CHAPTER 78: CHAPTER 078: MOVEMENTS OF THE FETUS

"I am just that kind of person, petty and ruthless... Sixth Master, now that you know how ugly I am, it would be better to keep your distance from me in the future, so as not to disgust you."

"You..." Adrian Desmond was rendered speechless by her words.

Adrian Desmond found that Sienna Johnson always had the ability to make him irritable, lose his rationality, and feel angry. "Mai, shut up! If you don’t shut up, I can’t guarantee I won’t strangle you!"

Sienna Johnson was standing barefoot on the chair, hugging her knees. She was so thin and small that Adrian Desmond could almost enclose her in his arms with one arm.

"Adrian, I want to return to the island."

"..."

"I’m pregnant. I can’t serve you anymore. Can Miss Carpenter serve you instead? I want to go back." She buried her head between her knees and said in a muffled voice.

He recalled what she had said earlier at Maxwell Bradford’s place—that she never wanted to see him again. Those were her true feelings! She genuinely didn’t want to see him anymore!

"Are you that eager to get rid of me?" Adrian Desmond’s voice suddenly turned as cold as iron.

"Adrian, one day, when I no longer love you, I won’t care if there’s a Miss Carpenter, a Miss Wang, or a Miss Li by your side..."

Because she loved him, she cared. Because she cared, she couldn’t tolerate it. Adrian Desmond would never understand such emotions from her.

"..."

"Don’t do such foolish things again in the future. A woman like me isn’t worth it."

Although Sienna Johnson didn’t know the exact value of Adrian Desmond’s trading fleet, seeing the surprise and anger on Walter Klein’s face today, she knew it was definitely not a small sum.

"Mai, can a heart that loves someone be taken back simply by wanting to?"

"I can!" Even if I can’t, I have to. Sienna Johnson said firmly.

He was the first to look away, the depths of his eyes unreadable, but his tone had noticeably softened. "I know you can. If I let you go, you’d forget me in an instant and find another man to marry!"

"People have to keep living, don’t they? And to live, one must look forward, mustn’t one?"

"Mai, no one in this world has it easy, but you’ll manage just fine," he retorted sarcastically.

"If you don’t treat yourself well, who else will?" she said in a hoarse voice.

"I like you, and I won’t let you go. Besides..." Adrian Desmond’s gaze paused on Sienna Johnson’s abdomen. She was curled up, so he couldn’t see her stomach clearly, but he spotted a dark stain on the black leather chair.

It was the scent of blood!

"Are you hurt?" Adrian Desmond picked Sienna Johnson up and looked closely. It was indeed blood. "Why are you bleeding? Where are you injured?"

Sienna Johnson only felt a slight pain in her lower abdomen. "I’m fine, just a little tired. I want to sleep." After saying this, she struggled to get out of Adrian Desmond’s embrace, but he wouldn’t let her.

"To the hospital!" Adrian Desmond ordered Walter Klein, who was driving.

Walter Klein glanced in the rearview mirror, a confused expression on his face, but he still obeyed the order and drove the car to the hospital.

"Adrian, my stomach hurts."

"..."

"Is it the baby... Is your pregnancy threatened?"

After Sienna Johnson became pregnant, Adrian Desmond had bought a pile of books about pregnancy. His theoretical knowledge was almost on par with an Obstetrician and Gynecologist. Although he didn’t know exactly what was wrong with Sienna, he knew that bleeding during pregnancy was definitely not a good sign.

"I don’t know..." Sienna Johnson shook her head, but she had a bad feeling. The baby in her womb was less than three months old and couldn’t withstand much jolting or agitation; tonight had been too terrifying.

"..."

"Adrian, I... I think... my stomach really, really hurts." As the pain in her lower abdomen intensified, Sienna Johnson also sensed that something was seriously wrong.

"To the hospital!" Adrian Desmond instructed Walter Klein.

"Yes." Walter Klein understood the gravity of the situation. Setting aside his prejudice against Sienna Johnson, he made a sharp U-turn and sped towards the nearest hospital.

「Early morning, the sky was just beginning to lighten.」 Most people were still asleep, and there were very few vehicles on the road, only a few sanitation workers at the curbside. Walter Klein drove at top speed; a journey that normally took more than ten minutes, he completed in less than ten.

To save time, Walter Klein drove the car directly into the hospital lobby. Fortunately, there weren’t many people around so early in the morning; otherwise, he would have undoubtedly hit someone.

"Sixth Master, I’ll go get a doctor right away."

Just as Walter Klein got out of the car, doctors and nurses, hearing the commotion, hurried over. One of the middle-aged doctors saw Walter Klein and reprimanded him, "This is a hospital! How could you drive a car in here? What if you hit someone?"

"Doctor, our Madam might be experiencing pregnancy complications. Please take a look at her," Walter Klein said urgently.

The doctor glanced at the person inside the car and was immediately intimidated by Adrian Desmond’s fierce gaze, swallowing the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

Adrian Desmond got out of the car with Sienna in his arms and said, "My wife is experiencing complications with her pregnancy, and she’s bleeding. She keeps saying her stomach hurts."

The doctor on duty happened to be an Obstetrician and Gynecologist. After assessing Sienna Johnson’s condition, he knew it was critical and had no time to argue about them driving into the hospital.

A nurse had already wheeled over a gurney, and Adrian Desmond placed Sienna Johnson on it. Sienna curled up her body. Initially, the pain had been mild, but now it had magnified and intensified. Sienna was in so much agony that she bit through her own lip.

"Adrian, our child will be okay, right?"

Compared to the physical agony, the fear of losing the baby was far more terrifying. It hadn’t seemed so severe just moments ago, but now her skirt was stained red. Even though Sienna Johnson wasn’t an Obstetrician and Gynecologist, she knew her current situation was critical.

"It’ll be fine, it’ll be fine..." Adrian Desmond’s words clearly lacked conviction.

Hearing the lack of conviction in his tone, Sienna panicked. "Adrian, if anything happens to my baby, I don’t want to live anymore either!"

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

"I’m not talking nonsense! I want this child! If this child is gone, I don’t want to live anymore either!" Sienna’s hand, resting on her lower abdomen, trembled. The mere thought of losing this child was unbearable to her.

"I promise you, the child will be fine."

Adrian Desmond’s panic subsided in the face of Sienna’s desperate words. "Walter, go! Get all the best Obstetricians and Gynecologists here for me!"

"Sixth Master, the best Obstetrician and Gynecologist is already at our home."

Adrian Desmond had hired a doctor for Sienna as soon as he found out she was pregnant. It was only after Walter’s reminder that he remembered. "Quick! Get Dr. Thompson over here immediately!"

"Yes."

As a nurse was about to push Sienna into the operating room, Sienna clutched Adrian Desmond’s hand tightly, her tear-filled eyes pleading, "Adrian, promise me our baby will be okay?"

"Okay, I promise you!"

Adrian Desmond kissed her forehead, and Sienna finally released his hand. He watched as the nurse pushed her into the operating room. He froze for a moment, then rushed after her, only to be shut out by the operating room doors.