He Humiliated His Pregnant Ex in the Street, Drenching Her in Mud and Cruel Words—Unaware That the Woman Standing There Was No Longer the Broken Soul He Once Abandoned

The first thing Emília registered was the stench — a suffocating blend of sewage and fuel.
Before she had time to react, freezing, filthy water slammed into her body, stealing the air from her lungs. In seconds, her light blouse was drenched and smeared brown, the stain spreading across her five-month-pregnant belly — the same place where life was growing, a life doctors once swore she would never carry.

For a heartbeat, Emília stood motionless, stunned. The grocery bags slipped from her hands and burst open on the rain-slick streets of Vila Madalena. Oranges scattered. Packages split. Instinct kicked in, and she clutched her stomach with both hands, shielding her baby.

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