Chapter 290 I Will Live
"No, Susie. I won''t agree with you.” After a while, Julian replied through a hoarse voice, "I''m the
father t o the baby, so I''ve got the right to decide as well. I won''t let you keep the baby."
"Don''t force me, Julian." Susan bit her lower lips. "If you take the baby away from me, I won’t live.
So you have only two options right now. Either the baby or you lose both of us. You make the call."
Julian''s hands began to shake uncontrobly. "Why must you do this to me, Susie?"
A wisp of guilt shed across Susan’s eyes. She then said nkly, "I don''t have another choice,
Julian. I don''t have another choice."
Everyone wanted to abort the baby, and she was the only one her baby could rely on. She had to
protect him at all cost.
If the situation required her to save Julian with her own life, she''d do it without any hesitation.
Susan knew it was a tough decision to make, and it clearly hurt him a lot. However, the pain she
was going through was no less than him .
She would never give up on the baby no matter what, even if it would cost her own life.
"Susie, you''d rather choose the baby over all of us?"
Jacob croaked out, his voiceced with pain.
"Are you forcing me to, Jacob?” Susan''s face turned even paler.
Jacob had a lot of things to say in his mind but his words were all stuck in his throat when he saw
Susan''s ashen face.
No one was in more pain and felt more pressure than Susan did. Everything he said now would only
add salt to the wound.
"How about this, Susie,” Madam Shaw interrupted.
Her countenance had softened up, and she looked much calmer right now. "If you really want to
have a child so much, maybe you and Julian can try to do it via in-vitro fertilization."
"Mom?" Julian sounded shocked.
''Wasn’t she insisting on finding us a surrogate mother earlier? What changed her mind?''
"Well, looking at the bright side, even if it is possible for the baby to inherit heart disease, he or she
may survive as well. See, Jacob is the best example here. Although his condition is critical, he still
made it," Madam Shaw with a hint of pride in her voice. "As the descendant of the Shaws, I believe
that the baby is not inferior to others. I''ve got confidence that even if he inherits the cardiac disorder,
he''d be able to pull it through."
After that, she turned over to Susan and offered her a genuine smile. "That being said, I suggest
you abort the baby, Susie. You and Julian will have another child in the future."
No one had expected Madam Shaw to make suchpromises. It didn''t quite go in line with her
style o f doing things.
Susan was stunned for a moment as a surge of warmth bloomed within her. She replied softly,
"Every baby is an independent individual, and no matter how many kids Julian and I will have in the
future, none of them can rece this one inside of me right now. Mom, you''re a mother as well. I''m
sure you can understand me. This baby is my blood and flesh. If you take him out of me, I''ll die."
Madam Shaw opened her mouth and wanted to say something but no words coulde out.
In the end, she could only heave a long sigh. She tried t o imagine herself in Susan’s situation. ''If I
was the one who encountered such a situation, would I agree to abort the baby?''
Obviously, the answer was no. She''d do everything she could to protect the baby as well, just like
Susan did.
Perhaps this was the difference between a mother and a father.
For a mother, the baby was her flesh and blood, and it transcended the boundary of life.
As for the father, without going through the period of carrying the baby inside of them for ten
months, it would be difficult for them to fathom the feeling of a mother although the father loved the
child as ewll. 1 "Have you made up your mind, Susie?" Madam Shaw asked.
Susan nodded without any hesitation.
Madam Shae sighed, "After the baby is born, and after you''ve been discharged from the hospital, I''ll
bring you back to Skyking City to honor our ancestors."
Skyking City was where the Straws'' ancestral house was. It was the root of the Straws. They had
just moved to Ningcheng City for just a few generations.
Madam Shaw had never mentioned bringing her back to the ancestral home in Skyking City since
Susan married Julian. Susan had also never seen the other members of the Straws as well.
Now that Madam Shaw mentioned that she’d bring her back to the ancestral home in Skyking City,
she was telling her that if she survived, then she’d recognize her as her daughter-inw.
Susan knew this was Madam Shaw’s way of encouraging her. A gentle and pretty smile crossed her
face as she replied, "Thank you, Mom. I’ll live, I promise.”
Madam Shaw had said everything in her mind, and the anger hadpletely left her face. By the
time she walked out of their house, she sighed with emotion and there was only a serene
expression on her face.
Perhaps when it came to children, only women would understand a woman.
"Ohm... I''ve got something to do at thepany, so I''ll take my leave," Seth said. The tension was
still hanging heavily in the air, and as he rose to his feet, h e tugged at Jacob at the same time.
Pressing his lips tight, Jacob looked as if he wanted to say something. However, he didn''t say
anything in the end and just left with Seth in silence.
Mama Jean did not want to disturb Susan and Julian a s well, so she returned to her own room.
There was only Susan and Julian left in the living room. Both of them looked at each other silently.
This time, Susan took the initiative and shattered the silence first.
"Please forgive me, Julian."
"I don''t want you to apologize to me." Julian’s voice was raw and raspy, "I just want you, Susie.”
"Julian.” Susan went forward and held Julian''s hand." I''ve got a 5% chance of not inheriting the
cardiac disorder. Even if I did inherit the disorder, there''s also a 20% chance that the heart attack
wouldn''t happen duringbor. Even if it did, there may be a miracle as well. Therefore, I won''t leave
you, Julian. However, if w e abort the baby now, he''ll be gone forever.
"I''ve never done any bad deeds throughout my life so I''m certain that God won''t treat me so badly. I
believe
I''ll be fine. The baby will be fine. We still have a long way to go, Julian. None of us is allowed to
leave anyone behind."
"None of us is allowed to leave anyone behind? You promise?" Julian looked into Susan''s eyes.
"I promise, Julian. Both the baby and I will survive," Susan affirmed.
Even though there were countless probabilities telling her that the chance of everything going fine
was extremely low, she reckoned that since she had decided to take the bet, she''d strengthen her
belief to give more hope to herself and the people who cared about her.
She''d definitely survive. There was nothing that could stop her froming back to her beloved
family.
Looking at the determination that red on Susan''s face, Julian could do nothing but give her a
silent hug.
When Susan returned the hug, she realized that Julian was shaking. The man who triumphed
through the world of business... The man feared nothing and no one was shaking.
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Susan tightened her arms.
''Julian... he''s shaking...''
Susan could only wrap her arm around Julian even tighter and tell him that no matter how small the
chance was, she and the baby would try their best to stay alive.
After all, nobody would want to die if they could live.
Most of the time, Susan was not a stubborn person. However, when she decided on something, no
one could change her mind. It took Julian three days to ept the cruel truth.
If the miracle did not happen, then the few months of Susan carrying the baby might very well be
thest few months they could spend together.