Page 2 of My husband and his female friend have an ambiguous relationship

The sounds of their game continued late into the night.

I sat alone on the balcony, repeatedly stroking my stomach as the baby kicked vigorously, and dialed the doctor's number.

"Doctor, I'd like to schedule an abortion."

The next morning.

I was woken by sharp pains in my abdomen. I struggled to find Oscar.

He was sitting on the couch, long legs crossed.

His phone kept pinging with notifications, and he was smiling from ear to ear.

I called his name several times before he looked up.

Seeing my pale face, he froze for a moment, then hurriedly helped me sit down, his fingers kneading my shoulders.

"Honey, I can't accompany you today. Mr. Murphy is waiting for me to discuss acquiring a cruise ship. The company is developing a new tourism route."

His tone was light, as if everything from yesterday had already been forgotten.

He was always like this, letting me go to bed upset.

As if just ignoring me and giving me the cold shoulder would automatically solve the problem.

The pain made me instinctively grab his hand, but his other hand was still focused on typing, completely ignoring me.

Janice's shameless yelling came from outside:

"Oscar, your dad's here! What are you dawdling for?"

Oscar immediately broke free from me, put down his phone and ran towards the door.

I collapsed on the floor, my elbow knocking over his phone.

On the screen, a group chat called "Princess Janice and Her Knights" was pinned at the top.

I couldn't help but click on it, and froze in place.

"Vivien is such a drama queen. I told you ages ago that you two weren't compatible, but you wouldn't listen."

"It's so exhausting having an outsider at every gathering. You should've just married Janice back then!"

Janice sent a tongue-sticking-out emoji:

"Whatever, it's my birthday today, why bring up that killjoy? Oscar said he's buying a cruise ship as my birthday gift. This princess is ready for the sea breeze and sunshine!"

Oscar's teasing reply followed: "Kowtow to daddy and this life is yours."

Janice immediately sent a kowtowing emoji:

"Now your life is mine, I order you not to bring your wife today!"

"Bro, I saw Janice packed a bikini. Who's the real birthday gift here? [wink]"

It felt like a bucket of ice water had been dumped over me, leaving me cold and breathless.

As expected, people can act, but their true colors always show in their inner circle.

When I first tried to fit in with them, everyone seemed as friendly as angels.

But I mistook their politeness for sincerity.

They were an impenetrable fortress, and I would always be the unwelcome outsider.

The pain intensified. I trembled as I took out my phone and took screenshots, page by page.

When Oscar came back for his phone, I was already curled up on the couch in pain.

He didn't even glance at me, in a rush to leave.

"Honey, my friends want to go play on the cruise ship too. You're pregnant and can't join in the fun anyway, so don't bother coming along."

I was deathly pale as I grabbed his sleeve:

"My stomach hurts, can you take me to the hospital?"

Asking a question when I already knew the answer was my last attempt to give him a way out.

If he insisted on leaving, I'd be done with him too.

As we were stuck in this standoff, Janice impatiently clicked her tongue outside:

"Hurry up, I'm dying of heat out here!"

Oscar yanked his hand away from me, extremely irritated.

"What are you playing at? You were fine just now. I'm so sick of you using the baby as an excuse."

I was thrown back onto the couch by his forceful shove, my heart dying along with it.

Janice came in from outside and grabbed Oscar's ear:

"Are you trying to get yourself killed? Why are you being so mean! All pregnant women are like this, always wanting everyone to revolve around them. What's wrong with being a little dramatic?"

Oscar snorted in disdain:

"If she was even one-tenth like you, I wouldn't be so annoyed."

His gaze suddenly fell on Janice's shoulder strap, and he reached out to adjust it naturally.

"Silly piggy! Didn't you notice it was loose?"

Janice swept her hair to one side, enjoying his touch and giggling:

"Gentle! You're hurting me."

Oscar pressed down on her chest, grinning mischievously: "Where? It's as flat as an airport runway."

Amid their laughter, they disappeared around the corner.

I dialed Robert's number directly: "I'll come find you at your cruise ship later."

He replied with a simple "Okay."

Oscar didn't know that Robert was my childhood friend.

After over 20 years of open and honest friendship, I knew better than anyone what pure friendship looked like.

Six years of love, from school uniforms to wedding dresses.

I wanted to see for myself just how rotten this relationship had become at its core.

The salty sea breeze blew.

On the deck of the luxury cruise ship, screams and laughter mixed together.

I leaned against the railing not far away, wearing sunglasses and a mask.

Watching Janice in her bikini sitting close to Oscar, who was only wearing swim trunks.

They were playing a vulgar game of passing tissues with their mouths.

Janice deliberately bit the tissue until only a tiny corner was left. Oscar leaned in several times but couldn't grab it.

"Oscar lost! Time for punishment!"

Someone shouted: "How about you publicly confess to someone? What about Janice?"

Janice giggled and collapsed onto Oscar's lap, playfully punching his chest:

"Oh my, how embarrassing!"

Another person yelled: "Things have already gone this far, what's the point of confessing?"

"Janice, what exactly happened back then? Give us brothers the juicy details!"

As everyone joked around, Janice suddenly said bluntly:

"Watch daddy's skills! Monkey steals the peach!"

Oscar deftly blocked her, laughing and cursing: "You little brat!"

As they roughhoused, he inadvertently grabbed the string of her bikini top and yanked.

The strap instantly came loose!

Amid Janice's screams, Oscar reflexively pulled her tightly into his arms, shouting at everyone:

"Turn around, don't look!"

The waves crashed relentlessly.

He gently helped her retie the strings, his fingertips grazing her bare back.

Their gazes intertwined, sparks flying.

In that moment, I watched as the man I loved, who once stood in the sunlight with me, exploded into a mess of rotten flesh.

While I hid in the shadows, fully covered up, peeking at other people's happiness like a cockroach.

Pathetically watching the father of my child instinctively protect another woman.

Robert beside me couldn't hold back anymore and wanted to rush over, but I firmly held him back.

After hesitating for a long time, I called Oscar's phone.

Across the not-too-far distance, I saw his phone light up.