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Evelyn Christopher shouted. He dashed up the staits, scooping up Evelyn, who had fallen.
“Hang on! I’m taking you to the hospital right now!
Christopher, usually so cold and distant, could show such emotion someone he cared about? But he’s my husband.
“Save me, Christopher, 1 pleaded, reaching for his cont..
He didn’t even look at me. He carried Evelyn past me and drove off.
The pain was unbearable!
I couldn’t tell if it was my screams or the cries of the baby inside me Fear gripped me.
Desperately trying to stay conscious, I opened my phone contacts and dialed the first number.
When I woke up, all I saw was white. I was in the hospital.
Memories of before I passed out flooded back. Instinctively, I reached for my belly, which still ached.
My baby. Every second was torture. I sat up abruptly, wanting to find a doctor.
“Hope!”
The door to the ward burst open. Seeing my actions, Elissa rushed in, pressing me down anxiously. “Don’t move; you haven’t recovered yet. Do you want to hurt yourself?”
1 usually wasn’t one to cry, but thinking about the baby, I couldn’t help it. I looked up at Elissa’s concerned eyes, and tears streamed down my face.
I murmured, “Elissa, my baby.”
Regret washed over me
I had been debating whether to keep the baby before I left the house and now guilt consumed me.
It was my baby. He must have chosen me to be his mom, but I was thinking about whether to keep him.
Elissa gently wiped away my tears and hugged me, saying patiently, “Why are you crying? The baby is fine, very well–behaved and
strong.”
“Really?” I asked, desperate for reassurance.
“Of course, it’s true. If you don’t believe me, ask the nurse,” Elissa replied.
The nurse, who had come in with Elissa earlier, smiled sympathetically. “Don’t just worry about the baby. You hit your head, and we bandaged the cut on your forehead. But because you’re pregnant, we didn’t do a CT scan. How do you feel now? Is the dizziness
revere?”
It’s okay, 1 said, shaking my head. I felt only slightly dizzy.
“That’s good. Come back for a follow–up in a few days. If you feel unwell, come to the hospital immediately.)
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My tense nerves finally relased. I hugged Elissa and sobbed softly.
It was like I was crying out all my grievances and frustrations.
After a long time, when I gradually calmed down, Elissa let go of me pulled a chair over, and sat next to me.
She looked worried. “When I found you, your face was covered in blood. You really scared me, you know? Weren’t you supposed to take Christopher to the cemetery today? Why are you alone, and he did you fall down the stairs?”
Elissa got more and more agitated as she spoke, her eyes turning reil By the end, she turned away and wiped her eyes, clearly
terrified.
I wanted to tell Elissa not to be angry, not to be scared. I was fine now, wasn’t 17 But in the end, I just said, “Elissa, I’ve made up my
|_ mind.”
Elissa looked at me. “What?”
“I want a divorce, I don’t want Christopher anymore,” I said firmly.
Elissa stared at me in shock for a long time before she finally spoke, Are you sure?”
I nodded. “Yes.”
I had genuinely liked Christopher for seven years, but he never even showed a flicker of emotion for me.
So why make myself so
[so miserable?
Elissa hugged me tightly, her tears soaking my clothes. “Alright!
“What about the baby? Does he know about t
the baby?” Elissa started planning the divorce for me.
1 forced a smile, my voice strained. “He doesn’t know. I was planning to tell him.”
This was the third time I wanted to tell him, and each time, he shut me out.
I guess it just wasn’t meant to be.
I was also relieved I didn’t tell him so that the divorce would go more smoothly.
The world was so big that it was hard for two separated people to cross paths again.
Maybe Christopher would never know that we had a baby between us
Hearing my thoughts, Elissa agreed, “The baby wouldn’t want a jerk for a father. Not telling him is right.”
Christopher had d yet to contact me.
Maybe he already saw me as the culprit who hurt Evelyn, out of sight, out of mind.
A few days later, I was discharged from the hospital and returned home, starting to clear out all traces of myself.
This place 1 had carefully decorated would soon have a new mistress Christopher would probably forget I was ever a part of his life.
Donna passed by the door and saw the large suitcases in the room, puzzled. “Are you going on a trip abroad?”
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“No,
shook my head and spoke softly, “I’m moving out. If I leave thing behind, please keep it for me. I’ll have a courier come to pick it up.”
Donna was bewildered. “Why are you moving out all of a sudden? D you fight with Christopher? I’ll call Mr. Valence right now and have him talk to Christopher!]
I explained, “Donna, Bentley’s blood pressure has been unstable Intes. He can’t handle any stress. Besides, we didn’t fight. I just don’t want to be with him anymore.”
Hearing this, Donna could only look at me anxiously, wanting to perinde me. But she had witnessed our three–year marriage, how we were like polite strangers to each other.
I used to deceive myself, thinking Christopher was just that kind of erson. But Donnn must have known about Christopher and
Evelyn’s past.
Donna couldn’t find any words to persuade the.
As I closed the last suitcase, I finally heard the sound of a car engine in the yard.
Christopher was back.
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