Chapter 61

He meticulously tucked her damp hair behind her ear, his fingers gently caressing her cheek.

“Mr. Ramirez

It was as if he didn’t hear her, his eyes locked on Letitia.

It wasn’t until the ambulance came to the scene that he stood, scooping her up and rushing to the hospital. Elgin seemed to have forgotten that he too was drenched to the bone.

As the doctors wheeled Letitia into the ER, they asked, “Did she fall into water?”

“Yes,” Elgin replied.

“Does she have any acute medical conditions we need to know about? Family needs to inform us

He paused. When it came to Letitia’s health, he was clueless.

The doctor pressed, “Spit it out, we need to move fast”

Elgin finally said, “She’s… pregnant.”

The doctor paused, then nodded

Then the door clanged shut.

Standing at the ER door, Elgin was dripping wet, water steadily falling from his sleeves

“Mr. Ramirez, I’ve brought you some dry clothes, you should change…”

“No need,” he waved off the offer, “I’m waiting for her to come out.”

“But you…”

Elgin frowned coldly, “Zip it.”

Suddenly, the ER doors opened and the doctor stepped out, “What’s your relation to Letitia?”

“I’m her husband”

“She’s currently unconscious. We’ve drained the water from her lungs, but… the baby is in danger,” the doctor explained, “So, we need a family member to sign off on the procedures.”

Elgin didn’t move an inch

wasn’t Walden’s, there was no reason for him to keep

at that moment, what flashed through Elgin’s mind was Letitia’s look of despair.

at the bottom of the lake, her hand was on her lower abdomen. If he got rid of

but he was already

Ramirez?” the doctor urged,

of this child hinged on a single

Elgin spoke, “Do everything

the doctor

and

thought, “In your own way, you’ve

that the lights in the ER went off, and the nurses wheeled out Letitia’s bed to transfer her to the VIP ward. Half-awake, Letitia kept murmuring, “My baby, my baby…” She wasn’t afraid to die, but her child was innocent, stirring feelings of guilt and regret within her

left her restless, her brows

Elgin stood by the bed, speaking

words. Letitia gradually calmed

for a long while, only

in a deep

voice, “Where’s Mr. Ramirez? Have you all gone mute? Why isn’t he home early in

attitude made Elgin

instantly, joyfully running over,

Elgin’s clothes were half-dry.

touch him, but Elgin brushed her off

“Mr. Ramirez..”

or get

I just

at the

someone like him not return all night, his

from his bath and changed, Shela was still

“Why are you still here?”

still not catching on. Was Mr.

say more but suddenly

caught a cold.” Shela grew anxious, “You need to take medicine, see a doctor…”

“Get the

away, Mr.

not catching a cold would be strange, even for

strikes like a

was filled with

medicine, but until the tea

“You should really take

in a bit,” Elgin didn’t look up. “Any news from the

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