Chapter 4

Ethan's brows were furrowed, and his eyes were dark and unfathomable.

"The child in your belly exists to save Vanessa. In the end, you are nothing more than a vessel for a child."

The double betrayal by my lover and family was like an invisible hand that pushed me into an abyss.

After Ethan finished speaking, his mother stepped forward and forcefully pried my hands apart.

Seeing that I wouldn't let go, my mother kicked me hard in the shin.

"Stop wasting your breath talking to her, get her to the hospital right now, Vanessa is waiting for cord blood to save her life!"

I immediately knelt down on the ground with a thud.

I don't know if it's because the medicine prescribed by the hospital is working, but I also felt a sharp pain in my abdomen.

Ethan didn't even glance at me, but simply picked me up and carried me out quickly.

Just as I was about to be dragged into the car.

Suddenly a patrol car slowly drove up, and a familiar figure got out of the car.

What are you doing?

A man in uniform looked us over warily.

I know him; he's Daniel Brooks, who's in charge of patrolling this area.

Daniel's questioning gaze fell on me.

Where are you taking a pregnant woman?

"save"

I was about to speak when my mother reached out and forcefully covered my mouth.

"Do you still feel like throwing up? Hold on, Mom will take you to the hospital right away."

After saying that, Mom looked at Daniel again.

Ethan held me tightly, trapping my hands in his arms.

"My wife's water broke, she's about to give birth, and we're just about to take her to the hospital!"

As if afraid Daniel wouldn't believe her, the mother even took out a household registration booklet.

"Officer, look, this is our family's household registration information. We are definitely not human traffickers!"

Daniel glanced at us and immediately made way for us.

"Then you'd better hurry! Giving birth can't be delayed. Do you want me to clear the way for you?"

Ethan quickly waved his hand.

"No need, we've already contacted the hospital!"

After saying that, Ethan immediately shoved me into the car and slammed the door shut.

As I stared at the locked car door, the last glimmer of hope in my heart turned into endless despair.

As soon as my mother got on the bus, she slapped me hard across the face.

"You actually want to call the police? Are you trying to force Vanessa to die before you're satisfied?"

My mother's words were like a sharp knife stabbing me in the back, tearing my heart to pieces.

I did nothing wrong, but I'm always the one who ends up in the wrong!

Ethan sped through three red lights to get to the hospital.

As soon as I arrived at the hospital, I was dragged into the operating room.

Lying on the cold operating table, I couldn't stop trembling.

"What you are doing is illegal."

My mother sneered and directly instructed the doctor to inject me with a sedative.

“You are my biological daughter, I gave you your life. Now I'm just asking you to take out your umbilical cord blood to save your sister. What law have I broken?”

Dad rolled his eyes at me too.

"Claire, Vanessa is your sister. I asked you to save your own sister, but you kept making excuses. You're such an ingrate! I should never have brought you back in the first place!"

To prevent me from struggling, Ethan strapped me tightly to the operating table with bandages.

I could even feel the rope digging into my flesh as it tightened around my wrists.

Just then, the doctor walked up to Ethan with a surgical informed consent form.

"Ethan, the baby is perfectly healthy now. Forcing surgery could cause irreversible damage to both the mother and the baby. Are you sure you want to deliver the baby at eight months of pregnancy?"

Ethan didn't even glance at me before taking the consent form and signing his name on it.

At that moment, I felt as if I had fallen into an ice cave.

The doctor put away the signed surgical consent form and then looked at Ethan.

"Ethan, the surgery is about to begin. Please go outside and wait!"

Ethan shook his head.

"No, I need to see Vanessa's medication removed with my own eyes before I can feel at ease."

Ethan's words were like needles piercing my heart.

In his eyes, I and the child in my belly were nothing more than medicine.

My mother was afraid that anesthesia would affect the umbilical cord blood, so she wouldn't allow the doctor to use anesthesia on me and insisted that the doctor perform a live C-section.

The moment the scalpel made its cut, I could clearly feel my stomach being ripped open while I was still alive, and my bones and muscles felt like they were being crushed, the pain was excruciating.

My heart-wrenching screams echoed throughout the operating room, but not a single one of my loved ones or family members worried about me for even a moment.

I clenched my teeth, and the sound almost came from between them.

"Even if you get the umbilical cord blood, you still can't save Wen Yao."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than the doctor's voice rang out.

"It's out! The baby's been delivered!"

Just as a smile appeared on everyone's faces, they heard the doctor's terrified voice.

"Something's happened to the baby! The umbilical cord blood has died!"