Chapter 3

As the second blow was about to land, someone suddenly burst in. He stopped the bodyguard. "Young Master Derek, Miss Amelia isn't someone you can touch now." "Stop and apologize to Miss Amelia. It might make your life easier later." Tessa looked uneasy at the sight of the bodyguard, but she said nothing.

Derek, however, stared at the intruder for a long time before speaking, "I see you're familiar. You're my brother's bodyguard."

With that, Derek suddenly grabbed the stick from the bodyguard and smashed it over his head. "How dare you meddle with my affairs." Blood gushed from the bodyguard's head as he collapsed on the ground.

Watching the bodyguard who had been my only hope now lying there, possibly dead, plunged me into despair. "Derek, please, I'm sorry. Spare the child in my belly."

I was desperate, crying as I spoke. Derek glanced at the smartphone, then at me, and instructed the bodyguard to release me from the bed. "Now kneel in front of me and tell me what you did wrong."

"If the live stream audience forgives you, then I will too." Clutching my aching belly, I painfully crawled to Derek and knelt before him. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have betrayed you or gotten pregnant. I'm at fault." "But the child is innocent. Please, spare him."

Derek looked at my pitiful state and said nothing. Instead, he connected with a netizen's microphone. A furious voice came from the other end of the smartphone. "You deserve to be punished. Show no mercy."

"Are you kneeling here to confess your mistakes?"

"If the viewers in the live streaming room forgive you, then so will I."

Clutching my agonizing stomach, I painfully crawled to Derek's feet and knelt.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have been unfaithful, and I shouldn't have gotten pregnant. I've made terrible mistakes."

"But the child is innocent. Please, I'm begging you, spare him."

Derek surveyed my disheveled state in silence. Instead, he randomly connected a viewer's mic.

An outraged voice burst through the smartphone.

"You deserve to be punished, you wretched woman. Someone should teach you a lesson."

Tessa approached Derek and spoke with deliberate calm,

"Derek, see, your sister-in-law is still unwilling to give up the child and won't disclose the father's identity."

"It seems she hasn't truly realized her mistakes."

Their conversation made my face go pale. But for the sake of my child, I had to fight.

I endured the pain and abruptly stood up, racing toward the exit.

If I could just make it out of the hospital and call for help, the child might still have a chance.

Just as I was about to escape through the hospital doors, Derek grabbed my hair from behind.

He yanked me back with such force, I felt my scalp tearing apart.

"You're still thinking of running away, are you?"

"Without a lesson, you won't learn."

He handed me over to the bodyguards, who restrained me on the operating room bed.

"Doctor, perform the procedure and remove the child."

The medical team prepared to administer an anesthetic, but Derek stopped them.

"She's disgraced herself, and the child is illegitimate. No need for anesthetic."

Under the harsh lights of the operating room, I whispered weakly,

"Derek, you'll regret this."

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Derek listened indifferently and remarked,

"After this, you might even thank me. You know, you're famous now."

"You'll be the first person on the internet to stream an abortion live."

I was utterly despondent.

I'm sorry, child, your mother doesn't have the strength to protect you.

The nurse's eyes showed hesitation, but she had to proceed due to the boss's authority.

The sharp pain of the scalpel cutting through my skin made me scream in agony.

But Derek impatiently stuffed a cloth into my mouth.