Quan Shaoze didn’t force me to finish the wedding ceremony with Quan Jinnian in the following days, but I wasn’t relieved.
Deep inside I was fully aware that the longer he would like to wait, the more determined he was to marry me to his dead brother.
Worrying that he might vent his anger on my brother, I didn’t dare to mention him in front of Quan these days.
At the thought that my brother might get into trouble because of me, I felt like my blood instantly went cold.
Strangely enough, I should have been too sad to sleep, but I fell sound asleep every day recently.
I thought it might have been for Quan Shaoze’s absence.
However, I had no appetite in the following days and ate like a bird at every meal.
I didn’t notice that as far as Quan Shaoze was concerned, I was protesting against his arrangement by fasting.
After a few days, he showed himself in front of me again with his eyes full of rage.
“Can’t wait to kill yourself? I won’t let you get away so easily!” He pinched my face with a snort.
He then asked a servant to bring some food into the room and forced my mouth open to feed me.
As soon as the greasy meat was stuffed into my mouth, I felt waves of intense nausea.
I pushed his hand away violently, rushed to the bathroom and spat the meat out. I kept vomiting for a long time until my stomach was empty.
After cleaning the sink up, I turned around and saw Quan Shaoze staring at me by the door with a grim look.
I saw my own reflection, especially my bloodshot eyes in his thoughtful dark eyes.
“Ha! It seems you have made up your mind. I won’t force you to eat, but there’s no way out from your marriage to my brother!” Surprisingly, he didn’t lose his temper, but only raised my chin with an indifferent smile.
Then he turned around and left. After the servant took the dishes away, I walked to the bed and sat down.
I stroked my belly in panic with a sense of unease.
My heart suddenly lost its pace after I calculated the date of my period.
Normally, the period should have come a week ago!
“Am I pregnant?!”
“No way! Absolutely impossible!”
I tried in every way to disprove my assumption. However, the constant pregnancy reaction in the following days gave me no other options but to face the reality.
I was indeed pregnant.
What’s more, as Zhao Dong was infertile, I was absolutely certain that Quan Shaoze was my baby’s dad.
I was immediately seized with panic.
I hated Zhao Dong so much as he was having an affair with Xiao Yue. However, carrying a baby with a man other than my husband, I was by no means better than him.
Suffering from a splitting headache, I had to stop thinking about it. To prevent Quan Shaoze from noticing anything unusual with me, I managed to fight back the nausea and started a regular diet, completely leaving the nether marriage behind me.
Everything went on like this for a few days until Quan Shaoze showed up one day and asked me to marry his dead brother again. My resentment stored up over the last few days finally boiled over.
He only looked on indifferently as I lost my mind and smashed down everything in the mourning hall. Seeing that I had used up all my strength, he began walking to me slowly.
“Go ahead! It doesn’t matter if you don’t want to marry my brother. I’ll send your brother to accompany him,” he whispered in my ear.
As soon as I turned my head, I caught sight of the cruel smile on his thin lips.
“No! Please don’t! I’ll follow your words if you spare my brother!” Maybe it was because I was pregnant, I was emotionally broken down at his words and burst into tears while begging him.
After struggling for so long, I finally relented under his threat.
This time, I completely gave up.