Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 271

A human life comes first-no matter how big the problem, nothing should outweigh that.

Effie stayed close to Mrs. Butler as they climbed into the ambulance. Only then did Irving Butler finally let out a sigh of relief.

"Damn you, Irving Butler! I swear I'll never forgive you!" Mrs. Butler spat the words through clenched teeth.

"Ma'am, you need to calm down," a paramedic urged, concern in his voice.

"Getting this upset isn't good for your baby."

Mrs. Butler knew he was right, but the pain inside her was suffocating. If she didn't

let it out, she thought she might just explode.

Suddenly, a warm hand reached for hers.

She turned her head and saw Effie beside her.

For a moment, Mrs. Butler just looked at Effie, her emotions tangled up and words caught in her throat.

thought on that man. If he really cared about you, he'd be here

words cut deep, like a knife straight to Mrs. Butler's

She just chose

went through so much before finally getting together. And now-now it's our seventh year, the year everyone

conceiving, and for this baby, she'd endured every kind of treatment, tried everything she could. It hadn't been easy, not one bit. She'd given so much—her body, her

could she

for men to lose interest?

in

Men, it's like they're always subtracting, always finding faults, until eventually there's nothing left-no passion, no spark. But women, we're different. We find reasons to forgive, to hold on, to keep loving until we've given everything, until the score

own ways. So, of

was gentle and steady, patient as a counselor. Little by little, Mrs. Butler's breathing

of the paramedics gave Effie a thumbs-up, impressed by how much wisdom this young

Mrs. Butler was at the hospital, a battery of tests confirmed that it was only the stress and cramping that

it was to get

Butler nodded, lips pressed together, chastened like a child caught

every exam. When it was time to leave, Effie

down the corridor, ready to