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Five months pregnant, I walked into Ethan's kitchen, expecting to pick up our marriage license. Instead, his mother, Maria, smiled thinly as Ethan slid a sheaf of papers across the table. It wasn't a license. It was a cohabitation agreement, demanding I forfeit all rights to his future earnings and property, and stating we'd only legally marry after a son was born. My heart shattered, yet what I found next froze it solid: crumpled in his sock drawer, a urologist's report stating Ethan had severe infertility. My "miracle" pregnancy was no miracle; it was a calculated trap, a desperate pawn in their greedy game to secure a male heir and control my life. I was trapped, pregnant, and betrayed by the man I loved, used like a breeding mare. My entire relationship was a lie built on their grasping poverty and cruel manipulation. How could anyone be so cold, so utterly devoid of love? They thought I was helpless, a naive, pregnant woman from the wrong side of the tracks. They believed they had me cornered, ready to sign my life away. They were wrong. That day, as they gloated, I smiled back, realizing they had just walked straight into my trap.