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Begging for Nothing

Begging for Nothing

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By:  Little DazeyCompleted
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My best friend and I grow up together, and we each have our childhood friends. When we're old enough, we marry our childhood friends. One is a doctor, and one is a firefighter. We even fall pregnant one after the other. During our pregnancies, we go out for a stroll. Suddenly, I'm rammed over, and I fall into the river. My best friend miscarries after trying to save me, and my child dies in my belly, too. I call my husband. However, he roars, "Cass is in danger; I have to save her first! Stop bothering me!" My best friend is also reprimanded by her husband. After giving birth to the dead fetuses, we both decide to get divorced. However, the two men weep and beg us not to leave.

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I had my wedding on the same day as my best friend, Vivienne York.Our husbands were also childhood friends. Because of our close relationship, we bought an apartment in the same building, living on different floors as neighbors.After marriage, both Vivienne and I got pregnant. I was a little ahead of her, already nearing my due date.While we were out for a walk, someone suddenly shoved me from behind. I lost my balance and fell straight into the river."Help!"My belly was already heavy, and I couldn't swim. Water quickly filled my lungs, and I began sinking. Struggling to get to the shore, I managed to call my husband, Lucas Ford.But as soon as Lucas picked up, he snapped, "Miranda Grant, enough! Don't call me when I'm in the middle of a rescue! Do you even realize Cass is hanging off a cliff right now? This is a life-or-death situation!""Honey, my stomach hurts. Please, help me." I was on the verge of drowning, yet Lucas had no patience for me."All you ever do is comp...

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10 Chapters
Chapter 1
I had my wedding on the same day as my best friend, Vivienne York.Our husbands were also childhood friends. Because of our close relationship, we bought an apartment in the same building, living on different floors as neighbors.After marriage, both Vivienne and I got pregnant. I was a little ahead of her, already nearing my due date.While we were out for a walk, someone suddenly shoved me from behind. I lost my balance and fell straight into the river."Help!"My belly was already heavy, and I couldn't swim. Water quickly filled my lungs, and I began sinking. Struggling to get to the shore, I managed to call my husband, Lucas Ford.But as soon as Lucas picked up, he snapped, "Miranda Grant, enough! Don't call me when I'm in the middle of a rescue! Do you even realize Cass is hanging off a cliff right now? This is a life-or-death situation!""Honey, my stomach hurts. Please, help me." I was on the verge of drowning, yet Lucas had no patience for me."All you ever do is comp
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Chapter 2
Unlike me, Vivienne had to undergo an emergency abortion.We held each other and wept, completely losing hope in our marriages.The pain from postpartum contractions sent tremors through my entire body. Just reaching for my phone and dialing took everything I had.After ten attempts, Lucas finally picked up. "Are you out of your mind, Miranda?" His voice was sharp with irritation. "I told you to stop calling. You just won't quit, huh?"A trace of mockery flickered in my eyes. "Let's get a divorce, Lucas."He froze for a moment, then his anger flared. "I already told you, Cass and I are just friends! She was running a fever and stranded on a cliff. Do you have any idea how dangerous that was? She's so fragile—what if something happened to her?"Stop jumping to conclusions the moment you hear Cass' name! And don't think that just because you're pregnant, I won't divorce you!"With that, he hung up.Tears streamed down my face, dripping onto my phone."Mandy, it hurts—my stomac
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Chapter 3
I was a year older than Vivienne, but she had always been the one protecting me. We were inseparable, like real sisters.After I started dating Lucas, I went out of my way to set her up with Zachary.I was blind, and I dragged my best friend down with me.In the end, we got married and even got pregnant. Yet, we were nothing but fools, played by those two men. They never truly loved us.Vivienne suddenly let out a bitter laugh, curling up in pain. I looked up and saw her holding her phone.It was a photo.Lucas was covered in dirt. He had a rope tied around his waist and held Cassandra tightly in his arms. Zachary, wearing his white coat and carrying a medical kit, was rushing toward them.For a fleeting moment, if the men in the photo weren't our husbands, I might have even envied the scene. They shielded Cassandra like a treasure, like knights risking their lives to protect their princess.The photo was posted on Cassandra's social media, along with a suggestive caption, "O
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Chapter 4
"Lucas, I'm fine. You should go home. This is all my fault—I shouldn't have clung to you so much. Miranda and Vivienne are both pregnant. I was just overreacting. A little scare is nothing. They're more important than me—"Lucas immediately softened his tone. "Don't say that. She's just petty and unreasonable. Cass, you're too weak. You need to rest. Just look at how pale you are."Having a baby is her affair. It's not like I can help her give birth. She's just doing this on purpose. If it's not stomach pain, then it's bleeding. It's all fake."Hearing this, I let out a laugh, one filled with nothing but sorrow.Vivienne, who was listening the whole time, clenched her fists. "Mandy, don't cry. A man like him isn't worth our tears! Once we get discharged, let's go shopping, travel, and enjoy life!""Alright."We leaned against each other, smiling bitterly through the pain.Not long after, Cassandra updated her social media again.It was another photo. Lucas was shirtless, cookin
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Chapter 5
How ridiculous. He was a doctor himself, yet for Cassandra, he was panicking like a fool.Seeing his desperation, the nurse dared not delay. Soon after, Lucas also came running, his face etched with anxiety. The moment he saw me, he froze for a second before his expression twisted in fury."Miranda Grant! I tolerated your pettiness, but I never thought you could be this vicious! If anything happens to Cass today, I'll make sure you go down with her!"With that, he spun around and charged into the emergency room.I rolled my eyes. Vivienne's hands trembled with rage. "Those two idiots! If Cassandra really dies today, I'll set off fireworks to celebrate!"After all, this was her usual trick. And yet, Lucas and Zachary kept falling for it. They deserved that."Vivienne York!" As soon as Cassandra was wheeled into the emergency room, Zachary stormed toward us."I told you not to associate with Miranda, but you refused to listen! Do you think I won't get mad? Look at what you two h
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Chapter 6
Lucas froze instantly.He shoved me away, snatching the medical documents from Zachary's hands. His gaze shifted to my now-flat belly, and he stumbled back two steps."Stillbirth?" His voice trembled. "Why was it a stillbirth?"His face twisted in shock before he suddenly grabbed my hair, his eyes red with rage. "Miranda, why was it a stillbirth? What did you do to our baby? Did you kill it on purpose? Were you trying to use the baby to threaten me, and something went wrong? Say something!"His expression became more and more terrifying, his eyes bulging in fury.I simply let out a cold laugh."Threaten you? Do you really think you're worth that much? You don't know why the baby died? Didn't I call you a few days ago?"Lucas looked lost, panic flashing across his face as he shook his head, unable to respond.At that moment, I truly wanted to strangle him."I told you my stomach hurt. I told you I was bleeding and begged you to help me. Do you remember what you said? You told m
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Chapter 7
Zachary looked utterly wounded. His expression was filled with hurt.I held Vivienne's hand tightly. "Let's go."She had an abortion and just suffered another blow. If she kept getting agitated, her body wouldn't be able to take it. Right now, the most important thing was for her to recover.But just as we turned to leave, Lucas grabbed my wrist again."You can't go! Even if the baby was lost because you fell into the river, you're still responsible for pushing Cass to the point of suicide! I'm calling the police. You and Vivienne must go to the station for investigation!"Zachary snapped back to his senses. "That's right! You can't leave! Cass is a delicate woman. She never offends anyone. The only ones who'd hurt her out of jealousy are you two!"As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed Vivienne's wrist, trying to drag her away.I didn't hesitate—I sank my teeth into his arm."Cassandra's suicide?" I scoffed. "Zachary, you're a doctor. Her wound is barely a scratch. You seriou
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Chapter 8
"No, I—" Lucas' face turned ashen at my words, as if he had suffered a devastating blow. His lips trembled, but he couldn't utter a single word.I thought back to the day I nearly drowned, to how Vivienne risked everything to pull me out of the water. During that life-or-death moment, I placed all my hope in this man.But he ignored me. Instead, he hurled the cruelest words at me, cursing me without a shred of concern.I would never forget that suffocating pain in my chest or the unbearable agony in my belly.Even then, I clung to one last hope and called him again, only to be met with his indifference and heartlessness.Back then, I wanted him to rush to me desperately, hold me tightly, and protect me.But none of that happened. I was alone, giving birth to a stillborn and passing out. How could I not hate him?But now, seeing the man in front of me for who he truly was, I suddenly felt that saying anything more to him was pointless. He would never understand what he did wrong.
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Chapter 9
At this moment, Lucas looked so cautious—pitiful, even. Growing up, he was always arrogant, almost reckless. He never bowed his head to anyone. But it was too late."Just because you know you were wrong, I should forgive you?" I shook my head calmly. "20 years, Lucas. We're completely over!""But we've already uncovered the truth, Mandy! We checked the surveillance footage from the road where you were walking on. The person who pushed you appeared out of nowhere."We caught him. Cassandra's the one who hired him! She deliberately hung herself on that cliff to stage an accident. She orchestrated the whole thing to make Lucas and me rush to save her! She's completely evil. She wanted to see us abandon you for her!"And the dead rat—that was her doing too. The handwriting on the note—she wrote it with her left hand! You were right about everything!"I never imagined Cassandra could be this wicked. She fooled us completely! Now we realize our mistakes—we hurt you and even lost our o
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Chapter 10
If this had been before, I would have forgiven Lucas without hesitation for the sake of our years together.But I was hurt too deeply. I would never forget everything that happened.He would answer Cassandra's late-night calls about being hungry and rush over to make her a midnight snack. But when I said I was hungry, he would mock me, saying I was already fat enough from the pregnancy and that all I did was eat.When I slipped and twisted my ankle in the shower, he scolded me for being clumsy. Yet, he had no problem giving up his rare day off to take care of Cassandra, just because she coughed twice.He even skipped every one of my prenatal checkups so he and Zachary could accompany Cassandra on shopping trips, carrying her bags like maids.When Vivienne was in the early stages of her pregnancy, vomiting so badly that she couldn't keep any food down and needed IV fluids, Zachary claimed he was too busy to take her to the hospital.The more I thought about it, the more disgusted
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