Chapter 1


    Chapter 1 A Bolt From The Blue


    A searing pain shot through her arm. It was unbearable.


    ire Williams licked her chapped lips and tried to open her eyes but couldn''t.


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    Her eyelids felt hot and heavy. She heard a muffled voice as she stirred on the bed. Sometimes the


    voice sounded loud and clear and at times it softened, confusing her.


    "Gosh, poor thing! The girl''s family refused to give her anesthesia. I wonder why they hate her so


    much."


    "Yes. She has thirty stitches on her arm. I feel the pain just by looking at it."


    After a long while, ire slowly opened her eyes and found herself lying in a hospital bed. Her eyes


    widened in horror when she saw the IV drip pinching her skin. She soon realized what had happened.


    Sierra Brooks had asked her to go shopping with her. But she had brought her only to carry the


    shopping bags for her.


    Sierra often ordered ire to do her chores, and thetter always obeyed her. That was the case even


    now.


    On the way back, Sierra drove the car and ire was sitting in the back seat. The next moment, the


    car crashed.


    The car ident shed in her mind. ire''s heart was drumming in her chest. She broke into a cold


    sweat. The fear wracked her nerves.


    Her body trembled. She frantically looked around and realized no one else was in the ward.


    Just as she was about to sit up, she heard sound of footsteps outside the ward.


    ire turned around and saw a tall figure. Her heart fluttered as she realized it was the person whom


    she had missed a lot.


    "Darren!" she cried with joy.


    Darren Sampson was her husband. They had been married for three years. She liked him even though


    they barely saw each other.


    ire thought he hade to visit her after knowing about the car ident. She knew it. He cared


    about her.


    But the next second, the man hurried away, not bothering to even look at her.


    ire''s smile vanished in an instant.


    She immediately pulled the needle out of her arm and ran after him.


    "Darren..."


    Thinking he hadn''t heard her, ire shouted his name and ran after him all the way to the next ward.


    However, she stopped short the next moment.


    Sierra, the woman who always pretended to be weak in front of Darren, was lying on the bed. Her left


    wrist was wrapped with gauze; tears streamed down her face. Her eyes were puffy and bloodshot; she


    looked pitiful.


    Darren''s elder sister, Bonita Sampson, and his mother Elora Sampson were also present in the ward.


    The three of them surrounded Sierra and looked after her, ignoring ire.


    ire was visibly startled when she saw them.


    She had stupidly believed Darren was here to visit her.


    The four of them unanimously turned to look at ire. Her well-dressed mother-inw stood up first.


    "ire, you''re just in time," she said haughtily. "Turn yourself in to the police and tell them you caused


    the ident."


    "That''s right. Take the me for Sierra," Bonita chimed in.


    "What?" ire recoiled in shock.


    Anger surged through her veins.


    She took a deep breath and pointed at Sierra. "She hit someone! She caused the ident! Why should


    I take the me?"


    The Sampson family always treated her as a maid, and she had been used to it.


    Sierra always made things difficult for ire by joining hands with the Sampson family.


    However, ire endured all the pain and suffering to retain her marriage with Darren. After all, she had


    married into the Sampson family to win Darren''s heart.


    But these people had crossed all their limits today. She couldn''t believe they would ask her to take the


    me for the pretentious woman.


    "I''m so sorry. It''s all my fault. I didn''t expect to cause such an ident." Sierra covered her face and


    burst into tears. "I''m willing to go to jail to atone for my sins. If the victim''s family members don''t forgive


    me, I''m ready to pay for it with my life. But..."


    She sniffed loudly and stroked her belly. "I... I''m pregnant with Darren''s child," she said, looking at him


    tenderly. "I can''t let my child suffer because of me."


    ire''s heart leaped to her throat.


    Sierra''s words were like a bolt from the blue.


    ire couldn''t believe it. How could she be pregnant with Darren''s child?