Reborn of Kate by Isla Rainfield

Chapter 261 Terror

Ruth’s countenance froze in a fleeting moment of dismay.

She, a woman, and Kate, likewise. How could the unborn child within her possibly belong to Kate? It was an utter impossibility!

Attempting a strained chuckle, she persisted in casting herself as the aggrieved party. “Kate, did we not agree previously? When the time comes, we shall stand as godmothers to each other’s progeny. Your child shall be mine, and mine, yours….

Kate absorbed Ruth’s words with a mounting sense of revulsion.

She recoiled, avoiding Ruth’s presence, her eyes awash with disdain. “Ruth, have you no shame? When have I ever entertained such notions? And do you truly believe I am unaware of whose child resides within your belly?”

Kate fixed Ruth with a piercing gaze, her tone turned to ice. “Cease this pretence before me. It sickens

me.”

With those words, she turned on her heel and departed.

“Katel”

Ruth endeavoured to pursue Kate, yet was restrained by the stern grip of the female officer beside her.

unyielding as she addressed Ruth. “The examination concluded. It is

“Ms. Dagwood, I cannot retum! I cannot bear

down Ruth’s face, her sorrow like a mother praying for shelter and a hot meal for her starving

her freedom, now carrying a child, was she truly to be consigned

could

remained unyielding. “Protocols are

her statement, Ruth’s eyes rolled back, and she collapsed limply to

“Ruth!”

support Ruth’s body. Another male officer hurried forward to assist, preventing her from crashing to the ground, and

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Chapter 261 Terror

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determination of a pregnant woman feigning a swoon. They had no recourse but to

she remained unaware of the subsequent events, her vexation

auspicious day. First Lana, now Ruth?

poised to depart through the hospital’s grand gates,

“Make way!”

swung wide, releasing a stretcher with swift precision. Doctors