‘Everything should stay the same. We will get a divorce once the baby is a year old.’ Clara glanced at her still-flat stomach and thought to herself.- Clara thought that there wouldn’t be any contact between them after they got the certificates that day. Their life would continue as usual. She hadn’t expected Wilson to show up at her store on the day of her pregnancy checkup. “Why are you…” Clara looked at Wilson with wide eyes. “Aren’t you going for the pregnancy check-up? I will accompany you to all future pregnancy checkups.”Clara was dumbfounded. It meant that he would show up at her place pretty frequently in the future. “You don’t have to do that. I’m fine going alone,” Clara quickly said. “It’s not just to accompany you. It’s also to accompany our child.” Wilson said, “I didn’t do this when you were pregnant with Yanny, and you guys suffered a lot. I don’t want that to happen again. At least, give me a chance to take up the responsibility of a father.” Clara wa
“We have to visit the specialists in Solaria Maternity Hospital,” Clara said.“Solaria Maternity Hospital?” Wilson frowned. He had a hunch that the local clinic couldn’t handle Clara’s condition. “What’s wrong? Is there something wrong with your health?” “The check-up procedure here is not suitable for me as I had a liver transplant.” Clara took out her phone and logged into the hospital’s registration system. However, she couldn’t get a slot as every specialist’s schedule was full for the week. She could only try to snatch a slot once the registration was open for the following week. Her expression darkened, and she decided to ask for help from Serenity to get a slot after pondering for a moment. She was about to call Serenity when she heard Wilson. “Wilson speaking. I want a consultation slot with a specialist in Solaria Maternity Hospital. Yes, today, preferably in the morning!” Clara looked up to see Wilson speaking into the phone. After hanging up the phone, he sai
Although Clara had also thought about abortion, it was unbearable for her to hear it from a bystander.She couldn’t give up the pregnancy as she had decided to give birth to this child after a lot of mental preparation. “I don’t want to terminate the pregnancy,” Clara said. Wilson’s expression turned darker when he heard that. He had wanted to terminate the pregnancy when he heard that Clara would be in danger. He cared about the new life, but he cared more about Clara’s life. He had almost lost Clara to liver cancer. It had taken him a lot of effort to pull her back from the brink of death. He couldn’t stand the possibility of losing her again. “Clara, why don’t you just listen to the doctor? No one knows what could happen to you if the child grows bigger. We still have Yanny. What would happen to him if something happened to you?” ‘What would I do?!’ However, Wilson didn’t say this out loud. Clara’s heart sank when she thought of Yannick and Mrs. Wells. She didn’t kn
No one talked on the way back. Wilson pulled up in front of Clara’s store. When Mrs. Wells saw Clara, she asked, “What took you so long? It’s been a day. How was your check-up? Is everything alright?” “I’m fine, Mom,” Clara said with a smile. “Fine? Are you still planning to hide it?” Wilson said and told Mrs. Wells everything that had happened in the hospital. Mrs. Wells became worried after listening to him. “Is it dangerous for you? Is there anything that we can do about it?” “Mom, you should advise Clara to get an abortion. I can adopt a child with her if she really wants to have another child. Anything is fine with me. I just don’t want anything more to happen to her.” Right now, Mrs. Wells couldn’t care less that Wilson had called her ‘Mom’. She looked at Clara and anxiously said, “Wilson has a point. I think you should get—” “Mom, it’s too early to make a decision. The doctor’s report is not out yet. If there’s a chance for this child to be born, I’ll regret it for
“Could you at least please try? You wouldn’t want anything to happen to Clara, right?” “What’s going on?” Serenity was taken aback.Wilson told Serenity about Helen’s diagnosis. “She wouldn’t listen to me. You’re her friend, and she’ll listen to you. Please persuade her to give up this child. I’m afraid that her body can’t withstand it when she reaches the last stage of pregnancy.” Wilson didn’t dare to imagine what might happen to Clara. After pondering for a moment, Serenity said thoughtfully, “Alright. I’ll find a time to talk to her, but I can’t promise that she’ll get an abortion.” “Great, that would help,” Wilson said gratefully.In the evening, Serenity told Jackson, “I plan to talk to Clare about this tomorrow.”“Are you going to persuade her to get an abortion?” Jackson asked. He could relate to Wilson’s feelings. When Serenity was pregnant with the triplets back then, the doctor had advised them to get a multifetal reduction surgery to ensure the safety of the mo
A lifetime wasn’t enough for Jackson to love Serenity. He hoped that he could love her more in their next life. He would protect her and wouldn’t let her suffer any harm. -Serenity visited Clara’s store the next day. Lisa was also there, but she was only there to chat with Clara. Nowadays, Lisa stayed home all day for the baby. Her life was very dull as she had stopped working. What she did every day was just eat, sleep, and watch TV. Lisa smiled when she saw Serenity. “It’s great that the three of us are all here today. We can even gamble if there are more of us. We can do that after our kids get married in the future. We can even make up a mini-casino.”Lisa’s words amused Clara. “Why are you always thinking about gambling? You want to gamble?” “Kind of. Let’s go to the casino after my baby is born!” Lisa said as she looked at Clara’s belly. “Clare, where do you plan to give birth to your baby? Do you want to go to the hospital I’m going to now? The doctors are not bad.”
Lisa lay down. Clara asked her mother to watch over the store, and she got into Serenity’s car.Serenity drove while Clara called Terry. “Terry, Lisa’s water broke, and we’re taking her to the hospital now.” “Is she alright?” Terry asked anxiously.“She’s pretty calm right now,” Clara said and handed the phone to Lisa. Lisa took a deep breath before saying, “Terry, the child and I will definitely be fine…You don’t have to be worried about us…Relax… Ask the driver to drive you to the hospital…” She didn’t forget to remind him because she was afraid that accidents would happen if he drove in a panic. “Alright. I know. Don’t be afraid. I’m here with you,” Terry said with a trembling voice. He was even more afraid than Lisa.Lisa continued to regulate her breath after the call was over while Clara kept talking and distracting her.Serenity couldn’t wait to rush to the hospital. Fortunately, the hospital wasn’t far from Clara’s store. They arrived safely after 20 minutes.
“No way!” Clara exclaimed. Serenity couldn’t stand straight. She took several sharp breaths and called Jackson with her trembling hands. She sobbed when she heard Jackson’s voice. “Jack, please think of a way. Lisa is having a difficult childbirth now. A few teams of doctors are already here, but are there still any other good obstetricians in Solaria? Could you help me to contact them? I can’t let anything happen to Lisa…” Serenity couldn’t stop sobbing. “Okay, don’t cry. I’ll think of something right away. Where are you now?” Jackson comforted her. Serenity told him the name of the hospital. “I’ll be right there.” Jackson hurriedly ended the call and left the meeting. The people present looked at each other in disbelief. They couldn’t understand what was happening. Connor chased after Jackson, “Mr. Valor, what about the meeting?” “Postpone the meeting. Immediately help me contact the city's top obstetricians and tell them to go to…” Jackson named the hospital wher