He froze for a moment at my words, and then curved his lips up into a smile.
He clasped my hands to stop me from struggling while looking into my eyes. “You didn’t lose your baby. And I told you that your brother would be okay as long as you did what I said.” For the first time, I saw the trace of a heartfelt smile on his thin lips.
His words immediately quieted me down.
I looked at him in a daze, feeling like the furious anxiety and despair in the bottom of my heart was gradually being replaced by hope from what he had just said.
I gradually resumed my composure.
However, it suddenly occurred to me that Quan Shaoze was obviously lying to me. I stared at him with grief and anger in my eyes and shouted, “You liar! There’s not a chance that my baby’s still alive!”
Xiao Yue had forced me to take large doses of abortion pills, so it was really hard for me to believe him.
Quan Shaoze showed no intention for further explanation, and he immediately asked his personal doctor who was on standby in the living room inside to diagnose what was wrong with me.
I couldn’t be more astonished when the doctor told me that my baby was still in my womb a moment later.
How could this be? The scene that Xiao Yue had forced the abortion pills down my throat was still vivid.
In disbelief, I told the doctor about what Xiao Yue had done to me. After thinking for a while, he concluded that Xiao Yue must have bought counterfeit pills, so it failed to cause my miscarriage.
Hearing that, I could no longer control my emotion, and tears immediately rolled down.
I habitually squatting on the floor while bursting into tears, with my hand covered my mouth. Nobody could imagine how thrilled I was at the moment. At the thought of what had happened, I still couldn’t withstand the fear after the event.
Thank God! My baby was still with me!
“What are you crying for? It seems your mental capacity is much poorer than I gave you credit for!” After seeing the doctor off, Quan Shaoze pulled me up with a frown.
I stopped crying at his words.
I was about to curse him, but the moment I met his thoughtful, dark eyes, I suddenly recalled that I had been desperately attempting suicide just now, which almost made my cheeks burn.
I had to admit that it was somewhat embarrassing.
I turned my head, trying to calm myself down. At this point, it suddenly occurred to me that as ruthless as Quan Shaoze, he wouldn’t allow me to keep his baby I had accidentally conceived.
At the thought of this, my heart suddenly lost its pace. But I still held onto the last glimmer of hope that maybe he didn’t know the baby was his.
“It’s Zhao Dong’s baby. Let me go back and tell him about it.” Feeling guilty for lying, I didn’t dare meet his eyes.
With that, I got flustered and started sweating all over.
I could sense his piercing gaze on me for a long time before I heard a faint sound of laughter.
He turned my head and wrapped me in his arms again, with his slender fingers running through my hair behind my ear while looking at me with an enigmatic smile on his face.
Next, he began to mock at me mercilessly. Moreover, he punctured my lie to my face, saying that Zhao Dong was infertile to begin with.
I was so embarrassed. “You two weren’t able to conceive after countless attempts during years of marriage. Do you think I’d be naive enough to believe that you were pregnant with his child only after you had slept with me a month ago?” he continued.
His sarcastic remarks silenced me for a good while. Finally, I switched the topic. “How is my baby doing?”
Though my baby was still alive, as I had been abused by Xiao Yue for hours, I was worried that it might get injured.
To my surprise, he shifted the topic as well and responded, “The baby is fine except for a little malnutrition. Take some medicine according to the doctor’s prescription, and it will be okay.” With that, he turned to leave.
It was a pity that I didn’t notice the complicate look in his eyes when he turned around.