What was supposed to be the happiest day of my life became the most humiliating moment I’ve ever faced. Just as my bride and I stood before our guests, my ex-wife, Vân, appeared — heavily pregnant and glowing. The room fell silent. Whispers spread like wildfire as she approached with a calm smile and a simple “Congratulations.”

Back in college, I was poor but ambitious. Vân supported me financially — paying tuition, buying food, even clothing me. I didn’t love her, but I married her after graduation because her parents helped me build my career. For three years, we had no children. She begged me to get tested, but I arrogantly refused, convinced the problem was hers. When I no longer needed her, I divorced her to marry the woman I truly loved.

But that day, everything changed. When my bride asked Vân whose baby she carried, the truth shattered me.

“For three years, your husband blamed me for our childlessness,” Vân said, her voice trembling. “But after our divorce, I conceived the very first night with another man.”

My bride dropped her bouquet. The wedding halted. She refused to marry me until I proved my fertility. I stood frozen, realizing I had built my success on someone’s heartbreak.

In the end, karma didn’t need years — it arrived right at my wedding. “If only I’d valued her,” I thought, “I wouldn’t be losing everything today.”

“Bitterness planted in deceit always blooms on the day you expect joy.”