Jackass Boss [COMPLETED]

Remorse

What would've happened if I'd never met him?

Why did Ashton leave me at the altar?
If only he hadn't walked away from our marriage, maybe I'd be happily married by now.

After my first failure in love, I faced another heartbreak.
Is it time to admit I'm cursed?
Do I not deserve to be happy with the man I love?

Why does God show no mercy in my life?
Whom should I blame?
God? My fate? Ashton? Or... Jay?

With nowhere else to turn, I decided to return to my hometown.
Mom was overwhelmed when she saw me. For a moment, I was glad—at least someone still cared.
But happiness doesn't last long.
Not when the doctor confirmed I was pregnant.

The shock in Mom's eyes was something I'll never forget.
I told her the truth—that I'd gotten drunk and accidentally slept with someone.
For the first time in my life, she slapped me.
She said I had disgraced her, tarnished her name.

Dad didn't say a word. He just stood there, stiff and cold.
Maybe because Mom did exactly what he was thinking.

And just like that, they threw me out.

Pregnant with another man's child.
How could life get any worse?

I stayed temporarily at my sister's house, but her in-laws looked at me with thinly veiled disgust.
I wanted to abort the child. I hated it.
I walked to the hospital more than once with the intention of ending the pregnancy.
But every time... I turned back.
I couldn't do it.

Eventually, my sister's mother-in-law started pressuring her to throw me out.
Rather than make her choose between me and them, I walked away on my own.

It's not easy to take the next step when you don't know where your foot will land.
I wandered, not knowing where I was headed.
Eventually, I stopped beside a building and sat down, watching the sky turn dark and heavy with clouds.

I sat there thinking. About everything.

And then... something clicked.
I realized that no problem is so impossible that you can't walk away from it.

I wanted to die.
But I didn't have the courage to take an innocent soul with me.

What did this child do wrong?

I placed a hand over my stomach.
And to my surprise... I smiled.

Why am I smiling?

There was a strange warmth blooming inside me—a spark of hope I didn't expect.
It started small, but it spread, until it curled at the corners of my lips.

This was my new beginning.

I stood up and looked toward the sky.

''So what if I'm pregnant?
So what if people hate me?
I'm still here. I'm still breathing. I'm going to live. I'm going to rock this life!''

"The problem isn't that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise—and thinking that having problems is a problem!"
I shouted up at the sky.

"Haha... Indeed!" someone chuckled nearby.

I turned and saw an older woman smiling at me.

"S-sorry," I said, flustered. "I didn't mean to say that so loud."

"No, it's alright. I've been watching you sit here since morning."
She stepped closer. "Why are you all alone?"

I didn't answer. She was a stranger—and I didn't feel like spilling my pain to someone I'd just met.

She didn't seem bothered. "I run a little bakery down the street. Would you like to come with me?"

I blinked at her, startled.

"It's free of charge," she added with a wink.

I let out a small laugh. A real one.
For the first time in days.

"I think..." I paused and smiled, "I'll just follow wherever this life leads me now."

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