Chapter 37 – His Second Chance Love: The Freezing Silence

I could feel him stiffen as he stubbed his cigarette out. He turned around, and with some hostility in his voice, he asked, “When did it start?”

I was stunned. Did he mean how I was rejecting him?

Lowering my head, I gritted my teeth and uttered, “Maybe after the miscarriage…”

His relationship with Rylee will always be like a knife lodged in my heart. Even as time passed, the wound only festers.

Taking a long look at me, he pushed past me and commented, “I’ll wait in the study room.”

Instinctively, I grabbed his arm. I pleaded, “Did you buy over Macy’s bar for Rylee? Macy was framed. Can you help me?”

I knew he would be furious if I asked him now. After all, I did not satisfy him, but I could not delay the question any longer.

He lowered his gaze and matched mine. His eyes narrowed, and he scoffed coldly, “Did you come back because of that?”

Startled by the look in his eyes, I fervently shook my head and denied, “No, I…”

“You wanted to persuade me with your body. Is that why you allowed me to do whatever I wanted to you?” He chuckled and mocked me, “Sienna, don’t you even realize that you are no longer attracted to me?”

I shook my head. Regardless, while his words made me flustered, he was right.

Staring back at him, I choked, “Anthony, you have Rylee and many other friends. However, I have no one else but Macy. Please, I beg you.”

“Haha!” He sneered, “You don’t have anything but Macy? Sienna, what a surprise!”

He was evidently livid. However, I had no other solution for this.

If I had another way out, I would never have asked him. Unfortunately, he was my only way of helping Macy.

Grasping his hand, I looked away from his furious gaze. I bit my lips, and with tears in my eyes, I apologized, “Anthony, I can only plead with you. I’m sorry.”

The temperature in the room had dropped several degrees, and with the little clothes I had on, I was chilled to the bone.

Anthony saw me falling into despair, and his anger slowly dissipated. After a pause, he sighed. He grabbed my arm and sternly ordered, “Go to the bathroom.”

I was taken aback but quickly realized what he meant. At that instance, he carried me bridal style and headed for the bathroom.

“Sienna.” He called out hoarsely.

I turned to look at him with teary eyes. He lowered his head and covered my eyes.

I gasped, “Anthony, please be more gentle!”

I was afraid that something would happen to my baby.

Suddenly, I felt a throbbing pain in my lower abdomen. Startled, I stammered, “Anthony, please stop. I’m…bleeding.”

He froze and lowered his head to see a pool of blood that had accumulated at my feet.

I twitched in pain and tugged his arm. With sweat dripping off my forehead, I panted, “Hurry, take me to the hospital!”

The sensation I felt this time was a different type of pain.

Anthony’s mood dropped instantly, and his gaze scattered. He took a towel beside him and wiped off the water on my body before he carried me out.

Laying me on the bed, he searched for his clothes and dressed me with them. Then, he called Jared. I grabbed the end of his shirt and huffed in pain, “There’s not much time left. Anthony, you need to take me to the hospital now!”

“F***!” This was the first time I had ever heard him curse.

He immediately carried me to the car and started the engine. His eyes darkened, and his lips were pressed into a thin line. I could not tell what he was feeling.

Along the way, he sped and ignored many red lights. When we finally arrived at the hospital, he rushed me inside, and a nurse greeted us with a wheelchair.

“What happened?” Someone in the crowd asked anxiously.

Anthony coldly glanced at me and demanded, “Sienna, will you tell them, or should I tell them?”

My heart pounded wildly, and I broke out in cold sweat. Despite so, the pain in my lower abdomen left me with no choice. I grabbed the nurse beside me and exclaimed, “I’ve been pregnant for less than two months, and there are signs of a miscarriage. Please make sure I’ll be able to keep the child!”

The nurse nodded understandingly and comforted me, “Don’t worry, we’ll bring you to the operating room first.”

In the midst of the chaos, I gradually loss consciousness.

I felt an overwhelming sense of regret for being so careless. Initially, I thought I would be fine since I had been to the hospital several times before but ended up fine.

However… When I woke up, the sky was dark.

The moment I opened my eyes, a man’s sleeping face caught my attention. There were dark eye circles around his eyes, and light stubble appeared around his chin.

He was here the whole time?

I looked around to see four white walls. This was the hospital ward.

Out of instinct, I stretched out my hand and touched my tummy uneasily. Fortunately, there was still a slight bulge on my stomach, and it no longer hurt.

“You’re awake?” The man beside me gruffly commented.

I was momentarily stunned. When I turned to look in his direction, I realized that Anthony was awake. He got out of the chair and walked to my side to pour a glass of water.

He placed the cup on my bedside table. “Do you want some water?”

His emotions were hard to decipher, and I cautiously asked, “Am I still pregnant?”

His pair of obsidian eyes pierced through my soul. He looked cold and terrifying. My heart was palpitating extremely fast as I widened my eyes and waited for his response.

He took some time before breaking the silence, “How long were you planning to hide it from me?”

There was no good answer to his question. Given this situation, there was no use in arguing with him. I held back my tears and stammered, “Rylee forced you to make me abort the child by threatening suicide. I could not bear to do it, so…”

I saw his expression turn ugly, but I continued, “I didn’t want to lie to you. If you don’t want anything to do with the baby, we can get a divorce. Once we file for it, we can go our separate ways. I will not let the baby affect your future with Rylee, don’t worry.”

“Sienna!” He raged, and his eyes burned with anger. “Do I seem so pathetic to you that you don’t even think I’m worthy as the father of our child?”

Taken aback by his words, I croaked, “It’s nothing of that sort. I was only worried that you wanted nothing to do with the baby given your relationship with Rylee…”

“Therefore, you decided to call the shots on your own?” He sneered. I was sure that he would tear me into bits if I were not lying in the hospital bed then. “Sienna, listen up. That is my child, and you better bring the child up well.”

This was the first time I witnessed Anthony ever being angry and yet happy at the same time.

Judging from his reaction, it was clear that I was still pregnant, so I kept my silence.

Not long after, a doctor in a white coat walked in and explained the situation. He awkwardly looked at Anthony and advised, “The first trimester of a pregnancy is a crucial period. You should try to control yourself during this time.”

I bit my lips and watched Anthony nod with an uneasy look on his face.

Luckily, there was nothing wrong with the fetus. The bleeding was only caused by the stress I was under recently.

The doctor gave some advice before he left Anthony and me in silence.

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