“Bring her to the hospital now.” Kennedy’s voice was ice cold. “Check if she really is pregnant. Let me know the outcome as soon as possible.”
Nathan immediately nodded. “Yes, sir!”
“No!” Charlotte struggled against the men in vain. “Kennedy, we’re only husband and wife by law. Who are you to order to them to do something like that to me? Let me go!”
“Let you go?” Kennedy’s gaze was as dark as the night. He replied coldly, “If I discover that you are pregnant, you should know what would happen to you. Nathan, bring her away.”
After confirming she wasn’t the one he was looking for, all traces of compassion for her in Kennedy’s heart dissipated into the thin air.
“Bring her to the hospital now.”
Nathan started to carry out his task.
Although Charlotte was against this, she was forced into the car again.
Throughout the journey, Charlotte put up a good fight, but she couldn’t break free from their grasp no matter how hard she tried. She was brought to the same hospital and faced the same doctor from before.
When the other visitors saw the group of men returned to the hospital only after a while, they immediately cleared a path for this group. They understood that the group of men shouldn’t be delayed. They conveyed a ferocious and intimidating aura. Nobody wanted to offend them.
Throughout the tests, they forced Charlotte to go through everything against her will. She didn’t know how much time elapsed while she was there.
After all the tests were finished, Charlotte and the results were once again brought to Kennedy.
Nathan bore a serious look on his face, and after shooting a pitiful glance at Charlotte, he handed the medical report to Kennedy.
Kennedy didn’t reach out to accept it. He simply asked coldly, “What’s the outcome?”
Nathan paused slightly before revealing the answer, “She’s indeed pregnant.”
In an instant, the armor she’d tried very hard to clothe herself with was shattered, just like that.
Her pregnancy was known to Kennedy. How could she continue to stay with the Moore family after this?
As expected, Kennedy shot her a piercing gaze. “You want me to shoulder this burden? Not so fast. You are not worthy for me to do that.”
Charlotte looked up at him with hopeless eyes.
“Can you give me some time? I am in the dark about my pregnancy too.”
“Oh?” Kennedy raised his eyebrows. “Are you telling me you knew nothing, yet you appeared at the hospital because you want to abort that child?”
When she heard that, Charlotte froze momentarily.
Indeed, she wanted to deal with this matter secretly. However, thoughts of aborting the child never crossed her mind.
Kennedy lashed out suddenly and grabbed her chin. His eyes contained a storm brewing on the horizon. “Shall I offer you a chance here? If you want to stay with the Moore family in the future, abort your child.”
Charlotte’s pupils widened gradually. Aborting that child?
“No, I can’t do that!”
“You can’t do that?” Kennedy gazed at her sarcastically. “Do you really think that I will accept an illegitimate child?”
An illegitimate child? Charlotte’s colorless lips shuddered slightly.
She didn’t expect she’d be pregnant in the first place.
“Why is it? Have you thought things through?” Kennedy’s eyes were as cold as the night sky. His words were poison itself. “Did you really think that I would accept your child with your previous husband now that you’re in the Moore family? Or is it more likely that you’re looking down on me because of my handicap?”
Charlotte shook her head hastily. “I never even thought of that.”
She was surprised at her pregnancy as well! During the two years she was with Aldrich, he’d never even had sex with her!
She would never have thought she’d lose her virginity on that rainy night. She certainly wouldn’t have predicted she would be pregnant only after that one time.
Everything came rushing at her like an enormous wave, threatening to sweep away Charlotte.
“I beg you!” Charlotte didn’t know what to do about the pregnancy, because staying pregnant alone would revoke her right to stay in the Moore family. They would then send her back to the Wilson family. And the Wilson family would become the laughingstock of B City.
“Please give me some more time!”
“Alright, I’ll give you just that.” Kennedy curled his lips into a scary smile. “For such a hypocritical woman like you, I definitely need to give you some time to deal with this. Three days. I will give you three days, and you have to get rid of that child.”
Charlotte widened her eyes in horror.
“If that illegitimate child is still in your belly after three days, then I’ll have no choice but to remove you from the Moore family.”
After saying that, Nathan pushed Kennedy away, and they left.
Charlotte was all alone at the moment. She was sitting on the ground and her limbs felt so cold.
After a long time, Charlotte took out her phone and called her good friend.
After half an hour, Diana arrived to fetch her.
They sent Charlotte to Diana’s home in a hopeless and forlorn state.
“Tell me what happened.” Diana poured her a glass of freshly squeezed fruit juice handed it to her. “This is to calm you down.”
Charlotte accepted the glass, but after deliberating slightly, she put down the glass of juice. There was a new life taking shape in her belly. She simply shouldn’t drink anything that hadn’t been pasteurized. At that moment, Charlotte was suddenly horrified by her realization.
Why did she… care about the child so much?
“What’s wrong? I thought you liked my homemade fruit juices?” Diana watched Charlotte put the glass of fruit juice down on the table with a surprised look on her face.
“I can’t drink it anymore.”
“Why not?”
“I’m pregnant.”
Diana couldn’t comprehend the meaning behind her words at first, and she nodded after a moment. “There’s nothing wrong with that. You should be pregnant after going through two years of marriage.”
“I got divorced a month ago.”
“What?”
“And I’ve recently remarried on top of that.”
“Wait, Charlotte. Slow down? Did you remarry only a month after divorcing your ex-husband? What are you talking about? Let me process all this.”
Diana covered her chest and a shocked expression filled her face.
Charlotte explained the recent happenings and only then did Diana finally understand. “So you mean you’re the missus of the Moore family now?”
“It’s just in name. I think I will lose that identity soon.”
“I want to strangle you so badly.”
Diana jumped up and lightly gripped Charlotte’s neck with both her hands, shaking her gently. “How could you only tell me such an enormous piece of news after so long? I thought we were best friends. Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”
“Everything happened so suddenly. I was at a loss as to where to begin my explanation.”
“You should still tell me, no matter what. This is serious business.” After giving it some thought, Diana snapped her fingers. “I’ll accompany you to the hospital to get rid of the child.”
Charlotte suddenly raised her head in response to her words. “You want me to get rid of the child?”
“Or do you want to continue bearing the child? You don’t even know who the father is! Charlotte, please don’t be insensible. Who knows what kind of man that child’s father is. You have to abort it no matter what!” Diana replied with a grave expression.
“But, this is still a new life in my belly. Isn’t it too cruel to kill them off?” Charlotte lowered her gaze to her stomach and caressed it. “This is still a budding life.”
“Don’t you have such extraneous thoughts? The baby isn’t even alive yet! If you don’t do anything now, you’ll regret it in a few months!”
At this point, Charlotte was fuming with indignation and Diana noticed.
“What are you thinking? That child belongs to a stranger. If you don’t get rid of that child, you can’t continue living with the Moore family. If you return home, do you really think your parents would forgive you?”
Diana’s words were like a wake-up call. Charlotte jerked her head up and stared into Diana’s eyes.
She was right. In order to continue to stay with the Moore family, she couldn’t continue bearing this child. Was there really any other choice?