Abandoned and Married to a Billionaire

Eleanor pushed open the door of the villa in the evening.

The house was lively, filled with cheerful voices and laughter.

Her husband, who had been uncontactable all day, and her stepsister, Claudia, were in the living room playing with their son. They didn't notice her arrival at all.

It was as if they were the real family.

Eleanor tightly gripped her daughter's death certificate, the blood in her veins seemingly frozen.

An immense grief enveloped her, nearly pushing her to a breakdown.

Yesterday, her daughter was in a car accident and needed a rare 'Panda blood' transfusion urgently. The hospital blood bank was empty, and only Sebastian could save their daughter, yet he wouldn't answer his phone.

Before Ivy died, she tearfully said she wanted to see her father.

Even when Sebastian’s call finally connected, it was heartlessly hung up the next second.

Their daughter ultimately passed away with regret.

Sebastian's cold indifference was a brutal stab in Eleanor’s already wounded heart.

The moment the hospital pronounced her daughter dead, Claudia posted a photo on Facebook of the three of them watching a meteor shower.

Eleanor tried Sebastian’s phone again; it was turned off.

Now, Eleanor was utterly alone, while the three of them were enjoying themselves.

She watched her son cling to Claudia’s arm, whining sweetly, "Claudia, guess what I wished for yesterday?"

"What was it?"

"I wished for Claudia to be my mom."

Claudia covered her mouth and chuckled softly, glancing sideways to secretly gauge Sebastian’s reaction.

Sebastian was looking down, scrolling on his phone. He looked up at Claudia upon hearing this, his eyes filled with a tenderness Eleanor had never seen directed at her.

Claudia pursed her lips, secretly delighted.

She deliberately raised her voice, "Why does Teddy want me to be his mom?"

Theodore showed his two sharp canine teeth, "Because Teddy likes Claudia, and Daddy likes Claudia too!"

This statement hit Eleanor like a lightning bolt. She stared incredulously at Theodore, the son she had risked her life for, enduring a day and a night of labor and severe hemorrhaging.

Yet now he was asking his father to marry another woman.

Eleanor’s voice trembled as she spoke, "Teddy, I am your mother. Haven't I been good to you?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Theodore looked up at Eleanor standing by the door.

He snorted coldly and said nothing.

A wave of utter defeat washed over Eleanor. She had never imagined that she would fail so miserably as a mother.

She wanted to say more, but before she could, Sebastian stood up impatiently.

"He's just a child talking nonsense. Why are you arguing with a kid?"

Eleanor finally fixed her gaze on Sebastian, recalling the countless frantic calls she had made for help last night. She forced herself to remain calm.

"I called you yesterday. Why didn't you answer?"

Sebastian swiped a few times on his phone, then frowned, asking, "What call? Can you stop being so unreasonable?"

On his phone, there were indeed no missed calls from Eleanor.

Claudia avoided her gaze and quickly jumped in, "Sis, you might have misunderstood. We went to see the meteor shower last night. The signal might have been bad up the mountain, so your calls couldn't get through."

"Shut up! This isn't your place to talk," Eleanor yelled.

She was utterly fed up with Claudia’s hypocrisy!

Claudia froze, completely stunned. She hadn't expected the usually timid Eleanor to suddenly be so forceful.

Theodore rushed over and gave Eleanor a hard shove, "Bad woman, why are you shouting at Claudia?"

Eleanor stumbled backward, her lower back slamming into a decorative cabinet. The pain contorted her face.