After I gave birth to our triplets, my husband brought his mistress to the hospital

Chapter 1: The Birkin in the Delivery Room

The silence in the VIP recovery room was heavy, smelling of antiseptic and stale exhaustion. Ava lay in the bed, her body feeling like a battlefield that had seen too much war. Twenty hours. It had taken twenty hours of bone-grinding labor to bring the triplets into the world.

Leo, Mia, and Noah were sleeping in the plastic bassinets next to her, three tiny miracles wrapped in hospital blankets. Ava’s hair was matted to her forehead, her hospital gown was stained, and her belly was still swollen, a soft, empty reminder of what she had carried.

She looked at the door, waiting. David had left “to get coffee” four hours ago, right after the last baby was born. He hadn’t held them yet.