Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 221

Chapter 221 Miscarriage

When I was rushed to the hospital, I felt completely numb.

My hand instinctively went to the blood below, confirming the truth-I was bleeding, and there was so much of it. But why didn't I feel any pain?

The nurse kept telling me to stay calm and breathe deeply, but I felt oddly detached. Why should I be calm? I didn't understand.

It wasn't until I saw Julian's stoic face that I realized I was crying.

T

"Dr.Pope... My baby stammered.

"The procedure will be straightforward," he replied calmly, pushing the gurney alongside the team. There is nothing to worry about. I'll handle it with the head surgeon. It is just a minor surgery."

"Jill has already ordered nourishing herbal soups to help you recover. After the surgery, you'll drink them, rest, and you'll be fine..."

I stared up at him, noticing for the first time how tightly his lips were pressed together. He was usually calm and almost cold, but now he looked tense.

Sensing my gaze, he finally looked down at me. This time, his words weren't laced with his usual sarcasm.

He only said two words: "Trust me."

weak smile.

Leonard had been her college crush, the one she could

a part of her still clung to the

knew the kind of man Leonard had become, would she

sad for her or

hold, I closed

I woke up, I knew. The baby

was such a strange

inside me. But now, even though my stomach looked the same, I felt the absence of a little life that had once been there.

eyes red and swollen from

with the

raspy-like the sound of a broken instrument.

broke down

Leonard! How could he do

him off? Knock some

far this

who had been on the verge of tears herself, bit them back,

"Are you in

there anything you want to eat? I'll get it for you, whatever it is," she said, her voice trembling

lightly, my fingers weakly curling around

be," I said softly. You both

matter of time. I've made peace