I Asked for a Baby Six Years and He Gave Her Two Instead Chapter 02
I watched Chloe cradling her son, her daughter tucked against her side.
My hands clenched into fists inside my coat sleeves. I forced a smile onto my face.
“You have a son and a daughter—you’re so blessed.”
Ethan and I never had children.
Over these six years, I’d asked to have a baby countless times.
Right after we got married, he’d held me and said,
“We just got married—we haven’t enjoyed life yet. Having a baby can wait.”
When I was chosen for the state program, I got anxious. I insisted, more strongly than ever, on starting a family.
He agreed quickly with his mouth, but every time he’d disappear during my ovulation period,
“I’m really exhausted. I’m working so hard just to give you and our child a better life.”
“We’re highly educated—we can’t let a child hold us back.”
Later, every time I brought it up, he’d push the whole childfree philosophy on me.
I’d thought he really didn’t like kids,
but it turned out he just didn’t need one with me.
Chloe glanced down at her phone,
“My husband never goes out or works overtime normally.”
“Today’s just bad luck—you’ll have to wait a while.”
I froze again at her words.
The phrase I heard most from Ethan was “working overtime.”
Not answering calls was because he was working overtime,
not being able to visit was because of overtime too.
Even during Chinese New Year this year, he was still working overtime.
Three years back, when his mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, he said he was swamped at work.
asking me to pull strings to admit his mother to a military hospital for care.
I was stretched thin, and then his mother had an episode and tried to jump into the hospital lake.
When the call came to my unit, I was torn and asked Ethan to handle it,
but he said he had to work overtime and told me to deal with it myself.
A wave of helplessness washed over me as I listened to Chloe.
Chloe stood up, holding the crying baby,
“The baby’s hungry. Our house is nearby—would you mind coming with me to wait there?”
I stood up eagerly,
asking casually, “Do you live with his parents?”
Chloe shook her head. “His parents are long gone. It’s just my folks now, and he treats them like his own.”
I twisted my fingers nervously, wondering what his mother would think if she heard that.
Glancing down, I accidentally saw the words on Chloe’s daughter’s schoolbag:
【Military-Affiliated Elementary School.】
Noticing I’d stopped walking,
Chloe explained with a smile, “This is my oldest daughter’s school.”
“My husband’s family has fallen soldier status. That’s how she got a spot here.”
I looked up in confusion,
“A fallen soldier’s family member?”
Chloe nodded and sat down next to me,
“Yes, his sister was a fallen soldier.”
As she spoke, she noticed the embroidered words 【Capital Top-Secret Lab】 on the cuff of my down jacket, her eyes lighting up,
“Oh, his sister worked there too.”
“Her name was Elena. Did you know her? She died in the line of duty six years back.”
Her words struck like a bolt of lightning—I stumbled, barely keeping my balance.
How could I not know? I was Elena.
Seeing how pale I looked,
Chloe handed me a hand warmer in concern, “Did you catch a chill outside?”
“Here, take this. Ethan always keeps plenty on hand because he’s worried about me feeling unwell.”
Chloe’s happy smile felt like a red-hot iron searing my heart.
I struggled to steady my emotions, asking casually:
“Why send someone to work in such a harsh place?”
“My husband has money, sure. But money alone doesn’t get you far. Without connections, you’re nowhere.”
“So my husband volunteered to send my sister-in-law there!”
That was the final straw that broke the camel’s back.
So Ethan had deliberately sent me away back then,
trapping me in the top-secret lab, cut off from the world.
Even though he knew I was an only child, he’d still sent me away without hesitation—
so much so that I hadn’t gotten to see my father one last time before he died.
He’d been using my identity to let his illegitimate children enjoy government benefits,
while keeping his beautiful wife by his side.
My voice trembled.
“Have you ever met his sister?”
