The household registration book even said so.
My parents had divorced years ago. My mother had taken my sister and left, while my father remarried and built a new family. I hadn’t spoken to any of them in years.
For the longest time, I clung to Hector—not just as my lover, but as my only family.
But now, he didn’t want me, and I no longer wanted him.
As I walked out of the hospital, I pulled out my phone and dialed the number I had saved a week ago.
“Professor James? This is Edna.”
My voice didn’t waver as I spoke.
“I’ve made up my mind. I’ll join the secret research.”
