Chapter 52
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When I woke up, the sky was dark.
The moment I opened my eyes, a man‘s sleeping face caught my attention. There were dark eye circles around his eyes, and light stubble appeared around his chin.
He was here the whole time?
I looked around to see four white walls. This was the hospital ward.
Out of instinct, I stretched out my hand and touched my tummy uneasily. Fortunately, there was still a slight bulge on my stomach, and it no longer hurt.
“You‘re awake?” The man beside me gruffly commented.
I was momentarily stunned. When I turned to look in his direction, I realized that Ashton was awake. He got out of the chair and walked to my side to pour a glass of water.
He placed the cup on my bedside table. “Do you want some water?”
His emotions were hard to decipher, and I cautiously asked, “Am I still pregnant?”
His pair of obsidian eyes pierced through my soul. He looked cold and terrifying. My heart was palpitating extremely fast as I widened my eyes and waited for his response.
long were you planning
to his question. Given this situation, there was no use in arguing with him. I held back my tears and stammered, “Rebecca forced you to make me abort the child by threatening suicide.
turn ugly, but I continued, “I didn‘t want to lie to you. If you don‘t want anything to do with the baby, we can get a divorce. Once we file for
raged, and his eyes burned with anger. “Do I seem so pathetic to you
don‘t even think I’m worthy as the father of
I was only worried that you
me into bits if I were not lying
Ashton ever being angry and yet happy at
clear that I was still pregnant, so I kept my
in a white coat walked in and explained the situation. He awkwardly looked at Ashton and advised, “The first
and watched Ashton nod with an uneasy look
was nothing wrong with the fetus. The bleeding was only caused by the stress I was under recently.
some advice before he left Ashton and me in
and did not want to stay in the hospital any longer. I glanced at
and I‘m famished now.” Pointing to my belly, I gave him a pitiful look, “The baby needs to
him to ignore me. However, I did not expect him to stand up and even suggest, “What are
cheekily smiled. I supported myself up and tugged on his clothes to reply, “I want to eat pork, grilled fish and also the noodles that you always
fact, I wanted to trick him so that I could go home. It was
expression, he reluctantly agreed. “I‘ll settle
sternly chided, “In the meantime, you
ward, I looked at the IV drip. There was not much left, so I pressed the bell
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