The CEO's Empathy Pregnancy Pains

Chapter 12 The Joy of Reunion

Emily tried to push down the bitterness in her heart and closed her eyes, feeling exhausted. She figured she'd be up all night since she'd slept so much during the day, but she ended up drifting off anyway. Even in her sleep, her dreams were a mess. One minute she was seeing Isabella jumping off a building, the next her grandparents were in a car crash, and then Michael was finding out she was pregnant and demanding an abortion. In short, she didn't sleep well at all.

Emily woke up super early, only to get a call from Michael's mom at the old mansion, reminding her about the family dinner tomorrow night. Usually, his mom would tell her first, and then she'd pass the message to Michael. The Smith Corporation was the biggest family in Emerald City, with a huge and complicated family tree. To this day, Emily still hadn't met all the relatives, only remembering a few key ones.

The Smith Family's monthly dinner was a tradition that never changed. No matter who you were or where you were, you had to show up at the end of each month.

In the past, Michael's grandpa, Mason Smith, hosted the dinners. But since Michael took over the company last year, he'd been in charge, and as his wife, Emily had a lot on her plate and couldn't afford to mess up. Michael knew she had a hard time with his family but never stepped in. Thinking about the past dinners where his mom gave her a hard time, he never stepped in.

If it weren't for Mason looking out for her, she might've already lost it. She knew Mason was the only one in the Smith Family who truly cared for her, so after getting the call from his mom, Emily felt really uneasy. This was one of those things she wanted to avoid but couldn't.

After the call, while thinking about how to tell Michael, the door to the hospital room opened, and doctors came in for their rounds.

Emily put down her phone and looked up, surprised to see the lead doctor.

"Daniel Wilson?" Emily blurted out, shocked.

Daniel was really handsome, with an air of elegance. The white coat he wore made him look refined and almost monk-like.

see her on his first day of rounds. He

"Are you pregnant?" Daniel asked, then turned to talk to the other doctors, telling them to continue their rounds while he stayed behind. The

said, genuinely happy to see him, as it meant there was hope for Isabella to wake up. "You're still in the mood to joke with me. I already heard from Abigail that Michael wants a divorce, right?" Daniel pulled up a chair and sat

you get back? Why didn't you tell me?" Emily didn't want to discuss the divorce right

smiled gently, then said,

chuckled at his words. "You surprised me too. So, now that you're back, is there any chance my mom might wake up?" Her mom had tried to kill herself by jumping off a building a few years ago, but instead of dying, she ended up

coma.

to force her to sell herself to some old guy as a mistress. She refused and ran away from the Brown Family, but Hayden cut off her mom's medical expenses, trying to

I'll do everything I can. I'll keep a close watch on Isabella's condition and

brain-dead, kept alive only by advanced medical equipment. Stopping the medical expenses

bastards with her own eyes. She didn't believe that the Taylor Family's sudden collapse in Silverlight City and her grandparents' car accident were unrelated

moment, she had turned to Michael. Maybe she didn't want to sell herself to

her. Instead, he bought three years of

marry someone she liked since her youth?'

I hadn't gone abroad back then, you wouldn't have... You wouldn't have married him, and you wouldn't have suffered so much." Daniel looked at

had plenty of time. When he learned about her and her mom's accident and rushed back, it was already