“Ms. Cruise, I did something wrong to you, but you shouldn’t have attacked a child. He’s only two years old. Please let him go.”
Sophia looked at them speechlessly, feeling ridiculous.
She wondered, “Is Emelia addicted to putting on a show?”
Sophia was even tired of dealing with Emelia’s tricks.
Sophia felt it was so boring.
Pierce silently picked up the child, coaxing him gently. Pierce’s eyes overflowed with tenderness and anxiety.
Pierce’s aura was a harmonious mixture of coldness and gentleness.
He frowned at Sophia, his eyes sharp.
“Why are you here? Were you following us?”
His questioning tone was angry and frosty.
Sophia’s heart trembled, her mood worsening.
She snorted.
“You think everyone came here because of you guys? Don’t flatter yourself.”
The little kid gradually stopped crying in Pierce’s arms.
He was rather dependent on his father.
Sophia was stung by this scene. Thinking about why she had come here, she was even more upset.
She felt it was hard to breathe, her chest tight.
The difficulty in breathing made her belly ache.
Emelia spoke softly on the side.
“Luke has a fever. Pierce and I came with him to see the doctor. Unexpectedly, we just turned around, and he was gone.
“Coincidentally, we met you here, Ms. Cruise. What are you going to
do?”
Emelia implicated that Sophia had abducted the child.
Sophia sneered.
She said angrily, “It was him who crashed into me by himself. I didn’t even touch him.
“Surveillance video is a good thing. Please have some common sense. Go and take a look at it before slandering me.”
Emelia’s face stiffened, and her crying stopped.
She seemed to have forgotten that there was a surveillance video, and her previous accusation could be disproved at any time..
Emelia was about to say something to fix the situation when she saw Sophia turn around with her bag and walk away.
Pierce frowned and hurriedly handed the child to Emelia.
“Wait here for me.”
He hurried after Sophia.
He could not describe his mood. He felt uneasy about Sophia’s recent unusualness and the subconscious changes in his mind.
When he chased after her, Sophia was waiting outside for the car.
Pierce stood there with a complex expression, his tone cold.
“Why did you come to the hospital? Are you sick?”
Sophia gave him a strange look.
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Just now he said she was following him, and now he was concerned. about her health.
Sophia felt Pierce was nosy.
Of course, she wouldn’t let Pierce know about her pregnancy.
She said casually, “Just to visit a friend.”
Pierce didn’t know who her friends were anyway.
Pierce’s face tightened.
“Where have you been staying the last few days? Why haven’t you been home?”
Sophia cast him a calm glance, her voice indifferent.
“What’s it got to do with you? Since I moved out, you can let your new lover and illegitimate child move in to live with you.”
Pierce’s eyelids twitched. He was clearly angered.
Sophia chuckled unconcernedly.
“I forgot it. You have so many properties. How can you possibly let them live in a second–hand one? It’s not like you have to hid
them.”
Pierce suppressed his anger, his voice icy and hard.
“I always thought you were a nice person. I did not expect that you would not even tolerate
a child.”
Sophia’s heart trembled as she clenched her hands tightly.
She thought, “Tolerating his child with someone else?
“It’s easy for him to say that. Am I petty just because I can’t tolerate his illegitimate child? Is it also my fault?”
Sophia smiled coldly.
“Pierce, I don’t want to say more about it. You’ve seen the divorce papers. Don’t bother me with anything other than the divorce proceedings.”
The car stopped beside her.
Sophia glanced at the license plate number, got into the car, and closed the door.
She didn’t even glance at him.
She thought, “How ridiculous! Does he think I should take care of his mistress and illegitimate child?
“Am I that abject?”
Pierce sensed Sophia’s cold attitude. His face was calm, but his heart trembled slightly.
He hadn’t told her that it was the PR Department that had spread rumors about her..
Yet she probably wouldn’t believe it even if he said it.
Pierce felt he was losing something, and he had a sense of powerlessness because he couldn’t grasp it.
Emelia came up from behind him with the crying child in her arms.
She said carefully, “Luke’s crying again. Is he still having a fever?”
Pierce came out of his trance, his face still cold. He turned around and gently stared at the cute child.
“Don’t worry. The doctor can deal with it.”
Emelia smiled with a pale face and looked at him cautiously.
“I saw your divorce papers, Pierce. Will you get a divorce?”
Pierce’s smile faltered, his eyes instantly turning sullen. He looked at her icily.
“No. She’ll always be my wife.”
Emelia’s blood ran cold. She forced a stiff and fake smile.
“That’s good. Otherwise. I’d really be upset and blame myself.”
Pierce said nothing.
He carried Luke inside.
Emelia dropped her eyes, coldness and unwillingness crossing her soft
eves.
Pierce didn’t want a divorce, so she had to deal with Sophia.
Sophia went back.
After that, she received several text messages from an unfamiliar number.
Were
They nothing more than intimate photos of Emelia and Pierce, insults about her having no children, and so on.
Sophia naturally knew who had done it.
She saved all the text messages. She could use them as proof of Pierce’s affair.
Sophia had been having fun with Sandra all this time. After relaxing all of a sudden, she was in a better state than before.
In the evening.
”
Sandra took Sophia to a clubhouse for a party with her friends.
Sophia didn’t refuse. They talked and laughed. She felt as if she was back. to the carefree days before she got married.
Halfway through, she went to the restroom.
Yet she didn’t expect to see Emelia.
Sophia looked away and took out a lipstick from the bag to fix her makeup.
She pretended not to know Emelia.
Emelia looked at the gorgeous Sophia, feeling jealous.
“Ms. Cruise, I didn’t expect you to be quite fun–loving. Pierce and I are here to socialize. Do you want to go say hello to him?”
They had already socialized together. Sophia knew Emelia was showing off. She smiled indifferently and looked at Emelia’s affected face in the
mirror.
Sophia said coolly, “If you’re really capable, get Pierce to divorce me, or don’t mess with me unless you want a beating.”
Sophia gave a blunt warning, coldly glanced sideways at Emelia’s stiff face, and turned to leave.
A piece of paper fell out of her bag. She didn’t notice it and just walked
away.
Emelia, however, bent down and picked up the piece of paper. It was a medical report. Emelia’s face changed immediately after she saw the contents clearly.
Sophia was pregnant.
Emelia clutched the report tightly, her inner turmoil instantly becoming stronger and her nervousness reaching its peak.
She breathed heavily, thinking, “If Pierce knows that Sophia is pregnant, all my efforts will be in vain.
“Luke and I won’t be able to enter the Clement family.”
Emelia’s eyes flashed with a hint of viciousness.
She couldn’t let anyone stand in her way.
***
Sophia returned to the private room. Everyone else had drunk enough.
Sandra said goodbye to her friends while Sophia went outside to wait for Sandra and the designated driver.
Sophia stood at the intersection, the streetlight around her dim.
Emelia sat in her car, staring surly at Sophia standing there.
Sophia was smiling softly, one hand over her belly as if looking down and saying something to the baby in her belly.
Driven by the surging anger and fierceness, Emelia clutched the steering wheel tightly, her gaze somber and vicious.
Her mind was filled with a crazy idea. She was going to hit Sophia and her baby to death.
Emelia thought, “I can’t let Sophia and her baby become a stumbling block. As long as I kill them, no one can snatch Pierce from me.
“All this is supposed to be mine.
“Sophia, go to hell with your child.”
Emelia tensed, gritted her teeth, and stepped hard on the gas.
“Go to hell!” she murmured inwardly.
As soon as Sophia looked up, she felt a harsh light from the opposite side, and she couldn’t even open her eyes.
Then, a grating sound rang out, and a car sped toward her.
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In that instant, her mind went blank, her hands and feet turning cold.
The moment the car hit Sophia, she saw who was driving it.
It was Emelia.
The sharp noise broke the silence in the night.
Then there was a big colliding sound.
Sophia was sent flying and landed heavily on the ground.
She instantly felt terrible pain all over as if her whole body had been crushed, and then her belly ached badly.
Warm liquid ran out from between Sophia’s legs as if something was slowly leaving her body.
Her heart contracted violently as fear and excruciating pain tortured her.
Sophia couldn’t even move, feeling she was abandoned by the world.
She wanted to cry out, “Save my baby!”
Sophia had decided to raise this child alone.
However, at that moment, the baby in her belly was ruthlessly injured,
Chuma 20.
and she was going to lose it.
There was nothing Sophia could do, tears flowing down her face along with the blood.
She couldn’t say a word in pain. In the harsh cold light, she was surrounded by a strong smell of blood, her vision getting blurry.
Three years of marriage left her with nothing.
Sophia felt heartbroken.
The pain spread to every nerve inside her body.
There was dead silence around her.
Sophia seemed to have heard Sandra’s hysterical and panicked cries.
The noise grew smaller and smaller…
Soon, Sophia passed out.
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People rushed out of the clubhouse and surrounded the scene.
The ambulance quickly pulled over.
After handing Sophia over to the doctor, Sandra stood up, ran toward the car, picked up a brick, and smashed it hard against Emelia’s windshield.
Emelia trembled in terror.
The windshield was broken. Sandra opened the door from the inside, yanked Emelia out of the car by her hair, kicked her, and slapped her face.
The sound was crisp and loud.
Sandra tugged at Emelia’s hair and gritted her teeth with great hatred.
“Do you know who she is? How dare you hit her!”
Emelia came to her senses with a pale face. She suddenly pushed Sandra away, lunging for Pierce, who was coming over.
Emelia shuddered and threw herself into his arms, crying in terror.
“I didn’t mean to do that, Pierce. It was so dark. I didn’t see anyone there…”
Pierce frowned at the chaotic scene, his face surly.
He had come out just in time to watch the paramedics carry the stretcher into the ambulance.
When he saw the puddle of dark red liquid on the floor, his brow twitched, and he had a bad feeling.
Sandra looked coldly at them with hatred in her eyes.
“Pierce, Emelia, you’ll get what you deserve.”
She cursed and jumped straight into the ambulance.
Pierce was somehow extraordinarily anxious.
He wanted to follow Sandra and have a look, but Emelia hugged him Lightly.
“Help me. Pierce. I really didn’t mean to do that…”
Pierce’s face turned cold as he pushed her away.
“What happened?”
Emelia cried pitifully, tugging at his coat.
“I just got back from abroad, so I’m not used to the way of driving in our country. Besides, it was too dark to see anyone standing over there. Pierce, Luke can’t live without a mother…”
As Pierce heard her mention Luke, his face softened, and he seemed to have suppressed his emotions.
He was silent for a few seconds before patting her on the shoulder.
He said soothingly. “I see. I’ll have a lawyer help you. Don’t worry.”
Emelia cried and laughed with joy and hugged him once again.
“Thank you, Pierce. I knew you would help us.”
A flash of heaviness passed through Pierce. He restrained his anxiety and called Devan right away.
The police arrived quickly, as did Devan and the lawyer.
The police collected evidence.
After that, they asked Emelia, “Do you know the person you hit?”
Emelia leaned weakly into Pierce’s arms, shaking her head in fear and bewilderment.
“It was too dark to see anyone.”
Pierce waited for the police to finish questioning before instructing Devan
“Ask how much they want, and try to smooth things over.”
Devan nodded and then accompanied Emelia to the police station with the lawyer.
Inside the hospital.
The doctor came out of the emergency room with a gloomy face.
“We can’t save the child. Get the patient’s family over here.”
Sandra stood in shock at the emergency room door and took out her phone in a panic.
She cried on the phone. “Brycen, something happened to Sophia…”
After midnight.
Devan and the lawyer took Emelia away from the police station on bail to
Pierce.
The police went to the hospital with Devan to discuss compensation with
the victim.
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But when they arrived, only Sandra and the lawyer were waiting at the hospital.
Devan felt Sandra looked familiar, but he couldn’t remember where he had seen her before.
The police went up to Sandra.
They asked, “How are you related to the victim?”
“We are friends.”
“What’s the victim’s name?”
“Sophia Cruise.”
As soon as Sandra said that, Devan’s face changed, and he stared at her in
shock.
Sandra looked at Devan and sneered, throwing the hospital’s medical. report in front of Devan.
“You guys want to negotiate? Emelia killed Sophia’s child with Pierce. Ask him how he is going to handle this.”
Devan took the report in a panic, and his face turned grave.
Without saying anything, he went out to make a call to report the
incident.
Sophia was pregnant, but none of them had known it.
Emelia hit Sophia and caused her miscarriage. This matter was even more difficult to deal with.
But when Devan called Pierce, there was no answer.
over.”
Devan thought. “It’s over.
Pierce was putting Luke to sleep, so he muted his cell phone.
When Emelia returned, she cried intermittently for half the night. Pierce couldn’t get away until dawn.
By the time Devan reached Pierce, it was noon the next day.
Pierce’s voice was tired, hoarse, and impatient.
“Have you solved the matter?”
Devan was silent for a moment. “I can’t negotiate without the victim’s presence.”
“Where is the victim? Was she seriously injured? Give her more money.”
Pierce’s voice was deep and cold.
Devan paused. “Mr. Clement, the person Ms. Wilson hit was Mrs. Clement, and…”
He gritted his teeth and spoke frankly.
“Mrs. Wilson had been pregnant for a month, and now she has lost her baby.”
There was nothing but dead silence on the phone.
Pierce was quiet for a while.
Suddenly, he asked coldly in disbelief, “What did you say? How could it be her?”
Pierce finally realized why he had been feeling uneasy.
He thought, “She lost her child?
“That was also my child…”
Pierce couldn’t suppress his apprehension anymore. He lost his composure in an instant.
He lost his one–month–old child.
He felt like something sharp had cut through his heart.
It hurt him so much that he breathed with difficulty.
He threw down the phone and drove to the hospital.
However, when he went to the hospital, he couldn’t see Sophia at all.
His aura was powerful and cold.
Where is she?”
Devan hesitated for a moment and looked at Sandra and the lawyer sitting next to him.
Sandra’s face was icy.
“She was just out of surgery. She doesn’t want to see you, Mr. Clement. I am sorry. You lost your child.”
Pierce’s face instantly went cold, his eyes gloomy. His pupils shrank slightly.
He felt heartbroken.
Pierce was filled with sorrow.
He blanched in sadness.
Remorse surged inside him and overwhelmed him.
