Buried and Forgotten

I secretly married my husband for six years, and then his first love came back. I decide to leave with my child and let his first love take her rightful place.

Six years after getting married, James Hudson picked up his daughter and lifted her high for the very first time.

Five-year-old Celeste burst into laughter and waved at Naomi Sloane. "Mom, Mr. James made me fly!"

Naomi smiled bitterly as she watched the two of them.

James had been drinking that night and didn't seem to know what he was doing.

He didn't love Celeste, and he didn't love Naomi either. His joy that night came from something entirely different and unrelated to them.

The woman he truly loved, Sophia Hadley, had finally returned.

Six years ago, James and Sophia had been deeply in love. However, Sophia had abruptly left. While chasing after her, James got into an accident and lost the ability to walk.

Naomi had been his personal assistant at the time. She stayed by his side day and night. She endured his mood swings, encouraged him, and helped him through rehab.

The day he stood up again, joy clouded his mind. In his drunken haze, he mistook her for Sophia and made love to her through the night.

Soon enough, Naomi got pregnant, and James agreed to marry her.

However, she later learned that James didn't love her. Worse still, he didn't marry her out of a sense of responsibility either. He married Naomi because he learned that Sophia had started a new relationship from her social media.

After their marriage, he was almost always absent from Naomi's and Celeste's lives.

On the day Celeste was born, he deliberately flew out of town on a business trip. And when she started to speak, he gave her a cold look and wouldn't let her call him "Dad".

One time, Celeste lost control of her skateboard and cried out "Dad" in fear. In response, James just stood by icily. He watched indifferently as she fell and knocked her head hard on the ground until she bled.

But now, the drunken James looked at Celeste with tender, fatherly love in his eyes.

After hugging her, he set her on the couch and beamed at her. He said, "I'll be a good father."

"I believe in you, Dad!" Celeste excitedly said.

James didn't seem to hear her. Still smiling, he turned around and muttered a name—Liam.

So what he meant was that he was going to be a good father to Liam.

Naomi's heart sank because Liam was Sophia's son.

But Celeste only heard the first part. She ran over to Naomi happily and said, "Mom, Dad likes me, right? I can call him Dad now, yes? He hugged me and said he'd be a good father!"

Her eyes were filled with longing. She longed for a clear, affirmative answer. Celeste yearned to be like the other kids. She wanted to be able to throw herself into James' arms, call