I closed my eyes, breathing deeply, the
absurdity overwhelming me.
“Chloe, you said you dreamed of saving lives
and helping women! You wanted to prove
yourself! You killed my child, you’ll destroy
your own dreams!”
Chloe laughed.
“Lana, you believe everything I say! I had to
say those things for Mark to trust me with
you. But actually, this is my chance to torture
you properly.”
“Why did you marry Mark? Why did you try to
sabotage us, even have his baby?!”
“He’ll always choose me, you’re just a fling.
Trying to trap him with a baby? Dream on!”
My body went cold.
“You planned to kill my child from the start?”
“Of course not. If the baby died, Mark would
blame me! I already had a plan. Just wait.
After today, he’ll discard you, he won’t even
look at you again. If you’re smart, you’ll
divorce him, and I’ll let you suffer less, let
your baby live.”
But things were beyond her control.
My maternal instinct told me the baby’s
heartbeat was weakening.
“Chloe, I’ll do anything, just save the baby.
Dr. Smith said the umbilical cord is around its
neck, it’s urgent! Save the baby!”
“Shut up!”
Chloe yelled, “Dr. Smith, Dr. Smith! I hate
those old–fashioned doctors! What does he
know? Did he even see the baby? He just
wanted to belittle me! There’s no cord around
the neck, the baby is perfectly healthy, it’s
asleep!”
“And I know what you’re up to! Once the
baby cries, Mark will rush in to save you. You
fell into my hands, I won’t let you go easily, I
haven’t had enough fun torturing you yet!”
She sneered, and slashed my abdomen again.
I screamed. It felt like my insides were being
ripped apart.
The closer she got to my organs, the more
intense the pain, my body trembled violently.
“Lana, do you know what you deserve? My
residency should have been approved! All
because of you! Mark listened to your
nonsense, ruining my performance review,
putting me on the verge of being fired. This is
all your fault!”
I remembered the incident. Before my
pregnancy, I’d gone to the hospital for low
blood sugar and witnessed workplace
bullying.
In the stairwell, a masked girl was beating up
another girl. I intervened, and she knocked me
down.
Mark had arrived and stopped her. I told Mark
to find the intern and penalize her, which led
to her failing her review.
The masked girl was Chloe.
“If you hadn’t interfered, I wouldn’t have been
penalized! Mark wouldn’t have looked at me
that way! He’d never looked at me like that
before!”
Chloe, always portraying a virtuous image to
Mark, couldn’t report this, so she endured the
penalty. Now, she was taking it out on me.
My body was shutting down, my
consciousness fading.
The call button buzzed.
Chloe cursed, answered the phone.
Mark’s voice, “Chloe, what’s wrong? Lana
seems to be in terrible pain. Something
Chloe glared at me, covered the phone,
“You’re lucky!”
Then calmly, “No, Mark. Lana’s pain tolerance is high. The surgery is almost done. I’ll stitch her up, you’ll see the baby soon!”
“How’s my baby? Is it healthy? Does it look
like me?”
Chloe had an air of confidence, a hint of
amusement. “You’ll see soon enough.”
Mark hesitated, “Since she’s awake, give her
the phone, I have something to say.
وو
Chloe raised an eyebrow, happily handed me
the phone.
Mark’s voice filled my ear.
“Lana, the head doctor will see you after
surgery. Be calm, praise Chloe, thank her for
saving your life. Understand? I’m counting on
you.”
I could barely hear Mark.
cert was broken
Seven years of love for
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