My Coldhearted Ex demands a Remarriage by Eva Blackwood

Chapter 539:

Melany wiped her tears, her voice shaky. “Poor Carrie…”

How could something so terrible happen on such an important day? Shawn squeezed her hand. “The bullet struck her abdomen, but Carrie has always been resilient. She’ll make it through this. I know she will.”

Nearby, Kailee muttered under her breath, unable to hold back her disdain. “The baby surely won’t survive. I’ve always said she was a disaster—”

The sharp sound of a slap echoed through the chaos, silencing Kailee midsentence. Kailee staggered back, holding her cheek in disbelief. Her eyes widened as she stared at Billie, the very aunt who had always spoiled her. “Aunt… you hit me?”

Billie’s face was filled with disappointment and anger. “When did you become so cold-hearted, Kailee? Making petty remarks is one thing, but when someone’s life hangs in the balance, you’re still cruel enough to insult her?”

care about the child, yes—but more than

shaking with fury. “Get out! You are no

her weak protests. “Kristopher, I’ll

respond, his eyes fixed solely on

word out of him. Turning away, she helped Shawn and Melany into a pumpkin carriage meant for the

face, her closed eyes, the faint tremble in her once-delicate features—it was all

pressed desperately on her wound, his face set in a mask of barely controlled panic. Her body

to his lips to breathe warmth onto her

moments later with two medics carrying

his voice tight but steady, “the ambulance is waiting at the foot of the

her fragile frame.