Viet Writer
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Chương 9
Chapter 9: I’m Pregnant
Stella raised her head and gazed at the tower’s glass windows. Although she could not see what was inside clearly, she could still sense a pair of cold eyes watching her silently that made her felt a chill down her spine. She wondered how much Clarence would hate her due to the mess, he might even want to kill her.
Stella squeezed herself through the crowd under the help of the bodyguards brought by Nathan. Looking at Jeffrey who was messing on the ground in a ridiculous way, she felt extremely tired. “What do you want?” Seeing her, Jeffrey stood to his feet and patted the dust on his shirt. “It’s a good timing to ask Clarence to come down.
“I’ve told you, his money has nothing to do with me.” Having heard that, Jeffrey raised his voice. “How could that have nothing to do with you? Are you going to let him sleep you for free for three years? Nonsense! When he plays with other woman outside, would other woman let him go if he doesn’t pay them money?”
Stella opened her mouth yet she realized she had nothing to say to him. She turned around and said to Nathan, “Call the police.” Nathan slightly nodded. Seeing Stella leaving, Jeffrey quickly held her back. “How could you leave like that? For how do you think I’m here? I only want to take a little of the money we get, the rest is all yours! And look at you, you’re even giving me the bad look now, I’ve wasted so many years raising you!”
Stella tossed his hand away and retorted, “You can continue to mess around as you want, I can have two days of peace after you’re taken away anyway. And, I’ll not bail you out, neither will Channing. You can stay at the police station nicely, there are food and drinks, and the creditor can’t get you too.”
Jeffrey slapped her in the face and glared. “Are you serious? I’ve had hard time raising you and your brother until you grow up, now you’re getting rebellious. Why, do you think you could disdain me after you’ve married a rich guy?”
“You can think whatever you want.” The bystanders became more and more and Stella did not want to stay there even for a second. She lowered her head and hurriedly left. Jeffrey did not manage to get Clarence down after messing around for almost the whole day. Although Stella had come, she left shortly. Since they had called the police, he would really have a huge trouble if he was caught and kept in the police station. He growled at the bodyguards and said, “Tell your president that I’ll come again after a few days!”
The crowd dispersed after Jeffrey left. Nathan walked into the building and said to the man who was standing in front of the French window, “Mr. Conrad, it’s already settled.” Clarence was shoving one of his hands into the pocket while holding a phone. He possessed an indifferent aura. He then spoke, “Where’s Stella?”
“She’s left.”
Clarence sneered.
“Yes, she’s even…”Clarence spoke when Nathan had not finished his words, “Postpone the meeting in the afternoon to tomorrow.” Nathan replied, “Okay.” Clarence turned on his phone and sent a message to Stella with an expressionless face.
Meet me at the civil affairs bureau at three.
He only received the reply after ten minutes saying : Okay.
Stella was sitting on a long bench along the street. After replying the message, she put her phone back into her purse and put her arms around her legs. She buried her face into her knees. If she had a choice, she wanted to go to a place and start anew where she knew no one and no one knew her. No Jeffrey Ramodil, no Clarence Conrad, and no extreme humiliations.
Not knowing how long had passed, Stella wiped her tears away and was ready to wait at the civil affairs bureau, yet her head felt dizzy the moment she stood up and her head whirled. She fainted in just a few seconds. When she woke up once again, the surrounding was full of disinfectant smell. She was at the hospital. She rubbed her head and glanced at the time from her phone.
It was half past four. Stella secretly gasped. Great, she’s doomed. As Stella was going to send a message to Clarence to explain, the curtain beside her was pulled to the side and a nurse said with a smile, “Oh, you’re awake. The doctor’s done a checkup on you. Your blood sugar value is a bit low for you’ve not eaten in the morning, that’s why you fainted. There’s not much problem, you can leave after resting for a while.” Stella nodded. “Thank you.”
“And yes, you’re pregnant. Your body is not very healthy, so you must take care of it, especially during the first three months, please be cautious by all means. It’s better that you ask your husband to accompany you for a pregnancy checkup here after two days when you’re free.” The nurse left after reminding her.
Stella was dumbfounded on the bed when she heard her first words. The news struck her and the level of shock and panic she felt was no less than when she knew Jeffrey had owed a high debt worth one million Yuan during the night she had won the price.
It felt like she could clearly see the light in front of her, and she only needed to take one more step, just one, to escape from the darkness. Yet someone had blocked the exit and built a giant wall before her, and she could not go pass it no matter how.
Stella took off the blanket and without caring to explain to Clarence, she straight away registered at the obstetrics department. The doctor said after giving her a checkup, “You’re indeed pregnant, the fetus is forty days old and is completely normal. But because you have internal bleeding during your miscarriage last time, and you didn’t carry out the follow up care well, there are some problems with your health. Getting pregnant this time is actually not an easy thing. You don’t have to be too nervous or anxious, just take good care of your body after going back.”
Stella asked with a little fear, “If…I don’t want the child, can I do surgery?” The doctor probably did not expect her to say that and only said after pausing for a moment, “You can, but you have to make careful considerations. Due to your health, getting pregnant itself is already not an easy thing. If you abort the child this time, it would greatly affect you, I’m afraid you can’t…”
“Can’t get pregnant anymore?”
“I can’t say that, what I can say is it would be very difficult. It still depends on your health condition.”
Stella lowered her head and did not speak anymore. The doctor continued, “Do get back and consider about it first. Plus your body is too weak to do operation now. If you want to do it, you should come back half a month later.”
“Okay, thank you.”
Stella had no idea how she left the hospital. She was in a complete daze. The thought of telling Clarence her pregnancy had flashed across her mind, but with only a split second, she denied it. Clarence’s bottom line was pregnancy. He was suspecting her for using the divorce as a trick of playing hard to get. If she told him she had gotten pregnant again at this crucial time point, his accusation towards her would be consolidated.
Plus, she was clear that he would definitely not welcome the child, he would even feel much more disgusted towards it. She searched online along her way back and realized condom could not 100 percent avoid pregnancy. Who could she possibly argue with?
When Sherry returned at night, the house was all dark. She only realized Stella was sitting on the couch covered with a blanket when she turned on the lights. Her eyes were closed and she did not move a muscle, sitting quietly like an old monk.
Sherry sat beside her and waved her hand before her. “Are you meditating?” Stella slowly opened her eyes and spoke calmly, “I’m pregnant.”
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