Chapter 52
However...
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.
took some time before breaking the silence, “How long were you planning to
tears and stammered, “Rebecca forced you to make me abort
lie to you. If you don‘t want anything to do with the baby, we can get a divorce. Once we file
with anger. “Do I seem so pathetic to you
you don‘t even think I’m worthy as the
“It‘s nothing of that sort. I was only worried that you wanted nothing to do with the
that he would tear me into bits if I were not lying in the hospital bed then. “Scarlett, listen up.
I witnessed Ashton ever being angry
clear that I was still
explained the situation. He awkwardly looked at Ashton and advised, “The first trimester of a pregnancy is a crucial period. You should try to control
and watched Ashton nod with
with the fetus. The bleeding was only caused by the stress I was under recently.
gave some advice before he left Ashton and me in silence.
the hospital any longer. I glanced
gave me a cold hard look. I sighed and explained, “Last night, I did not have dinner, and I‘m famished now.” Pointing to my belly, I gave him a pitiful
expected him to ignore me. However, I did not expect him to stand up and even suggest, “What are you craving?
smiled. I supported myself up and tugged on his clothes to reply, “I want to eat pork, grilled fish and also the noodles
trick him so that I could go home. It was unbearable to stay in the hospital for too
agreed. “I‘ll
the meantime, you should lie
drip. There was not much left, so I pressed the bell
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