Chapter 22 – His Second Chance Love: The Freezing Silence

Crap.

Does this count as digging my own grave?

“No…”

I rejected him a little too quickly. He narrowed his eyes at me, his gaze on me intensifying. “You seem to be really against going to the hospital, Sienna.”

“No…” A hint of sadness flashed across my face, and I answered him with red-rimmed eyes, “It just reminds me of how helpless and afraid I was while lying on the operating table!”

He visibly stiffened at that. After a long while, he roughly pulled me out of the bedroom.

Thinking that he was going to take me to the hospital, I tugged on his sleeve and protested with teary eyes. “I really don’t wanna go to the hospital, Anthony!”

Besides, I didn’t actually have any stomach pain.

“Go down and eat something.” He glanced at me with cold eyes, but there seemed to be a trace of helplessness in them too.

For a while, an indescribable feeling grew in me. Last night, he rescued me, and today, he compromised. Somehow, he wasn’t as impassive toward me anymore.

Humans were greedy creatures. Once we had a taste of something, we would crave for more, and in the end grow possessive.

After seating me at the dining table, he went into the kitchen and came out with a bowl of something in his hand.

I thought it was just canned mushroom soup, so surprise was an understatement when I saw that it was home-cooked ginger carrot soup. For a moment, I stared at him as conflicting emotions raged through me. He only cast me an indifferent glance before informing in a low voice, “Jared will come over to check up on you later. Don’t go to the company for now. Even though the project with Dr. Ludwick has been completed, you still need to bear the losses due to the delay you caused. But for today, just rest at home!”

As soon as he finished speaking, he put on his jacket, grabbed his car keys and left.

I was frozen in place for a while. When did he start treating me differently? After knowing that I was pregnant?

For a long time, all I could do was stare at the ginger carrot soup.

When Jared came over, I was still a little bit out of sorts.

He frowned as he looked me over. “You don’t have to eat this if you don’t like it. You can still eat whatever you like. The fetus isn’t that fragile, you know?”

His voice jolted me out of my stupor and I looked up to see him standing by the dining table, staring at me with his medical kit in hand.

I quickly got to my feet. “Oh, you’re here!”

He blinked in surprise, but didn’t comment. Opening his kit, he took out some medicine and handed them to me. “Take this 3 times a day for 21 days. Abstain from alcohol from now on, as it might cause fetal growth retardation or malformation. Also, you might need to start going for pregnancy checkups at the hospital.”

I nodded and took the medicine from him. “Thank you!”

He was initially going to leave after this, but he hesitated and looked toward me. “In your current state, I don’t think you’ll be able to leave just yet. Why don’t you be upfront with Anthony? Since he intends to keep the child, I’m sure he’ll handle everything else too!”

I knew what he was getting at. The “everything else” he said was referring to Rylee.

I didn’t know much about things on her end, neither have I ever asked Anthony about it, but I couldn’t help from blurting out, “Anthony must really love Ms. Lorraine!”

Jared walked toward the sofa and took a seat, sending me a fleeting glance before replying, “This has nothing to do with love. If you really want to be with Anthony, tell him the truth. He has his own way of handling things.”

What way? I didn’t voice this question. Everyone had their own way of thinking, so I didn’t know what Jared meant. All I knew was that this child belonged to me alone.

Anthony never had any feelings for me to begin with. If Grandpa were still alive, I could probably stay by Anthony’s side for a few more years, but he was gone, so I didn’t have the confidence to continue holding onto him.

Risking my child to do it wasn’t a wise choice.

Silence stretched out between us before I spoke again. “Since I’m pregnant now, I’m afraid I’ll have to trouble you for the time being. As for everything else, I have my own plans. Thank you, Dr. Crest.”

He probably thought I didn’t understand him as a crease formed between his brows, but he didn’t say any more.

He sighed. “I have something to do later on. Remember to eat your medicine. I’ll take off first.”

After seeing him off, I didn’t eat the bowl of ginger carrot soup Anthony cooked for me as my stomach felt slightly uncomfortable. Perhaps it was because I was still in the early stage of pregnancy, I didn’t have any morning sickness, but I really didn’t have an appetite.

I had just gone back to the bedroom and lay down on the bed when my phone rang. It was an unknown number, but I picked it up anyway.

Half a beat passed before the person on the other end spoke. “It’s me, Rylee!”

I blinked in surprise, then frowned. “Do you need something from me, Ms. Lorraine?”

“Let’s talk! I’ve sent you the address!”

Before I had the chance to refute, the line went dead.

I couldn’t fathom why Rylee was looking for me now.

I bet it had something to do with Anthony though.

But what made her think that I would rush over to meet her just because she told me to? Looking at the address she sent to me, I took a screenshot and sent it to Anthony with a single sentence beneath it. Ms. Lorraine asked me to meet her, but I was afraid that I might get triggered and end up punching her, so I declined.

Anthony called me not long after the message was delivered.

I answered the call and leaned on the balcony railing while enjoying the scenery, then said in a carefree voice, “Yes, Mr. Featherstone?”

After saying this, I could almost picture the frown on his face. “Where are you?” he asked in an unhappy tone.

“Home.”

“Mm.” There was a brief pause. “Rest well at home!”

I nodded. “Okay.”

It seemed that he had read my message. After ending the call, I couldn’t sleep and had nothing to do, so I went to his study out of boredom.

As I was constantly occupied by work previously, I rarely had time to look through the books here. Now that I had some time off, I deserved to laze around for a bit.

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