Chapter 9

Chapter 9

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At Alexander Kingston’s mansion,

Within just a few moments, Alexander Kingston’s personal doctor had arrived. He knew that the person he was about to examine was a woman in early pregnancy, so he brought all the equipment that might be needed.

During the examination, Alexander watched his doctor closely. He folded his arms with his chin slightly raised. He had been staring at his wife the entire time.

Doctor Jerome shook his head several times while examining Elena and her pregnancy. He also used complete medical equipment so that he could determine this woman’s condition in great detail.

“Sir, Miss looks extremely exhausted. Based on the examination results, if she remains this fatigued, she could miscarry.”

“The fetus inside her is still very weak. For now, she is only experiencing shock, and her stomach may feel painful, but the baby is still fine.”

“I have also provided vitamins and several medications that need to be taken to strengthen the fetus…”

Doctor Jerome placed several vitamins and medicines on the bedside table. Alexander fell silent for a moment when he heard the doctor’s report.

“Alright. You may leave.”

“I will handle the rest.”

Alexander ordered, and Doctor Jerome immediately left the room.

Alexander remained standing beside the bed, staring at his wife’s injured fingers wrapped in fresh bandages.

“What exactly have you been doing?”

“You can’t even take care of your own body!”

Alexander muttered irritably. He would investigate all of this quickly, not because he cared about Elena, but because he absolutely did not want anything to happen to his unborn child.

But before doing all of that, he first contacted his assistant because he would be late for the office.

This was the first time Alexander had ever been late for work.

Alexander’s actions made the three servants who had tormented Elena earlier begin to tremble. They had not expected that Alexander, who appeared to hate Elena so much, would show concern.

Cold sweat covered them. They had done this without direct orders from anyone, although of course there had been interference from the head housekeeper who had incited them to hate Elena even more and to torment her.

Dorothy had done this to test the situation. She was very clever in carrying out her plan. She incited others so that she would not be dragged down if something unwanted happened, like today.

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Alexander was now in his office.

He turned on the large computer on his desk and began checking the CCTV footage from his residence.

He watched from the beginning, when Elena was painting behind the small house. His sharp eyes observed how calm the woman who had become his wife looked, and how her delicate fingers touched the canvas slowly.

Alexander could not stop himself from being distracted. He watched how her smile looked so beautiful when her painting was finished.

“Hmmm… like a child…”

“Her face even gets covered in paint from her own brush. So careless, but why does she look so calm?”

Alexander whispered, amused by his wife’s daily routine from yesterday, when she painted and became flustered because of her own clumsiness.

“Pfftt…”

Alexander then chuckled softly when he saw Elena searching for her hair tie, which was actually on her wrist. His wife’s innocent and natural behavior truly entertained him.

At that moment, Alexander, who was in his office, accidentally saw his own reflection in the glass wall in front of him.

His smile disappeared instantly.

He slapped both of his cheeks lightly and tried to regulate his breathing.

“Have I gone insane? Smiling at someone clumsy?”

“I usually hate careless people!”

“This is too strange. I need to find out what really happened. I’m already late for work!”

“This is all because of you, clumsy woman!”

Alexander grumbled, then his eyes looked back at the screen again, where Elena had finally found the hair tie on her wrist.

“Ah… I’m so forgetful. Forgive me little one. We moved around so much just to look for a hair tie!”

“Mommy promises to reduce this clumsy and forgetful side. Mommy wants to be the best mom for you…”

Elena said as she spoke to her unborn baby, who was still very small. She looked down at her flat stomach while tying her hair up.

“Hmmm… This woman is very clumsy, but she’s interesting too.”

Alexander whispered with his arms folded as he watched Elena laugh softly, then look happy by herself in that room, until the three servants who had been incited by Dorothy arrived and destroyed Elena’s small happiness.

Alexander clearly saw how Elena handled the laundry for the entire mansion, which was so much. Some of it even had to be rinsed by hand, making her hands bleed and become wounded.

His breathing grew heavy when he saw that. His hands clenched tightly, and his gaze sharpened as he looked at Elena’s face.

That face did not look like it had cried at all. She did her work as if she was already used to doing all of it.

“What is this? So she did all this heavy work and didn’t tell me?”

“Why am I so angry?”

Alexander muttered as he stood up firmly and walked toward the guest room where Elena had fainted earlier.

Elena was now awake. She looked confused when she found herself inside the mansion. Her eyes widened, and she hurriedly tried to leave.

“Why am I here? Oh no… Mr. Alexander will punish me if he finds out…”

“Ah, my stomach…”

Elena tried to get up quickly. She did not want Alexander to know that she had fallen asleep inside his mansion. She did not want to receive that terrifying punishment.

When Elena was about to step down from the bed, she was startled when Alexander suddenly entered the room.

“Hah?”

Elena’s eyes widened, and her breathing became heavy. Her hands clenched tightly even though her fingers were injured.

She was afraid. If Alexander did that again while her stomach still hurt, she did not want anything to happen to her baby.

“S-Sir, please forgive me…”

“I don’t know why I’m inside your mansion. I was about to leave and return to my place…”

“So this time, please don’t punish me.”

“My stomach hurts. I’m not lying…”

“Forgive me…”

Elena trembled. She immediately stood up and lowered her head. She held back her tears, although it was very difficult to stop them from pooling in her eyes just from seeing Alexander’s presence.

Alexander frowned. He saw that the woman he had married was trembling and afraid, lowering her head and not daring to look at him.

Seeing all of that felt like something pierced his heart. He should not feel pity for the woman who had trapped him. He should drive her away and avoid her forever.

But this feeling was very strange to him.

With clenched fists and his sharp blue eyes, he stepped closer to Elena. Elena stepped backward with a body that reacted in growing fear.

Without realizing it, she collapsed onto the edge of the bed because Alexander was now standing right in front of her.

“Hah… Hah… Hah!”

Elena’s breathing grew heavier. She did not dare to look up, because Alexander’s dominant gaze would make her feel suffocated.

Alexander, who did not understand what was happening to him, suddenly grabbed Elena’s ankle and pulled her. He dragged her until she lay flat on the bed again.

Then his sharp eyes observed Elena’s increasingly panicked face, which silently pleaded for him to stop.

“Please, Sir, don’t do this…”

“I apologize for being inside your mansion, but I truly don’t know why I’m here!”

Elena finally let the tears she had been holding back fall.

Alexander climbed onto the bed, still wearing his full work suit.

He held both of her hands beside her head so he could stare at her crying face.

“How strange. Yesterday you didn’t cry.”

“But when you’re beside me, you always cry as if I’m going to devour you alive!”

Alexander whispered very close to her.

His eyes examined Elena’s face. The more he looked, the more beautiful she seemed. But that crying face looked so sorrowful, yet very attractive to him.

“Hmmm!”

Elena could only shut her eyes tightly and clench her hands. She had already surrendered to whatever Alexander would do. If she fainted now, she would be very grateful.

'Just faint, Elena. This is too terrifying and brutal. In broad daylight like this, while my stomach still hurts, it’s better if I faint…'

Elena held her breath tightly.

But contrary to what she imagined...

Alexander picked up the medicine and vitamins the doctor had placed on the bed earlier and set them down on top of Elena’s body.

“Take that medicine twice a day. If anything happens to my child inside you, I will destroy you and I will not forgive you!”

“I will allow you to stay here today!”

Alexander said curtly and walked away. As he turned and stepped forward, an unconscious trace of a smile appeared on his usually cold face.

“She was so scared she held her breath. She’s like a pitiful little rabbit…”

He whispered softly.

Then he summoned Dorothy and the three servants who had caused Elena to faint like this.

Alexander might not like Elena, but he deeply despised the servants’ actions. In his view, the servants had no right to torture Elena or hate her.

This time, Alexander would give them a valuable lesson. This would be the first time Alexander personally handled the servants. Usually, he would leave it to Dorothy.

But this time, he would give the warning himself so that no other servant would dare to touch Elena again.

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At the same time, in Elena’s room,

Elena’s round eyes blinked as she stared at the magnificent ceiling. Truly, every corner of this mansion looked like a grand masterpiece.

Elena still could not understand Alexander, especially his behavior just now.

“What exactly is happening? Has his heart softened a little?”

“Ah… impossible. Someone like Alexander could never become soft. Maybe he’s letting me stay so he can punish me once I recover!”

“After all, maybe I survived because of this baby.”

Elena murmured as she picked up the medicine and vitamins that had been placed on her chest. Her cheeks turned red in embarrassment.

“Why did he have to put them on my chest? He’s not only cruel, but actually shameless…”

Elena whispered again, trying to forget what had just happened.

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Author's note :

Hello everyone, I’m sorry if my English sounds a little stiff and if there are some typos in certain parts. I’m not a native speaker, so my English won’t be at the same level as a native’s. 😭🙏🏻

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To be continued…