Love's New Bloom by Simone Hastings

Chapter 178 Stealing Her Child

A week later, Erin felt immensely drowsy after finishing breakfast one day. Hence, she decided to lie down and rest.

Although her body was thinner than before, her belly was large. She was approaching her due date. Erin slowly fell asleep while rubbing her belly in her drowsy state.

Less than ten minutes later, Tessa, who had seen Erin passing out from the surveillance, arrived at the cell. Jack was also there. He was put in charge of carrying Erin into the operating room.

Jack added a sedative to Erin’s breakfast that morning to make her sleepy. The mushroom soup he served that day was creamy and flavorful, so Erin didn’t detect anything was off with her meal.

“You don’t need to come into the operating room later. I can handle it myself,” Tessa stated impassively.

Jack had just bent down to pick Erin up in his arms. He looked up at Tessa and said, “I know the surgery won’t pose a challenge for you, but won’t you be overwhelmed doing it alone? Let me help you.”

Tessa frowned and gave him a displeased look. “Is that what you’ve been aiming for? Seeing Erin’s naked body?”

Her words effectively angered Jack for the first time ever. He asked with a cold gaze, “Is that what you think of me? Tessa, have you forgotten what I’ve done for you? Do you even care if I see Erin’s body?”

“Of course, I remember everything you’ve done for me, but I just don’t like you seeing her body. I’m jealous, ok?” Tessa retorted irritably.

Jack sighed. “Falling in love with you will be the death of me. Here’s the deal. After you’ve changed Erin into the surgical gown and gotten. everything ready, let me know and I’ll come into the operating room to assist you. We’ve put in so much effort; I don’t want anything to

happen to our son.”

Tessa pondered for a moment and finally compromised. “Fine, but you have to promise me. When the surgery starts, don’t look anywhere

you shouldn’t. I know this body of Erin’s has a deadly allure to men, I’m quite fascinated by it too-”

shook his head

makeshift operating room that had been prepared

in a large hospital, it had everything that was necessary and wasn’t

a cesarean section. After all babies born prematurely

a light blue surgical gown. Tessa made sure to cover all the necessary parts; only her nose was unobstructed for breathing purposes. Meanwhile, her heavily pregnant belly was completely

The whole process was quick, and it only took Tessa an hour to remove Erin’s baby from

exclaimed excitedly as she held the bloody

took the child from Tessa and began the task of cleaning away the blood from the

body.

reminded Tessa, “I’ll take care of this. You should suture Erin

She chose

this didn’t mean that Tessa intended to spare Erin. Now that the

existence.

stay in the operating room. She wanted the baby to be sent to the nursery. Jack looked at the beautiful baby, who was now clean, in his arms, happiness evident in his eyes. Without

on the operating table, with deep jealousy. What If Chandler still loved Erin after she returned? Did that mean they would

never let Chandler

destroy Erin.

months ago, she’d personally promised Jack that she would let Erin go. She didn’t want to break her promise to him, so she came up with a plan to

dose of anesthesia into Erin’s hand. Although this dosage wouldn’t kill her, it would prolong Erin’s state

said, “Erin, don’t say I didn’t give you a chance. You

from her pocket and pressed a button, activating a safety

the entire operating room’s circuit. The moment the button was pressed, the lights in the operating room went out,

several instruments as the wiring inside burned.

underground bunker started to break out in fires of various degrees. Just as Tessa had planned, a few remote locations caught fire right away. The rapidly rising smoke triggered the fire alarm, and

monitoring station.

rushed out of the nursery. He’d taken around a dozen steps before he

with the child in