Chapter 119

Benjamin was taken aback to see her at the maternity ward.

“Ms. Thorne? What brings you here? Feeling unwell?” he asked.

“No, I just came to check on Corbin. Ran into a friend and didn’t get to catch up properly. Now that I’ve got a moment, I thought I’d see how they are.”

“A friend? Where are they?”

“Not sure. Couldn’t find them.”

“What’s your friend’s name? I’ll ask around for you.”

“Zane.”

Benjamin took it upon himself to get the information. After all, he was a shareholder of the hospital.

The attending doctor explained, “Zane’s here with his cousin for her termination surgery. There’s a problem with the pregnancy; it can’t be saved. Continuing could be life–threatening.”

Elysia immediately asked, “She looked to be about four or five months along. Why only find out there’s a problem now?”

“It all seemed fine until yesterday. The woman has a peanut allergy but ate a bunch of peanut butter. That endangered the baby.”

Elysia frowned, “Didn’t she know about her allergy?”

“She did. Said she ate something without realizing it contained peanut butter. A real unfortunate

accident.”

chided, “That’s incredibly

She came alone yesterday and was adamantly against the procedure, insisting

baby to term. We had to contact

only brought her in today. She’s been admitted,

been accompanying her

used to come alone. Only today did she bring a relative,

see, thank you.”

“You and this Zane guy,

he’s an old classmate and married

suspect he’s done something to betray your friend?”

mouth in awkwardness, “No, they have a solid marriage. I

“Alright then.”

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promptly called Tarquin. “I just saw Ms. Thorne at the maternity

discharged, and Tarquin was at home. He was supposed to go to the office, but Elysia had scratched his face, forcing him to

made Tarquin grit his teeth, “Whether she’s dead or alive,

phone on the desk, and yanked at

name made his

and went to Elijah’s room

late last night. He hated hospitals and insisted on

to upset him.

sitting by

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