sight of Sharon, who was the daughter of a mistress. With a look of contempt on her face, she retorted coldly,

"Mind your words. I'm the only child that my mother has ever given birth to."

Instead of getting angry by her reply, Sharon merely grinned and asked gently,

"Leah, are you here for your infertility check-up again?"

"It's none of your business."

"Aren't you going to ask me why I'm here at the pregnancy check-up area?" Sharon asked and raised an eyebrow at Leah provocatively. She then chuckled and announced, "I'm pregnant with Jackson's child!"

Leah only noticed her tiny baby bump right after she said this. All along, Sharon had been very obvious about her feelings towards Jackson and would always find ways to hook up with him before he married Leah. However, Leah merely sneered and replied, "Are you out of your mind?"

"You don't believe me? Well, take a look at this!"

Sharon then flashed her check-up report to Leah and Leah's expression instantly changed when she saw the familiar handwriting on it. She couldn't believe her eyes when she saw Jackson's signature.

"I spent after dark with him four months ago. He was such a beast and was at it all night. I was pregnant since then," Sharon declared and grinned proudly.

"He likes this child very much and asked me to keep him. You could step down after my child's born."

"You b*tch!" Leah roared and, trembling with rage, struck Sharon across the face. Sharon immediately fell to the ground as if she had been anticipating this, "Ouch, my stomach!" she wailed.

Leah only slapped Sharon on the face, but crimson red blood began to ooze out of her trousers the moment she fell to the ground. Leah was taken aback and could hardly believe what just happened.

The medical staff instantly rushed Sharon off to the emergency room. Afraid to leave the scene, Leah too followed after her.

After waiting outside the room for quite some time, Leah heard the sound of footsteps and when she glanced up, saw her mother-in-law, Evelyn Lee. Scowling at Leah furiously, Evelyn asked, "What's going on? How did Sharon end up in the emergency room?"

"Miss Easton... No, Mrs. Lee pushed her!" The middle-aged woman who had been accompanying Sharon answered.

"You b*tch! You're a fruitless tree and yet you simply couldn't bear to watch others achieve what you've failed to, could you?" Evelyn hissed and slapped her on the face. As Evelyn had never liked Leah, she was merciless with her blow and Leah's face quickly began to swell up.

Earlier before, she had thought that Sharon was lying but Evelyn's behavior explained everything.

A burst of despair grew in Leah's heart and it felt so suffocating that she nearly passed out. But right at that moment, the door to the operating theatre opened and a nurse walked out to inform them that Sharon had lost her baby.

Evelyn went mad with rage when she heard this and immediately charged over to yank Leah's hair before she began to thrash and kick her.

Leah quickly blacked out from the violent beatings.

When she finally regained consciousness, opened her eyes to a sea of white. She tried to sit up but her body ached so terribly that she had to lean against the headboard of her bed to catch her breath. But right at that moment, the door to her ward opened and a man wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses came in.

"Hello, Mrs. Easton. I'm Mr. Lee's lawyer!"

"Lawyer?" Leah rehearsed and stared at the man before her in shock.

"Yes, I'm Mr. Lee's private lawyer. He entrusted me to handle his divorce proceedings with you."

"Divorce? Jackson wants to divorce me?" Leah repeated and could hardly believe what she just heard.

The lawyer walked over to her bed and handed her a document.

"This is a divorce agreement. Please read through it."

Leah's hands began to quiver. She had never dreamed that Jackson would divorce her one day. Without reading the divorce agreement, she stared at the lawyer and ordered,

"Get Jackson to come to see me! I want him to tell me in person!"

"Mr. Lee is very busy. He doesn't have the time."

"He's busy and has no time?" Leah chuckled and wondered when they had begun to be so indifferent to each other that he could not even afford to spare some time to meet her.

Closing her eyes shut, she clasped the phone on the bedside table and dialed Jackson's number but could not seem to get through to him.

"How did Jackson and I end up like this? An affair, a divorce..." she pondered.

The lawyer, who was still waiting for her response, urged,

"Miss Easton, please take a look at the agreement. I'm very busy!"

It was obvious from the lawyer's attitude that he would not take 'no' for an answer. Everyone had been respectful towards Leah throughout her three years long of marriage with Jackson. Now that the lawyer was so cold and harsh, he was acting under Jackson's instructions.

Leah held up the divorce agreement and glanced at the column on the dismemberment of property. As all the property belonged to Jackson before his marriage, it was not part of the property that would be divided upon their divorcement. Leah instantly began to tear up.

He once said that she meant the world to him and that everything he had belonged to her. However, he already fell out of love with her within just three years of their marriage. She wondered if he was finally revealing his true colors.

The truth that Jackson had kept a mistress behind her back and even impregnated the mistress with a child finally began to sink in.

"I suppose it's time for a fruitless tree like me to step down," Leah thought bitterly. Without reading the agreement any further, Leah glanced up at the lawyer, who had been staring at her all along, and requested,

"Give me a pen!"

The lawyer opened his briefcase, took out a pen, and handed it to Leah before he added,

"Mr. Lee said that you can't take any of the jewelry that he bought for you."

Leah stared blankly at the space before her and froze for a long time. Just when the lawyer thought that she would challenge this, she slowly agreed,

"Sure."

She then picked up the pen and signed her name on the divorce agreement quickly.

After the lawyer took one glance at the signed agreement, turned and left.

A luxurious Mercedes Benz pulled up in the parking lot of the hospital and the car window scrolled down to reveal the face of an incomparably handsome man. The lawyer quickly strode over to the car and reported respectfully, "Mr. Lee, Madam has signed it!"

"She signed it?" the man repeated slowly and glanced at the lawyer's face with his unreadable eyes.

The lawyer's heart raced when he saw how moody the man seemed and though the lawyer wanted to say something, he was at a loss for words. The man then turned to stare at the night sky. After some time, he spat out,

"Let's go!"