When Credence arrived at the municipal hospital, it was raining heavily with loud thunder and lightning. At the same time, there was the anxious sound of the doctors attempting to rescue Rosalie…
“Quick, inform the blood bank to prepare Rh-negative blood bags! ”
“The patient’s heart rate is low! Get the oxygenator and defibrillator ready. Quick!”
As soon as Credence approached the operating room, he heard Linda crying and screaming. “Why… Why is this happening? My poor Rosie, please open your eyes and look at me. Doctors, I beg you, please save my daughter. She’s still so young. She’s only just turned twenty-three… My only biological daughter. Please… I don’t care how much it costs as long as you can save her!”
Rosalie had gone into shock.
Besides being raped by the thugs in the parking lot, she got hit very hard in the head. She had been fighting for her life for a day and a night. Due to excessive blood loss, she might not be able to withstand it anymore. The hospital had issued several notices of critical condition.
The sound of hurried footsteps came from the empty corridor and stopped next to Linda. Credence’s body shook unsteadily. He comforted Linda, “Rosalie will be fine!”
Linda cried sorrowfully. The light above her shone on her well-maintained face, which looked haggard and pale at that time.
When she looked up and spotted Credence, it was as if he was her last hope. She threw herself on him and grabbed his arm, with tears rolling down her face.
“Credence, I know you’re very close to Jonathan Stanton. Please ask him to arrange the best doctors to save Rosie! Rosie is so kind and she did not offend anyone. Why is she suffering from such terrible injuries?
“Tell me, was it all Dorothy’s doing? Yes, it must be her! She must be jealous of Rosie’s relationship with you. She must be jealous of your love toward Rosie… Oh God, what have I done wrong? I adopted her from the orphanage and treated her as my own daughter. I’ve raised her for twenty-six years and this is how she repays me?”
“Dorothy, you ungrateful b*tch! You will die a terrible death for treating Rosie like this!”
Linda burst into tears and yelled hysterically. The entire empty corridor was filled with her piercing curses.
Credence slowly lowered his head and handed Linda a clean tissue paper. “Madam Arnold, don’t worry. I won’t let anything happen to Rosalie!”
At this moment, the doctor opened the door and walked out in a hurry. “Mr. Scott, the hospital is running out of Rh-negative blood. Miss Rosalie still needs about 400ml. What should we do?”
This blood type was extremely rare.
There were hundreds of doctors and nurses in this hospital, but none of their blood types was Rh-negative.
Even if they wanted to donate blood to Rosalie, none of them would be able to do so.
Credence’s gaze turned cold. He went silent for a few seconds before asking, “How much time do we have?”
“An hour. The sooner the better!”
“Alright.”
Credence nodded slightly and pushed the door open. He looked through the glass window at Rosalie, who was lying still on the operating table. He staggered and covered his face, hiding his profound facial features and the tears that suddenly emerged from the corner of his eyes.
As far as he knew, there were not many people around him who had Rh-negative blood type. Dorothy happened to be one of them.
Since Rosalie was on the verge of death because of her, it was only right that Dorothy donated her blood.
…
The heavy rain was pouring down like a waterfall. Also, deafening thunder was accompanied by lightning, which seemed to tear the sky apart.
Dorothy held her stomach in pain, and her messy hair was stuck to her lips. She was so weak that she could not open her eyes. “Credence, it’s not me… I did not do anything to Rosalie. Don’t hurt my child. The child is also yours…” she murmured.
Someone bent down, took her hand, and comforted her, “Don’t be afraid. Everything is fine. Your baby is fine…”
Immediately after, Dorothy groaned in pain. A large amount of blood gushed out of her lower body.
“Help! Save my child!”
…
“Ah… It hurts!”
Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her abdomen and woke up from her dream, breaking out in a cold sweat.
From the glass window, she could see that it was dark outside and raining heavily, accompanied by terrifying thunder and lightning.
She slowly retracted her gaze and glanced at the plain white room. Only then did she remember that she was in a VIP ward in the hospital. Upon recalling her nightmare, her heart shrank. She was in so much pain that she could hardly breathe.
On the day of the surgery, the doctor looked at the tiny embryo soaked in a container, saying with regret, “What a pity, Miss Fisher. He was a very healthy baby boy.”
If it weren’t for her weakness, her child would still have been in her belly, growing healthily.
After a full term of pregnancy, he would be born into this world and would be able to meet her.
But now…
The child was gone. He was killed by his own father no less!
She wanted to stay away from Credence, the murderer who had killed her child, as far as she could.
Her heart ached a little more every time she saw him.
She didn’t want to see him ever again!
At this moment, Dorothy remembered that it was Credence who arranged this ward for her. Her face instantly turned pale. She violently removed the white sheet and jumped out of bed with bare feet, as if there was a monster chasing after her.
“Madam, what’s wrong? Mr. Scott has asked me to feed you some soup when you’re awake.”
At this time, Maria walked out of the bathroom. She noticed that Dorothy’s expression was unusual. Thinking that Dorothy was afraid of thunder and lightning, she hurriedly pulled her back to bed and wrapped her trembling body in the sheet “Your body is weak, and the weather is turning cold. Please take good care of yourself and don’t catch a cold. I don’t know what has gotten into Mr. Scott lately. He came from the office several times a day to take care of you… Madam, Mr. Scott is a handsome and powerful man. Many women want to get close to him. Miss Rosalie Fisher is just one of them, isn’t she? Not to mention she is your sister…”
“If Mr. Scott really changes his mind, you should just live a good life with him. Oops… I’m sorry. I have spoken out of turn.”
Hugging her knees, Dorothy shook her aching head. She then closed her eyes and let out a soft sigh. “You don’t understand. If I really have a place in his heart, Rosalie wouldn’t be able to do anything.”
It turned out that the gentleness she had felt in her dream was not from Juelz but from Credence.
But… So what if it was Credence?
There was always an innocent life between them. No matter what, she could not forgive him.
Maria then fed Dorothy the soup that she had brought over.
However, Dorothy could not taste anything. After drinking less than half a bowl, she lost her appetite. She slid down feebly on the bed and nestled into the sheet. Her head was in the clouds when she said, “Maria, can you please step out for a while? I want to have some time alone.”
Maria responded with a nod, and then left the room quietly.
The door of the ward was suddenly opened and closed again. Along with the sound of thunder, the man’s footsteps were steady but furious. They got closer and closer to Dorothy and finally stopped by the bedside.
Dorothy could feel a gust of chilly wind blow past her face. She couldn’t help but turn her head and open her eyes slowly. With a blurred vision, she stared at the man who suddenly appeared before her.
It was none other than Credence, the man she loved the most.
Outside the window, the wind was howling and the rain ruthlessly beat against the window, making a terrifying sound.
No matter how terrifying it was, it was still incomparable to the horror brought to her by Credence at that moment.
Dorothy felt the light was too dazzling, so she had only kept a dim bedside lamp on. Under the dim light, she stared at Credence who looked worn out and gloomy. His face was darkened, and his chest heaved up and down violently. His whole body seemed to be containing a wave of uncontrollable anger.
He stared at her with a cold and cruel gaze that she had never seen before. He looked as if he wanted nothing more than to kill her right now and then.
Time ticked by slowly.
Fixing her eyes on his malicious look, Dorothy stayed motionless. She refused to show him any signs of weakness.
Finally, Credence said through gritted teeth, “Rosalie is dying. Are you happy now?”
There was a searing pain at the center of Dorothy’s chest, but she did not say a word. All she gave him was silence.