Chapter 4

Melissa tugged at Logan's sleeve from behind.

"Logan, don't be like this. No matter what, she's still carrying your child. She deserves to be treated preciously."

Logan, usually so quick-tempered, softened a bit at her words.

Though when he looked at me, his eyes still held disdain.

"If you could be even half as considerate as Melissa, we wouldn't be in this situation!"

Exhausted in body and spirit, I had no energy left to argue with them.

Just as I was about to lie down and rest, Melissa approached me with her cat.

She bent down close to me. "Willow, I know..."

Midway through her sentence, the cat in her arms suddenly jumped onto my belly.

A piercing pain made me bolt upright.

Startled, the cat began jumping frantically around the hospital room.

"Whiskers!"

Melissa panicked, desperately trying to catch the cat.

The room descended into chaos.

I clutched my belly, face pale, leaning against the pillow.

In her attempt to catch the cat, Melissa lunged toward my belly again.

The violent cramping forced me to push her away.

Melissa stumbled backward and fell to the ground.

She hit the cabinet beside her hard, and a lump immediately swelled on her forehead.

Logan rushed to help her up. "Melissa, are you okay!"

His eyes were only on Melissa. He didn't even notice I was in too much pain to make a sound.

I laughed bitterly to myself.

If the baby were still here, Melissa and her cat's double assault would have been enough to cause complications during delivery.

Melissa sniffled and wiped away her tears pitifully.

"Logan, I'm fine. Just help me catch Whiskers!"

The cat, which had been in the room just moments ago, suddenly jumped onto the windowsill, then leaped out and disappeared.

Melissa screamed and rushed to the window. "Whiskers! My Whiskers!"

Logan's heart ached for her.

Just as he opened his mouth to comfort her, Melissa suddenly charged at me.

"Willow, why are you so vicious!"

"I only asked Logan to help find Whiskers, but you got so jealous you deliberately made her jump out of my arms! Don't you know you could kill her!"

"You cat murderer!"

She grabbed my arm and shook me violently.

Her hand also secretly pinched hard into my arm.

I winced in pain, wanting to shake her off, but I had no strength left. I could only grit my teeth and look at her.

"I didn't do anything."

Melissa pulled the same trick again, her body suddenly falling backward.

Fortunately, Logan reacted in time and caught her waist, preventing her from falling.

Melissa leaned into his embrace, tears falling at will. "Logan, I can't live without Whiskers!"

Logan gently comforted her with a few words.

After helping her sit down, he turned to me with a face like iron and yanked me down from the bed.

My body hit the ground hard.

But he just kept dragging me toward Melissa.

"Willow, apologize to Melis—"

Halfway through his sentence, he noticed something wrong and whipped his head around.

Only then did he realize my heavily pregnant belly had deflated by half.

His face instantly turned pale, his voice trembling.

"Your... your belly? What happened? The baby... where's the baby!"

At that moment, the hospital room door was kicked open.

The driver rushed in, quickly helping me up from the floor, glaring furiously at Logan.

"The baby is gone! Died on the highway where you abandoned her!"