Chapter 5

Vicky pulled me into her arms and patted my back comfortingly. “Go ahead and cry it out, Nessie.”

She wanted me to demand an explanation from Shaun, but I refused. I could not imagine him looking at me expressionlessly, his tone cold as he said, “Nessa Smith, I got sick of you ages ago.”

Neither could I accept him lying to me with his usual look of devotion, insisting that there was nothing between him and that woman.

The worst part — the part I really could not stand — was that I seemed to be that woman’s substitute…

I ran away while pregnant again, hehe.

This time, it was no longer a joke. With Vicky’s help, I ran away behind Shaun’s back, going somewhere he could not find me.

Serenity City was thousands of miles away from Oceanine. He would never think to find me here.

Hmph, now he could spend all his time with his precious love.

I pouted. So much from trying to protect me by hiding the truth from me. Men were all such liars.

Vicky came by to visit me every so often, brin