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

was adamantly against the procedure, insisting on

to term. We had to contact her family out

her in today. She’s been admitted, and the surgery is scheduled for tomorrow

“Has that male relative been accompanying her to all her appointments since the

today did she bring a relative, and it was

nodded, “I see, thank

Benjamin questioned her, “You and this Zane guy, you’re

old classmate and married to my

it. “You suspect he’s done something to betray your friend?”

mouth in awkwardness, “No, they have

“Alright then.”

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09:41

Elysia left, Benjamin promptly called Tarquin. “I just saw Ms. Thorne

go to the office, but Elysia had scratched his face, forcing him to work from home.

dead or alive,

up, tossed his phone on the desk, and yanked

name made his blood

focus on work and went to Elijah’s room

had come home late last night. He hated hospitals and insisted on returning home as soon as he woke

wanting to upset him. Tarquin

still sitting

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