"Miss Hathaway, did you see it clearly? It’s that Henry Preston loves." Her face was no longer pale; instead, it was radiant with a lively spirit. "You see how anxious he was this ti, arranging for to have surgery in Country D right away, covering all the expenses, and he will accompany ."
"So what?" I felt baffled, wondering why she was flaunting it.
If Henry Preston had initiated the divorce and I was forced to accept it, then her flaunting it in front of could make so sense.
But the reality is that I dumped Henry Preston, clearly indicating that I don’t care who he’s with, so why does Azure Vaughn keep coming to flaunt?
"So I won’t let you ruin my happiness." The smile on Azure Vaughn’s face gradually faded; she looked up at the dicine bottle. "Are you trying to protect your pregnancy?"
At that mont, a strong sense of unease filled my heart, and at that mont, the nurse I hired had gone out to buy fruit. Ivan Underwood could only co to see after getting off work every day.
Previously, I wasn’t sure if Azure Vaughn knew about my pregnancy; this ti it seems she had investigated. Frankly, this wasn’t too difficult.
Without saying a word, I imdiately reached out and tried to press the bell.
However, Azure stood up suddenly, slapped my hand away, and before I could react, she put her hands on my shoulder and waist.
The next second, I was pushed directly off the bed by her, hitting the ground hard, a painful scream burst from my throat, and blood was gushing out heavily from below!
"Your beautiful wish of keeping the child as leverage, it’s shattered now!" Azure watched painfully curl up on the ground, indifferent, yet displaying a victorious smile.
When Joy Lawson pushed open the door to check the situation, Azure was already back in her wheelchair, clutching her chest with a look of pain. "Joy, Miss Hathaway suddenly fell off the bed, quick, call the doctor, my, my chest hurts so much..."
"What? Hurting again! Let’s quickly find a doctor!" Joy didn’t bother about , directly pushing Azure out to seek help.
Soon, footsteps approached, and doctors and nurses ca into the room, quickly lifting back onto the bed and examining .
My vision was blurry, and consciousness began to sink, a piercing ringing sound filled my ears, then I knew nothing.
"Honey, look how much he looks like you, his eyes are so beautiful!"
I don’t know how much ti passed, but I heard a voice and slowly opened my eyes.
I found myself back at Maplewood Gardens, under the glaring sunlight, the vibrant flowers in the garden blooming splendidly, the sweet voice ca from there.
A woman’s back was bathed in a faint golden light, her hair gently pinned up with a hairpin, wearing a white silk long dress, light and elegant, she seed to be holding a child.
By her side, Henry Preston was dressed in a gray striped shirt, sleeves rolled up, his strong forearm reached over to take the child, a gentle smile appeared on his face, always cold eyes carrying a soft light, he kissed the child, "Hmm, looks like you too."
Is this the life Henry Preston and Azure Vaughn led after marriage in a past life?
How can I be here? Wasn’t I also pregnant? Where is my child?
I touched my belly, flat without a trace of ripples.
A sense of horror surged in my heart, and I suddenly shouted, "Henry Preston, where’s my child?!"
Henry Preston turned at the sound to look at , but I suddenly couldn’t see his eyes clearly. The woman beside him also turned to look at , and I was stunned for a mont.
How could it be my face?!
She looked at , smiled slightly, and imnse white light filled the surroundings. I suddenly opened my eyes; the familiar pink and white ceiling beca gradually clear.
"Zoe."
I gazed at the ceiling in a daze, not regaining my senses until Henry Preston’s hoarse voice sounded in my ear.
I chanically turned to glance; he had deep frowns, shadows beneath his eyes, and stubble on his chin, as if he had stayed awake for a long ti.
It’s the first ti he called "Zoe", a very intimate term.
"Where’s the child?" My mind blank, I could only ask about the child.
Henry Preston’s Adam’s apple moved, his eyes slightly reddened, with confusion and pain in his gaze, "Why didn’t you tell ? We divorced, but are you going to cruelly deprive of the right to be a father? Is this your revenge on ?"
"I asked you, where’s the child?" As long as I didn’t hear sothing like the child’s gone, I didn’t want to discuss anything else.
"You fell off the bed, the child... couldn’t be saved." Henry Preston lowered his eyes, every word from his mouth stabbed into my heart like a knife.
In my two lifetis, I have never been as helpless as at this mont, as if the last ray of light in my life had been extinguished by soone.
Suddenly, a murderous intent surged in my heart, I wanted to kill Azure!
I yanked the needle from my hand, put on my shoes without a word, Azure is likely also being treated in this hospital and might be admitted here.
Henry imdiately got up and grabbed my hand, "Lie down and rest! Your physical condition is very bad right now!"
"Where is that bitch Azure?! She’s the one who killed my child! I want to kill her!" I scread, as if the hysteria from my previous life was reappearing.
Henry held tightly, his voice pained, "Zoe, no one wanted this accident to happen, Azure was also frightened, she’s been hospitalized for treatnt these past two days, she feels very guilty..."
"Henry!!" I broke free from Henry’s hand, looking at him with the most hateful and angry eyes of my life, I wished I had never t this man!
"She ca to my ward and pushed off the bed on purpose! She’s the one who killed my child!" My tears fell uncontrollably.
Henry was stunned, seemingly unaware of the situation, "Joy said that when she ca in, you were already on the ground, Azure was in a state of a heart attack, she was sitting in a wheelchair, she shouldn’t have had such strength."
If the loss of the child was my first huge injury, then Henry’s words at this mont were undoubtedly rubbing salt into my wound.
I looked at him incredulously, "Henry, that was your child too, how can you defend soone who killed your child like this? Just because Azure looks like Winter Tate, just because she can’t handle stress due to her heart condition?"
"When you took her to the hospital, why didn’t you answer my calls? Is she that important to you? Then why are you now hypocritically repenting and apologizing? Without the child, aren’t you happier, without any entanglent with ever again!"
Henry’s gaze darkened, filled with indescribable complex emotions.
I lost it and slapped him hard across the face!
"Bastard!" I cursed, "You like Azure, I divorced you, and when you two got together, I went abroad to stay far away; wasn’t that enough? Why can’t you keep that murderer in check, why let her show off in front of ?!"
"We divorced, so why do I have to tell you about my child, so you can take it back and let Azure be her stepmother? Henry, I hate you, I wish you were dead, I curse you and Azure never to die in peace!"
I lost control, furiously cursing, grabbing the pillow from the bed, and the fruit from the cabinet, throwing everything at Henry.
He didn’t dodge, and soon I had hit his forehead with a cup, causing it to bleed.
Just then, the parents from both our families had rushed over from ho and were stunned at the chaotic scene in the ward.
My mom rushed over to support , her voice trembling with anger, "What on earth is going on? Zoe, why didn’t you tell you were pregnant? How did a perfectly fine child get lost?"
Henry’s father, his face livid, stepped forward and slapped Henry across the face, scolding, "Are you even human?! How did you take care of Zoe? I heard it was that Azure who ca over and caused Zoe to lose the child, and you still want to protect her?!"
"Azure didn’t do it." Henry still chose to believe Azure.
This statent also made his mother unable to suppress her anger, she already disliked Azure.
Mrs. Preston, in a fit of rage, started hitting her son with her bag, seemingly oblivious to the fact that Henry was already battered and bruised.
My dad’s face was dark and scary, he watched the Preston Family’s scolding and said nothing, just ca over to , stroked my hair, "Zoe, it’s enough, let’s go ho, Mom and Dad will take care of you."
I threw myself into my dad’s arms and cried my heart out, finally crying myself to exhaustion, and fell into a deep sleep back in bed.
After losing the child, I dreamt of a little girl for several days in a row, with pigtails, stumbling towards , and then in a sweet voice, calling "Mom."
Each ti I woke up, my face was already covered in tears.
My parents ca to watch over every day, and Ivan Underwood also visited without fail, he seed to be getting more silent, always with a faint look of remorse in his eyes.
"If I had been here that day, such a thing wouldn’t have happened, right?" he asked.
"Ivan, this is not your fault, the one at fault is Azure, it’s Henry, you don’t have to bla yourself." Although my mood had cald down sowhat, the deep wound in my heart would never heal.
Tomorrow, I will be discharged, then quit my job here, and return ho.
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