Anya's POV:
"Congratulations, Mrs. Carter, you are pregnant and expecting to have more than one." The gynecologist said as she handed the report to me.
'Pregnant?' I was stunned for a moment before I took the report from her. I subconsciously touched my belly as I still couldn't believe life was lying here. Had I heard right? I was really pregnant?'
"Mrs. Carter, however, you must be careful. Our examination indicates that your uterine wall is fragile, and you are expecting more than one child, which is very dangerous for your life." The doctor said to me seriously as she could see the shock in my eyes.
"I understood," I said as take the reports and prescription from her.
I walked out of the hospital in a daze, as I didn't know how what to do. I am conflicted about whether I should tell Evan about my pregnancy or not.
Even though Evan and I had been married for two years, our marriage was nothing more than a marriage between two families. And if for not the incident three years ago, I wouldn't have been even married to Evan.
At the thought of what happened three years ago, my heart ached. That incident changed my whole life.
Two years ago, at the engagement banquet of Evan and Tara, my half-sister, after being set up by someone, I ended up having sex with Evan, who was also drugged.
The next day the scandal that Walter's Group's eldest daughter hooked up with her brother-in-law was all over the news.
Because of the incident, Tara's mental state broke down, and she was sent abroad for treatment.
And, I, Anya Walter, become a most shameless woman, who slept with her brother-in-law.
However, the Walter and Carter families had been friends for generations and this marriage is meant to deepen the connection between the two families. Hence the elders of both family Karl Walter and Marshall Carter forced me and Evan to get married.
Because of this, Evan hated me even more and believed that it was all my plan to get married to him. And no matter how many times I tried to explain to him however he never believed me at all.
And our marriage became the best way for Evan to vent his anger on me. There is not even a single day in these two years when he didn't humiliate me.
Every time they had sex, he forced me to eat birth control pills, because he didn't want me to give birth to his child, as he thought that I was not qualified to give birth to his child.
After thinking for a while, I looked at the driver and said, "Take me to the Garden Villa."
Hearing that, the driver looked at me with doubt and asked again, "Madam, are you sure?"
"Yes, I am sure!" I took a deep breath and spoke. In the end, I decide to tell Evan about the child. I didn't want my child to grow up without my father's love, since I had experienced how it felt and I don't my child to experience the same.
"It was also his blood and flesh, he will not be cruel to him, right?' I thought inwardly.
Garden Villa was an extremely upper-class residence area developed in X city. There were only ten spare villas in the community, one of which was owned by the Carters. However, I was not the lady of the house, it was Tara Walter, the true love of Evan Carter. Ever since Tara returned from abroad, she lived there.
About half an hour later, the car stopped. Looking at the luxurious villa in front of me, I took a deep breath got out of the car, and strode into the villa.
As soon as I entered the house, I saw Tara sitting on the sofa in the living room. She draped in an elegant dress that seemed like something noble and elegant ladies should wear.
As if she was already anticipating me to show up, Tara was not surprised to see me.
She shot me a haughty look and displayed her authority over the house and asked, "Anya, what are you doing here?"
However, I was not in the mood to talk nonsense with her, so I said coldly, "I am here for Evan." After saying that, I head to the upstairs.
However, Tara blocked me with her arm.
"That's too bad! Evan worked late last night but still somehow found the energy to wake me up for some action. He only dozed off around the time the sun came up and is still sound asleep, so why don't you go back for now?" she said with a smug grin.
Even though I knew that she was goading intentionally, I still felt a tightness in my chest.
Nevertheless, I managed to compose myself as best as I could and asked politely, "Where is his room? I will leave after discuss something with him."
Tara looked at the top of the stairs and answered impatiently, "Anya, do you, by any chance, happen to speak a different language? I already told you that Evan is sleeping and doesn't have time to see you. If you have anything to tell him, just wait until he gets home."
Hearing that I felt another pang in my chest, as Evan had not been home for two full months.
Needless to say, I know that Tara was saying all this to provoke me.
I took a deep breath to calm myself down.
Even though I know our marriage is nothing more than a way for him to torture me, in these two years of marriage, I still tried my best to fulfill my duty as Mrs. Carter, not to mention not I am pregnant. I didn't want my child to be born into a broken family, so I wanted to give a one more try.
Thinking that, I walked up to the stairs. However, before I could even reach the second floor, Tara suddenly caught up with me, grabbed my wrist, and yelled, "Anya, have you no sensibility? I already told you not to disturb Evan's rest. Get the hell out of here."
I was anxious to see Evan and belted angrily, "Tars, Evan is my husband. You have no right to stop me form seeing him!"
Hearing that Tara scoffed, "If it wasn't for your nasty conniving two years ago that Evan left with no choice to marry you, I would have been the one to marry him instead. You never meant to be Mrs. Carter."
I was not expecting Tara to bring up what happened two years ago. I was upset by this as my eyes turned red, "I was also the victim on that night two years ago. And it was out families who forced us to get married."
At that moment, Tara suddenly put on a troubled expression and exclaimed, "Anya, what are you doing? Let me go!"
Before I could understand what was going on, Tara immediately loosened her grip on my hand, rolled down to the stairs, and fell hard against the floor.
Blood suddenly flows out from her forehead.
I just stood there frozen, not realizing what was going on until a tall figure emerged from the corner of the second floor.
Seeing Evan running there in a hurry, I suddenly seemed to realize what was going on and why Tara suddenly fell.
As soon as Evan walked over, the temperature in the room dropped by several degrees, and the atmosphere became unbearably tense.
"Anya, what did you do to Tara?" His voice was filled with rage as he uttered these words.
My face turned pale as I realized Evan's rage was directed towards me and I hurriedly explained, "Evan, it wasn't me who pushed her. She fell on her own!"
"Do I look blind to you?" Evan's gaze was icy and piercing like a knife in my heart.
The man in front of me was my husband, whom I had not seen for a month. However, the moment we met, he didn't even ask for my explanation before forming his conclusion.
After all, I was his wife!
I felt an unbearable sadness swelling inside me.
When Evan walked past me, I subconsciously tugged at his arm and tried to explain, "Evan, I didn't push her. I."
However, before I could finish speaking, he pushed me away and said, "Scram!"
Because of this, I lost my footing and fell from the stairs as well. However, Evan didn't even look back at me as he picked Tara from the floor and ran out of the house in a hurry.
I looked his back with my eyes full of despair. The husband whom I had been married to for two years, just left me like this for another woman.
At that moment, I felt a warm liquid flowing from my body. Seeing the blood between my legs, my went blank.
'My baby. My baby.'
I panicked as the doctor's words came to my mind. I quickly searched for my phone and dialed 911.
"Help! Please.. Save my baby."
As I said, I felt an unbearable pain in my stomach and my eyes suddenly became heavy. And not long after, I lose my consciousness.
Anya's POV:
As I opened my eyes, a strong smell of disinfectant rushed into my nose. After looking around, I realized that I was in the hospital.
Suddenly, what happened in the morning rushed into my mind and I touched my belly. "My child. My child. Is he safe?'
As I was thinking, a doctor came into the ward for the examination. Seeing him, I quickly looked at him and asked, "Doctor, how is my child? Is he safe?'
Hearing my question doctor looked at him and replied, "We have saved your child for now, however. I will suggest you give up one child. Your condition was originally not very good and after this accident, it became even more complicated. If you insist on keeping all the children, it may risk your life."
At that moment, the door of the ward opened, and a man walked into the ward. The man was wearing a black suit and gold-rimmed glasses. He was also holding a briefcase in his hand.
However, I had never seen him before.
It seemed that he had seen the confused look in my eyes and explained, "Miss Walter, I am Edward Gary, Mr. Carter's layer."
Then, he turned to the doctor and said, "If you are done with the examination, please excuse us. We have something to talk about."
Hearing that, the doctor nodded and left the ward.
Now only I and Mr. Gary were left in the room. Then, Mr. Gray opened his briefcase, took out some documents, and handed them to me, saying, "Miss Wilson, Mr. Carter wants you to sign these papers."
I took the papers from his hand with a puzzled look in my eyes. However, as soon as I looked at the document, the two words 'Divorce Agreement' came into my view. Looking at the corner of the papers, I saw that Evan had already signed the papers.
Looking at the divorce papers my lips curled up into a mocking smile. 'How big fool I am? How can I think that he will give a chance to this marriage? How can I forget that I was nothing more than a tool in his eyes to vent his anger until his beloved Tara is back. Since she was back, how can he let me stay there?'
"After you sign these papers, you will receive 100 million dollars as alimony." the lawyer added.
Because of his words, I came back to my senses took the pen from him and signed the name.
I have also gotten exhausted from this marriage both physically and mentally. Even though I had wanted my child to be born into a complete family, I didn't want my child to have a stepmother and live miserably like me for the rest of his life.
After taking the papers from my hand, the lawyer gave me the bank card, turned around, and was about to leave when he paused at the door. He then turned around and added, "Mr. Carter said that he hoped that you won't pester him, or you have to bear the consequences."
The lawyer's words were like a knife stabbing in my heart, but I still nodded. Anyway, I also don't plan to have anything to do with him anymore. I just want to live a good life with my children.
After the lawyer left, the ward fell into silence. I placed my hand on my belly and said to my children, "Baby, I am sorry, Mommy can't give you a complete family! But I promise you, I will do my best to give the love of both mother and father."
'As for giving one of my children, I will never do that. They are my babies and my alone. I and I will give birth to all of them and raise them no matter what.'
*****
Four Years Later.
At Walter Group.
Mia's POV:
I paced back and forth inside the office after hearing the will lawyer read. At that moment everyone in the Walter family was in miserable condition.
The old bastard, Karl Walter, my father-in-law had changed his will at the last moment before he died without telling anyone.
According to his will, he had 51% shares of the Walter Group to his eldest daughter, Anya. As for the other members of the Walter family, they would only inherit 10% of the shares.
What was even more frustrating is that according to the additional condition of the will, if Anya didn't show up within three days after his death, all the properties of the Walter family would go straight to the government.
What's more, today is the third day and there is no clue about Anya at all. As if she had been disappeared from the world.
Ever since Evan had divorced her, no one had never seen her again.
"The way I see it, that girl is simply going against us on purpose! No one knows where the hell she has been for all those years!" I cursed furiously.
Back then after I kicked Anya and her mother out of the Walter family, with twins in my belly, I thought I had secured the position in the Walter family.
I had never even expected in my wildest dreams that something like this would happen.
Of all three children of mine, that old man still favored that little bitch.
The more I thought about it the angrier I felt.
At that moment, Frank walked to the lawyer and asked, "Mr. Ethan, I hope you can think of any way to save this situation. If things went out like this, all the properties of the Walter family bequeathed to the government. Oh. no... what to do? None of us has seen Anya over the years! And my father, too. No one knows what he was thinking. How can he ignore his three grandson who accompanied him every day and leave everything to that wreathed girl."
I also added from the side, "Yes, Mr. Ethan, I hope you can find any solution. Anya had been gone for so many years and we didn't even know if she was still alive. How can someone leave everything to the person who one didn't know if he was still alive or not."
However, Mr. Ethan shook his head and said helplessly, "I am sorry, Mrs. Walter, but there is no other way. If Miss Anya Walter didn't show up today, then all the properties of the Walter family bequeathed to the government."
Hearing that I clenched my fists tightly.
"Evan, do you know where my sister has been?" Suddenly, I heard Tara ask Evan in a voice laced with impatience.
Hearing that, I also looked at Evan.
However, hearing Tara's question Even frowned and didn't say anything and seemed to be lost in deep thoughts.
At that moment, the sound of high heels tapping on the wooden floor fell into my ears and the door of the office was pushed open by someone.
I turned around and looked in the direction of the door and saw a woman wearing a custom-made suit standing at the gate. She was holding a limited-edition bag in her hands, and the oversized sunglasses covered most of her face. She had a pair of slender long legs, and a pair of high heels made them look slenderer.
As she walked in she gave the vibe of an ice-cold-beauty, causing the temperature in the office to drop a few degrees.
"Who is this woman? Did we know her? Who allowed her to be here?" Tara said impatiently.
"It's me, Anya!" The woman took off her oversized glasses and spoke.
"Anya!" Hearing that all in the room gasped in surprise.
"Anya. You are finally back! If you don't come, we don't know what would have happen to us. Walter Group was almost got ruined." Frank exclaimed.
Anya's POV:
As I looked at their excited expression, I couldn't help but sneered. 'It was no wonder people say that money can do anything! It might be my first time seeing the member of the Walter family so excited after seeing me.' I scoffed inwardly.
The reason I came back this time was all because of my grandfather. In the Walter family, he was the only person who was nice to me and loved me. And since he had left the Walter Group in my hands, I don't want to disappoint him. After all, it was my grandfather's whole life work.
And I didn't want to get ruined in the hands of those useless people.
"What's there to be surprised about it? How can someone like her not show up at a time like this? She is such a greedy person and it's a lot of money! How can she let it go?"
Suddenly a sarcastic voice fell into my ears.
I pulled back my thoughts and turned my head to look in the direction of the voice. Then, I saw, Harry, Mia's son looking at me angrily.
Harry had never treated me as his elder sister since we were young and now when I had become the biggest beneficiary of my grandfather's will, I am not surprised to see him like this. But who cares! I don't even give a damn about him!
"In all those years, you didn't come to see Grandpa even once and don't care about him. However, now when it's time to talk about the inheritance, you came. How shameless!" Harry continued.
"Enough of that." At that moment, my father looked at Harry and spoke.
Then, he patted me on the shoulder and said, "Anya, don't mind him, after all, he is your brother. Since you are back, move back home! It's not good for you to live outside!"
"Yes, Anya, come and live with us. Also, your grandfather made a will on his deathbed. He wants you to inherit the 51% shares of the Walter Group. The illness must have clouded his head. How could he leave such a large enterprise in the hands of the girl who knows nothing about it? Anya, you are still young and dumb. I think you should let your father run the business." Mia said merrily with her lips curling up in a sneer.
Hearing her words, my lips curled up into a sneer, but there was no expression on my face.
How could I not understand what she was trying to say? Ever since Mia had moved to the Walter family, she was in control of everything, so she also wanted to control me and always thought that I was bound to listen to her.
However, what she didn't know was that I was no longer that old Anya who was afraid of her. I am no longer a soft and weak person.
I ignored them, turned to look at Mr. Gary, and said, "Mr. Gary, should I continue the other formalities after my grandfather's funeral."
"There is no problem. We can proceed according to your plan!" Mr. Gary replied respectfully.
I nodded and thanked them politely.
"Yeah! Yeah! Father's funeral is very important! We will talk about it after the funeral. Let's postponed everything until then." My father said.
However, I ignored their words, turned around, and left.
Evan's POV:
As I was waiting for my car outside the company, I couldn't help but think about Anya.
When Tara asked me about Anya in the office, I froze for a moment as I didn't know how to answer the question.
Four years ago, when I sent her the divorce papers through my lawyer, I thought that she would not sign it or at least make some scene.
However, to my surprise, she didn't. When my lawyer handed me the papers, I couldn't even believe in my eyes, as I looked at her signature. After all, I always believed that she was just a gold digger, so I thought she must be planning something.
What's more, when I got home the next day, Anya had already moved out. What's more, except for her ID and a few clothes which she bought from Walter's family, she didn't take anything with her.
But I still didn't believe that she would give up so easily and thought that she would certainly pester me, so I prepared many ways to deal with her.
However, I had never expected that I wouldn't have any need to do this, as she was not going to come back.
And these four years, there had been no news of her. Of course, I had never tried to investigate where she was.
It had been four years, and I had never heard anything about her from anyone.
She just disappeared from my world as I asked her to do so.
And today, from the moment, Anya walked out to the office, she didn't even look at me at once, as if she didn't see me at all.
And I don't know why, seeing her like this makes me feel a little irritated.
As I was lost in thought, suddenly the sound of high heels tapping on the ground fell on my ears. As I turned around, I saw Anya walking out of the building.
"Where are you going? Let me give you a ride!" I spoke. My voice was kind of hoarse because I hadn't spoken for a long time.
Anya raised her brows as smiled politely, shook the car keys in her hand, and said, "Thanks, but I don't need it. I have my own car."
Her face was indifferent and expressionless as if she was simply being polite to a stranger.
Suddenly, I felt someone grabbed my arm. Turning around I saw Tara holding my arm intimately, as she looked at Anya and said, "Anya, why are you so polite as if we are strangers! We are family and it's natural for us to help each other. By the way, why don't you move back with us. At least, you don't have to be alone, and."
However, before Tara could finish her sentence, Anya interrupted her, "Thanks! But I don't have any family, and I don't like to be with strangers!"
Saying that she waved politely and walked to the sliver Bentley parked not far away. Then, she opened the door and got in.
Soon, with a roar the car drove away and disappeared in the crowd.
"It seems that my sister had been living a good life these years! She could enjoy such a rich life without any help from the family." Tara remarked.
However, I didn't say anything in response.
During the four years when Anya had been gone, for various reasons, I didn't marry Tara. Moreover, with these four years, I realized that Tara was simply not the one for me.
The only reason that I didn't break up with Tara was because of my family. The Walter family was wealthy, but it was nothing compared with the Carters. However, the elders of both families were close friends. That was why he had always been taking care of the Walter family.
Except for that, there is also another reason. Ten years ago, when I nearly drowned while I was swimming, at that time it was Tara who saved me. Ever since then, I swore that I would love and protect this girl for the rest of my life.
"Anya had always been striving since she was just a kid. She is smart and good with men, too. See her fancy clothes and car? She must have hooked up with some wealthy fellow again. Unlike her, Tara, you are always stupid and innocent, and people try to take advantage of you."
At that moment, a woman's voice came from behind me. As I turned around, I saw Mia walking towards us.
Even though it looked like she was praising Anya, it was not hard for me to tell the meaning behind her words.
"Mom, what are you talking about?"
"Oh, I just want you to learn from Anya. Do you see how good she has been doing? Girls like her are never for us to be worried about wherever she goes. There aren't many girls as smart as her anymore."
Hearing her words, I don't know why I felt a little upset in my heart.
"Mia, Tara, I must go now. I have an important meeting tonight," I said.
"Yeah, sure. Drive safe, alright? Mia replied with a flattering smile. It seemed like she didn't want to offend her daughter's promising husband-to-be.
However, I didn't say anything, turned around, got in the car and drove away.