Chapter 326


    “I got it.” Toby nodded slightly. Tim stuck his hands into the pockets of his green scrubs before he


    walked off. A while after Tim left, a nurse helped Sonia out of the operating theater. The abortion


    was a non-surgical procedure, so Sonia didn’t need to be brought out in a stretcher. She could walk


    on her own, but she had to walk extremely slowly as her uterus felt extremely sore and painful. She


    seemed to wince with every step she took. Furthermore, her movements made her uterus hurt even


    more— her face was pale, and sweat dripped from her forehead by the time she walked out.


    Toby’s heart ached at the sight of her in pain. “Let me help you,” he offered. He reached an arm out


    to take over the nurse’s support, and the nurse didn’t stop him since she assumed that he was a


    family member. The nurse stepped aside after letting go of Sonia. However, before


    Toby could hold onto Sonia, Sonia quickly avoided his arm. “I’m fine. I can walk on my own!” she


    hissed in a weak voice. She held onto the walls and gritted her teeth as she shuffled to her room.


    The sight of the stubborn woman made Toby feel both sorry for and angry at her. His handsome


    face darkened as he spoke. “I know you don’t want to see me now, but you just got out of surgery.


    Even if you don’t like me, you shouldn’t risk your own health to fight me!” He bent down and carried


    her in his arms after he finished speaking.


    Sonia instinctively wrapped her arms around his neck, but she let go of him once she realized what


    was going on. “Let go of me!” she cried. Toby continued walking to the ward with a stern expression


    on his face as if he couldn’t hear her screams. She pounded her fists against his chest when she


    realized that he had no ns of letting her go. “I’m telling you to put me down, Toby. Can’t you hear


    me?”


    “Stop moving!” Toby tightened his grip on her as he looked down with a grim expression. “You just


    got out of surgery, so you shouldn’t be moving around too much. If you fall now, you’re the one


    who’s going to get injured, not me. Why would you make things hard for yourself?”


    She kept quiet after hearing his words. He’s right. Why should I make things hard for myself? I


    might as well treat him as a vehicle since he’s willing to transport me to my room. With that thought,


    Sonia became more obedient and no longer moved around in his arms. However, her body


    remained tense the entire time.


    His gaze darkened when he realized this. People often need support when they are at their


    weakest. Yet, she’s so tense even when she’s in my arms. It’s clear that she doesn’t treat me as


    someone she can rely on. Otherwise, she would’ve rxed, right?


    Silence filled the space between them as Toby brought Sonia back to the room. He lowered her into


    the bed and tucked her in. “Are you hungry?” he asked in a gentle voice.


    She was about to shake her head when her tummy responded to his question with a loud rumble.


    He chuckled when he heard this. “You should get some rest. I’ll go buy you some food.” He poured


    a ss of water and ced it beside her bed before he turned and left the room.


    The ward was silent after that. Sonia ran her hand across her belly, and she noticed that the slight


    bump in that area was no longer there.


    Her stomach was t once more—it felt almost like her entire pregnancy was nothing but her own


    imagination. However, she knew that it was real because she could still feel a faint ache in her


    uterus. The pain was proof that she once held a living being inside her.


    But that life is gone now, she thought while biting her bottom lip. She curled her fingers around her


    shirt as she began to sob silently. She wasn’t sure if she was crying happy or sad tears... Right


    then, her phone began to ring.


    She quickly brushed her tears away. After taking a few deep breaths to calm herself down, she


    picked her phone up and nced at the caller ID before answering the call. “Hello?”


    “Where are you, darling?” Charles was standing outside Sonia’s office on the other end of the line.


    “Daphne said that you didn’te to work today, and I couldn’t find you at your ce. Where did


    you go?” He sounded rather anxious.


    “I’m at the hospital.” Sonia leaned her head against the headboard as she replied in a tired voice.


    Charles was even more anxious when he heard her weak voice. He held onto his phone with both


    hands as he raised his voice. “The hospital? What are you doing there?”


    “It’s nothing. I just went for my abortion,” Sonia uttered as she closed her eyes.


    “What? The abortion?” Charles’s body jolted with surprise. “Wait, weren’t you supposed to do that


    overseas? Didn’t you n to do it this weekend? Why did you end up doing it now? Which hospital


    are you in now? I’lle over to visit you.”


    “First World Hospital.” Sonia massaged her temples. Charles instantly ended the call and charged


    toward the elevator. Meanwhile, Daphne was sipping on her home-brewed coffee as she walked out


    of her office. She was surprised to see Charles at the elevator. “Where are you headed, President


    Lane? Aren’t you going to


    wait for President Reed?”


    All Charles could think of then was Sonia, so he didn’t hear Daphne’s question at all. He ran into the


    elevator once it arrived. The smile on Daphne’s face faded as she watched the elevator doors close.


    Smiling bitterly, she thought,. I haven’t gotten much of a chance to see him ever since he sent me to


    work with President Reed. Every time I see him, he’s either by President Reed’s side or in a rush to


    leave. I barely get the chance to talk to him. I thought that I’d be able to properly serve him since


    President Reed isn’t around today. I wouldn’t mind talking to him, even if it were just about work-


    rted matters. But he left so soon...


    Charles ran all the way down to the basement car park of Paradigm Co. He was about to get in the


    car when a shining, ck sports car sped over and stopped in front of him. Carl lowered the window


    and poked his head out of the car.


    “Why are you in such a rush?” he asked.


    Charles’s eyes lit up when he saw Carl. “You’re just in time. We’ll take your car—your sports car is


    faster than mine.” Charles let himself into Carl’s car as he spoke. “Hurry. We need to go to First


    World Hospital.”


    Carl shot him an annoyed frown. “Why do you need to go to the hospital?”


    “My darling justpleted her abortion surgery. Why else?!” Charles put on his seatbelt.


    The look on Carl’s face changed a little as he tightened his grip around the wheel. “Did you say...


    Soniapleted the surgery?”


    “Yeah.” Charles nodded.


    Carl lowered his gaze as waves of thoughts and emotions filled his insides. Why would Sonia


    complete her surgery at a time like this? Didn’t she say that she would do it this weekend when


    she’s overseas? Did she find out about something?


    Charles smacked Carl on the shoulder when he realized that Carl seemed to be zoning out with his


    head lowered. “Why aren’t you moving? Drive. You must be here to meet my darling, right? If that’s


    the case, then we can just go to the hospital together.”


    “Okay.” An unidentifiable emotion shed in Carl’s eyes as he lifted his head and suppressed all the


    feelings within him. He immediately stepped on the gas to leave the parking lot.


    Meanwhile, Sonia was sipping on the porridge that Toby had bought for her in the hospital. She had


    justpleted her surgery, so all she could eat was nd and simple food. Toby was standing in


    the corner of the room, talking


    business with Tom on the phone. Once he ended the call, Sonia addressed him with a nk look on


    her face. “You should leave if you have other things to handle in thepany. You don’t need to


    stay here,” she uttered with her bowl of porridge still in her hand.


    Toby nced at her for a while. He was worried about her, but he also had matters in thepany


    that required his immediate attention. After hesitating for a short while, he decided to return to the


    office. He kept his phone away before gazing at her with a fond look in his eyes. “Okay. I’lle


    back tonight. Just call me if you need anything.”


    She didn’t respond to him and merely continued sipping on her porridge. He nced at the floor


    dejectedly and let out a soft sigh before he took his coat and walked out of the ward. She didn’t look


    me in the eye at all.


    When Toby walked out of the hospital, he looked up and stared at one specific window for a while.


    He then turned away and strode off without looking back. Julia saw as all of this happened. At first,


    she was shocked to see him at the hospital. However, she quickly recalled what she had seen the


    night before. Toby looked really anxious when he brought Sonia to the emergency roomst night.


    She must have been admitted into the hospital, and he must have stayed with her. If Sonia was


    admittedst night, she must be pretty sick. I wonder what her illness is.


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    With that thought, Julia walked into the hospital and stopped by the nurses’ counter. “Hello, Miss. I’d


    like to ask about the man who just walked out. Who did hee to visit?”