My Husband’s Children

Upon discovering I was pregnant, I excitedly rushed to my husband’s company to put our baby down as our insurance beneficiary. However, I was shocked to read my husband’s file.

Partner: Victoria Winston

Children: Jack Hudson, Sophia Hudson.

I froze. The HR manager said the woman was his legally wedded wife and the heiress to the largest hotel chain on the East Coast. Their children were already seven years old.

It felt like my world was crumbling down around me.

If she was his wife, what was I? His mistress of five years? His friend with benefits?

Even more absurdly, I was now pregnant with his child. A child who would never be acknowledged by their father. An illegitimate child.

I nodded dazedly. My whole body felt weak.

The man I considered my husband was never mine. Even after death, his gravestone would not have my name!

The man I shared a bed with for the past five years had a legally wedded wife and two children. To make things worse, he had been secretly dosing me with contraceptives all this time! Now, I was pregnant with a child he would never acknowledge as his.

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I wandered out of the company like a lost soul.

Victoria Winston was the heiress to the Winston business empire. I was more than familiar with that name. Daniel Hudson had ranted about her more than once. “Victoria is arrogant just because she’s rich! I’ll never marry her, not even if I go broke!

“Emma, you’re the only one in the world who understands me. None of those rich heiresses actually love me!

“The board of directors is putting the pressure on me now, so we should keep our marriage a secret. I’ll publicly introduce you as my wife once I gain control over the entire company.”

What a joke, all of it. His children were old enough to go to school now. Everything I had done over the past five years amounted to nothing.

I woke up every morning to make him breakfast, I stayed up every night to wait for his return… And now, I had conceived his baby. What did all of this even mean to him?

I passed by the conference room in a daze and saw two figures through the glass door. It was Daniel and his mother, Gloria.

Gloria kept her voice low. “How do you plan to deal with the Winstons?”

Daniel sounded impatient. “Don’t worry about it, Mom. Victoria may be cocky, but she’s willing to keep the status quo. I can’t offend her this time while she’s back from Switzerland on family business.”

“But what about Emma?” Gloria’s voice turned cold. “She took great care of me these past three years.”

“She’s still my girlfriend on paper.” Daniel shrugged nonchalantly. “Victoria doesn’t care about these surface-level things. Besides, I spend most of my time at the office. I need someone to take care of you at home, or else I’ll worry.”

I covered my mouth