When Ranita arrived, a female doctor wrapped tightly in scrubs was talking to Brendon. “Due to the month being early and signs of previous miscarriage, there was no other option,” she said.
Shannon had a miscarriage? Ranita’s heart sank.
The doctor left, leaving only Brendon at the door of the operating room. He turned his head when he heard footsteps and looked at Ranita with frosty eyes.
He walked towards her. “Ranita, come with me!” Brendon grabbed her wrist and pulled her into the nearby stairwell. With a loud bang, he pushed her against the wall.
Her already sore back was hit again. Her ribs hurt as if they were about to pierce through her lungs.
His hot breath was close to hers like flames licking at her neck. Danger loomed as his low voice filled with anger said, “Ranita, I’ll give you a chance to explain.”
Ranita looked at him with tears in her eyes. “Brendon, if I told you that she planned on pushing me first and I just fought back… would you believe me?” She asked while feeling like she might shatter into pieces any moment now.
She didn’t ask much from Brendon; all she wanted was for him to believe in her.
“Why would Shannon push you? That’s not like her! Ranita… tell me why you did this?”
In the end, he still didn’t believe in her.
Her heart felt trampled over again and again.
Trembling lips barely managed out, “Brendon… what answer do you want from me?”
“I say it wasn’t intentional but you don’t believe that either! Fine then let’s say it is my fault! I hate Shannon and hate that baby inside of hers too! Are you satisfied now? Is this answer good enough for you?”
Brendon’s temples throbbed furiously; his anger became an inferno raging within him.
“Ranita… Shannon getting pregnant wasn’t planned. You shouldn’t take your anger out on someone else! And besides… we already made arrangements for tomorrow so that she can have surgery!”
“Shannon painfully gave up on having this child but what about you?! Why did you have to do this now…!”
A fist slammed onto the wall beside them making an ear-shattering sound.
The punch grazed past Ranita’s ear causing excruciating pain which numbed everything else around it.
She no longer wanted anything more than just distance herself completely from Brendon.
Once upon a time, Ranita believed that love was sweet and beautiful. But after experiencing it for herself, she realized that love could be bitter and painful.
The pain was so unbearable that she couldn’t even speak about it.
“You should leave! Don’t stay here, Shannon will be upset if she sees you,” Brendon said before walking away.
Ranita leaned against the wall and stood there for a long time until the fire door opened with force…
“Ranita, you’re such a slut! I’m going to kill you!” Holly charged towards Ranita immediately and started punching and kicking her.
“You caused Shannon to miscarry. How could you be so cruel?”
Afraid of hurting the baby, Ranita blocked Holly’s fists with her hands.
“Holly, stop!” Amiya spoke up at this moment.
Amiya looked at her coldly with an equally unfriendly gaze that made Ranita shudder. The next second Amiya signaled to the bodyguard beside her. “Take her away.”
Ranita took steps back in fear. “What are you going to do? Mrs. Stuart, please don’t do anything rash!”
Amiya sneered. “Don’t worry. I just want you to have a little check-up! It won’t hurt.”