Vanessa Sterling only found out she was pregnant from what Gwen Grant said.

Before Vanessa could even respond, Gwen went crazy and lunged at her, reaching out to yank at Vanessa’s hair.

Vanessa’s first reaction wasn’t to fight back, but to dodge.

"You homewrecker! It’s all because of you that Miles turned into what he is now!"

Gwen grabbed Vanessa’s hair with one hand, and swung the other hand straight at Vanessa’s face.

Vanessa instinctively raised her hand to block, but Gwen was like a madwoman, shoving Vanessa hard against the doorframe, both hands clamping down on Vanessa’s neck: "Why don’t you just die?! Bitch!"

"Cough, cough—" Vanessa braced a hand against the door to steady herself. The force on her neck tightened and tightened. She raised her hands and shoved Gwen away with all her strength.

Gwen staggered back, her heel hitting the doorframe, and she fell backward...

Vanessa bent over, coughing. When she finally caught her breath, she saw Gwen sitting on the floor, clutching her stomach with a face twisted in pain.

Bright red blood gradually soaked through her skirt...

"Ding—"

The elevator doors opened, and Miles Sterling rushed over, freezing for a second at the scene in front of him.

Then he stepped right past Gwen, who had fallen in a pool of blood, intending to check if Vanessa was hurt.

But when Vanessa saw Miles coming toward her, she instinctively backed away, as if terrified of being blamed. Her voice trembled as she tried to explain, "...I didn’t mean to."

Miles halted, looking down at Gwen’s hand clutching at his pant leg, her voice weak as she begged, "...Miles, save me, save our baby..."

After a cold, heavy silence, Miles moved his foot away.

Not only did he have no intention of saving Gwen, he didn’t even bother to reach out a hand to help her up.

It was Vanessa who finally reacted, hurrying back inside to grab her phone and dial emergency services...

By the time the paramedics arrived, Gwen had already fainted on the floor.

Miles watched the whole thing with cold eyes and didn’t go to the hospital with the ambulance.

He didn’t care about Gwen, and he cared even less whether that baby lived or died.

To him, all of this was Gwen’s own fault, and that child should never have existed in the first place.

After hours of emergency treatment, Gwen was out of danger, but they couldn’t save the baby.

When Wendy Jennings got the news, she collapsed in a faint outside the operating room.

The first thing Gwen asked when she woke up was about the baby.

When she heard the bad news, she clutched the blanket and broke down in sobs.

Then, as she thought back over everything that had happened, she pinned all the blame on Vanessa.

So when Wendy came to the ward to see her, Gwen started crying and told her that it was Vanessa who had pushed her, causing her to miscarry.

Wendy flew into a rage, hating herself for ever bringing that jinx back to The Sterling in the first place.

The peace Vanessa had always wanted became a luxury she could no longer afford.

The day before the premiere of a new drama, a shocking scandal broke out about one of its screenwriters.

She’d ruined someone else’s family and caused the wife to miscarry.

All at once, the internet exploded with curses and abuse.

The little bit of fame she’d gained from the adaptation of her previous comic now turned into a sharp blade stabbing straight into Vanessa’s heart.

Her personal information was leaked, harassing calls came nonstop, her inbox was stuffed with abusive messages, and prank packages piled up at her door...

Vanessa turned off her phone, cutting off all contact with the outside world.

She shut herself in the bedroom, sat on the bay window, and stared out at the city high-rises.

She suddenly felt like this world didn’t welcome her existence at all...