i got pregnant for my landlord after my husband refused to pay our rent for six months, but when i told my husband the truth, he smiled and asked me when the baby was due. i was expecting him to beat me, divorce me, or throw me out. instead, he brought me food, told me to rest, and promised to take care of me throughout the pregnancy. i couldn’t understand it. one night, i finally asked him why he wasn’t angry. he looked at me and said, “because you think you’re the only person who has been keeping secrets in this marriage.” then he showed me a bank statement. for six months, my husband had been secretly paying our landlord twice our normal rent. i asked him where the extra money was going. he said, “your landlord has been collecting that money to keep quiet about something.” i started shaking. my husband opened his phone and showed me a photograph of our landlord holding a newborn baby. underneath it was a message: “the child is yours. when are you going to tell your wife?” i looked at my husband in disbelief. then he said: “that baby was born before we got married.” 😭💔 who betrayed whom first in this story — the wife, the husband, or the landlord?