This Is War

William Parker is a mafia boss. Everyone knows that I'm his weak spot.

When I was abducted back in the day, he gave everything he had—including his gun—and ran the risk of being shot to get me back.

To keep me from being bullied or mistreated, he's constantly toeing the line between the authorities and the underworld.

After I fall pregnant, he's by my side around the clock and doesn't even let my feet touch the ground.

Rumor has it that he has a secret lover that he dotes on to no end, but I've never believed it… until she appears before me to challenge me.

William slices one of his fingers off to beg for my forgiveness. The very next day, his secret lover throws a pregnancy test in my face. "Will's so desperate to knock me up that he can't keep his hands off me—I can't take it anymore!"

"Mrs. Parker, the doctor already mentioned that you have a high risk of miscarriage. With how worked up you were, there's no way we can save the baby now. It's gone.

"Mr. Parker's going to be angry. He's wanted a child for ten whole years."

After William Parker's lover, Emily Harris, left, I got furious—so much so that I had a miscarriage.

My best friend, Isabelle Brooks, drove me to the hospital. She comforted me the whole way there, terrified that I would be unable to get over what happened to the baby.

She was the only one who knew how badly I wanted to have the child. The baby had been all I cared about ever since I got pregnant. Since I was at high risk of miscarriage, I had stayed home for the past few months of the pregnancy, taking prescriptions every day for the sake of the child.

William had been so excited that he cried when he found out I was pregnant. He declared that he would never forgive anyone if they made me angry and caused me to miscarry. However, he ended up being the one who caused all of this.

All I could think about was how his lover had shown up to provoke me.

The day before, she had come to me and shown me a video of the two of them being intimate. I watched as she was spoiled to no end, then casually sent a voice recording of the entire conversation to William.

He had rushed over immediately and beaten Emily up to the point that she couldn't even stand straight. In the end, it was his subordinates who had to drag her away.

I showed him the video of him and Emily. Through tears, I asked, "Are all the rumors true?"

Right then, I thought William was filthy, and I didn't want him anymore.

William, however, got onto his knees before me. Before I could even react, he grabbed a knife and chopped off the little finger of his right hand, admitting his guilt.

"I'm sorry, Stephanie. I betrayed