Melomiri

His Assistant Steps In to Give Me a Baby

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On New Year’s Eve, while my mother-in-law was pressuring me to have a second child, my husband’s female assistant, Chloe, showed up uninvited, holding a baby. "Aurora saved my life," Chloe announced dramatically. "I gave birth to the son you wanted for her! Can't you stop pressuring her now?" She turned to me then, adding, "Better I stepped up than him running off with some random woman, right? Besides, I didn't want you going through childbirth pain!" Every eye in the room turned to me—awkward, judgmental stares that burned into my skin. In that sickening moment, it hit me like a slap…

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