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.
long were you
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
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 it, we can
He raged, and his eyes burned with anger. “Do I seem
you don‘t even think I’m worthy
of that sort. I was only worried that you wanted nothing to do with the baby given your
I were not lying in the hospital bed then.
the first time I witnessed Ashton ever being angry and yet happy
it was clear that I was still pregnant, so I kept
long after, a doctor in a white coat walked in and explained the situation. He awkwardly looked at Ashton and
lips 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
gave some advice before he
want to stay in the hospital any longer. I glanced at him. “Ashton, let‘s go
have dinner, and I‘m famished now.” Pointing to my belly, I gave him a pitiful
I did not expect him to stand up and even suggest, “What are you craving? I‘ll buy it
to reply, “I want to
trick him so that I could go home. It was unbearable to stay in the hospital for
agreed. “I‘ll settle the discharge papers
“In the meantime, you
IV drip. There was not much left, so I pressed the bell for the nurse. She came in
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