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I am a Malaysian woman. Today, I refuse to stay silent. I want to speak publicly about a year and a half of deception, manipulation, and emotional harm that I endured. I met this Singaporean man through work. We first became properly acquainted at a company dinner. After that, he started pursuing me, and in September 2024, we officially entered into a relationship. I am a very private person, so I never made this relationship public. I believed we were simply keeping our relationship low-key. What I did not realize was that from the very beginning, it was built on lies. In December 2024, just three months into the relationship, I became pregnant for the first time. He told me that we had only just started dating and that the pregnancy came too suddenly. He persuaded me to terminate the pregnancy. I trusted him. And I endured the pain of letting go of my first child. It was not until September 2025, when I became pregnant for the second time, that I discovered he already had a wife. My world completely collapsed. Yet he continued to manipulate and emotionally control me. He told me that he and his wife had not had a sexual relationship for ten years, that their marriage was already dead in name, and that he was in the process of getting a divorce. He also insisted that I had to terminate the pregnancy first so that I could continue living well in Singapore and so that we could have a future together. I believed him again. And once again, I hurt my own body and terminated the pregnancy. The divorce he promised never happened. From beginning to end, it was just another lie. This relationship dragged on until February 2026, sustained by his persuasion, manipulation, and deception. Then I became pregnant for the third time. This time, he stopped pretending. On one hand, he pressured me to have another abortion. On the other hand, he threatened me saying that if my family ever found out, or if I exposed him, I would have to face the consequences. Now, he has chosen the easiest path for himself: silence treatment. He ignores me, avoids responsibility, and pretends nothing happened. The most ironic part of all this is that throughout everything, he still believes he is not a bad man. He often told me: “Other men would only lie to you. I wouldn’t.” Looking back now, it is almost laughable. He lied through three pregnancies. He pressured me into two abortions. He delayed a divorce that never existed. And in the end, he threatened me and disappeared. Yet he still said he was not the kind of man who lies. Only now do I fully realize the truth. From the very beginning, he hide his marriage. When I first became pregnant, he was already avoiding responsibility. By the second pregnancy, he was manipulating my emotions. And by the third, he was openly pressuring and threatening me to sacrifice my own body again. As a woman trying to build a life in a foreign country, I trusted him. I was soft-hearted. I stayed quiet and kept the relationship private. Because of that trust, I was slowly dragged into a situation that damaged both my body and my mind. Three pregnancies. Two abortions. The physical and emotional scars cannot simply disappear. And throughout all of it, he enjoyed my sincerity and devotion while never giving me a single honest truth or taking any real responsibility. I am sharing this not to seek sympathy. I am sharing this to remind other women: Never lower your guard simply because someone appears gentle, respectable, or professionally connected to you. Some people may appear completely normal on the outside, yet inside they can be deeply irresponsible, manipulative, and even capable of threatening the people who trust them. I also want to say to anyone who has been hurt like I have: Silence will not earn you kindness. Endurance will not earn you sincerity. Protecting yourself is never too late.