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At the thought of this, I instinctively wrapped my arm around Hart’s.
No matter whether his feelings for me were genuine or fake before, he was the only one who could protect me and the baby now.
As long as he still cared about us, there would be hope.
“Hart, do you remember the first time the baby kicked? You cried with joy right there.
“Then when we went to the hospital for a check–up, you looked at the ultrasound picture and said the baby’s eyebrows and eyes looked like yours, but the mouth was just like mine, naturally smiling.
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“You also said that our baby, born into a family like ours, would surely grow up happy…”
Recalling these moments, my heart couldn’t help but soften.
If it weren’t for everything that had happened in the last two days, I would be lying on the sofa at home, enjoying Hart’s gentle massage.
No one was as competent as him when it came to taking care of a pregnant woman.
Even the doctor at the hospital said Hart was the best father she had ever seen; when it
came to precAdded to the library he was even more professional than the doctor.
If he were only using my body to have a child, he wouldn’t go to such lengths.
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So, I thought, there must be love involved.
Even if it were just a little, it would be enough for the baby to stay and grow up with me.
I held onto his arm, my gaze full of pleading.
“Hart, the baby is mine. You’ve seen how hard these five months have been for me. Please, don’t let anyone take him away, okay?”
Hart glanced at me, and in his calm eyes, I saw a hint of softness.
I felt a flicker of hope in my heart, and was about to say more when I was sharply interrupted by Waimea.
“Are you the only one who’s had it tough?!”
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Her eyes were red, looking pitiful.
“Hart, you know how much I’ve sacrificed for you. When you were deeply in love with her, did you ever think of me, all alone abroad?
“To be with you, I even gave up the position of the principal player in the orchestra. But when I came back, she injured my hand and kicked me twice. I’ve never suffered such humiliation in my life. If my brother knew…”
At this point, for some reason, she suddenly turned her head and stopped speaking.
When Hart heard her mention her brother, his expression immediately darkened. He grabbed my hand harshly and dragged me in front of Waimea.
“Carola, no matter what Waimea said, you shouldn’t have acted out. Apologize to her
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immediately!”
Seeing him stand by Waimea’s side once again, a wave of desolation flooded my heart.
“I won’t apologize. I haven’t done anything wrong!”
Hart gritted his teeth and whispered a warning in my ear.
“Her brother is the head of the mafia. If he finds out about this, he won’t just let you off -both of us will suffer. Apologize now!”
“Isn’t it all just about you?”
I glared at him, unable to stop myself from laughing at my own foolishness.
I thought I could convince him with the baby,
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bubut in the end, I was nothing, anahth the baby wawas even less!
“H&How could you do this to me? Didnt yoyou makake promises to me before? Are theyaylall meaeaningless now?!”
I grabbed his shirt and shouted at himm.
AtДhatanmoment, it seemed he hadad completelyly lost patience with me. He le furrowedebi sisrbrows and yelled at me, his face full of displedeasure.
“That’s righththeyey mean nothing! You’re just s an orphan raiseseidh iaran orphanage. Being g able to marry a laususisess elite like me should make your gratefefuWWhat more do you want?
“In my heart, you’re not atveven in the same e league as her! Let me telebyou, if you don’t apologize today, no matteter what happens
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later, it will be the result you deserve, and I won’t save you!”
So this was what he really thought.
I thought we shared mutual feelings, but in fact, he never truly respected me, this orphan!
In his eyes, Waimea was like the moon, high above and precious, while I was just a wildflower on the ground. I should be grateful for his pity, and I had no right to argue or make a fuss in front of him.
Ha, so this is how he’s always thought of me!
I bitterly smiled and took a step back, but suddenly felt a sharp pain in my abdomen.
I held back, glaring at them with a burning
resentment.
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“Let me tell you, you’ll only get an apology from me when I’m dead! People like you should go to hell!”
With that, I turned and tried to run.
But after just a few steps, I collapsed again due to the pain in my abdomen.
Before I hit the ground, I felt Hart catch me securely.
He called my name urgently, as though he were once again the one who cared about me, the one who was concerned about me.
But all I felt was pain, as though a thousand knives were stabbing into me from the outside in, piercing through to my heart.
The baby…
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Before my consciousness faded, the only thing I remembered was the baby.
In this world, the only thing I had left to protect was the baby. I had nothing else to lose, so I would protect him, even if it meant losing my life.
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