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~Aria's POV~

The door burst open and I could see the angered face of Kaius as he walk in. 

Every step he took felt like a ticking time bomb, ready to explode and I could feel my heart pulsate. Perhaps it was in guilty, or in fear for what he was going to do to me. 

Just this morning I repeated the oat to him. “Don't ask for love and don't get pregnant” but here I way lying in the hospital bed with a fetus growing inside me. 

I felt ashamed, but still, a sense of joy washed over me after learning about it from the doctor. 

I was finally going to have a family of my own, my little bundle of joy. 

But once again, fate was bound to take it away. 

“Get rid of it,” Kaius's voice came in the next second, making my eyes widen in shock. 

Abort it? 

It felt as though lightning had struck me, electrocuting me entirely.

How could he ask me to abort it? 

How…how could he.

My heart clenched beneath my chest and I let out a painful chuckle.

“Are you so heartless that you want to kill your own blood?” I asked, my voice trembling, and I could feel every nerve in my body tremble as well. 

“You do not have the luxury of bearing my child, and you know it. Only Sofia is fit to do so, and we are getting married.” He said, and the more he spoke, the more I felt my heart shatter. Perhaps I just realized it, but I had actually fallen for this man who only wanted to use my body for his own pleasures. He had come like a thief in the night and stole my heart without me knowing. Perhaps it was the reason I felt hurt to find that he was engaged to that actress. 

But no matter how much I loved this man, I could not bring myself to voice it out. I was not allowed to get pregnant. But here I was, I had broken the two rules he set for me. 

“So why did you still keep me even after getting engaged? Why the fuck do you not want to let me go!” I yelled, my teeth clenched in anger.

“Do you not understand that you owe me, Aria? You owe my family. Do you not realize that you had almost murdered my sister once? Do you think my family will let you off if they found out? Whether it is a mistake or not, they will not let you off. Do you think I will let you go so easily? I Will arrange that thing to be ridden off.” he said, and my face paled, yet I chuckled once more. He referred to his own unborn child as a “thing”

“No…no. I absolutely will not have an abortion!” I yelled, my eyes getting moist. 

It hurt- it hurt so much, I wanted to voice out but remembered that this man did not care at all. 

“I won't get rid of my child, Kaius. It's your child too!” I yelled again, and by now tears had started falling from my eyes. 

“You either get rid of it or nothing.” Kaius said before walking out, not even sparing me another glance. 

And just like that, the operating room had been prepared. It didn't have to be so extravagant, but Kaius wanted a clean job. 

I lazily walked into the room, tears falling from my eyes. Once again, I was helpless and unable to do anything. 

And this man whom I had fallen for did not even care. If I died or lived. 

I laid on the bed, closing my eyes as I accepted my fate. Perhaps this was how fate wanted it. To lose my first child to an operating table. I smiled painfully, my eyes devoid of any emotions, just glistening.

I knew even if I survived, I would still be in bondage. 

A tear rolled down the corner of my eyes as the operation finally started.

3 hours later, it was finally done. 

I walked out of the room, feeling that my whole world had shattered. 

No family, no freedom, no child…nothing at all. 

And once again I had been broken by someone I loved. 

As I walked out of the room, my eyes seemed to have caught the video that some nurses were watching.

Kaius was somewhere else with Sofia, and their smiles seemed genuine. Like a couple really getting ready to be married.

My heart clenched painfully beneath my chest as I walked away to the room I was told to rest in. 

I could feel that my world had turned upside down and didn't bother to eat anything until it was dark. I simply did not have an appetite.

I occasionally glanced at the door, hoping in my heart for Kaius to at least come to check up on my condition. But he never came. He was with Sofia. 

I buried my face in the pillow, crying my heart out until I was tired. 

I finally got off the bed, peeling the IV drip that had been connected to me by the doctor earlier. 

I walked out of the hospital and onto the street. 

At this point, I had no idea where I was going and did not even bother to think about it. 

Thunder roared loudly in the sky, hinting that there was going to be a storm, but I didn't care. It wasn't like I owned my life. 

It was all thanks to one mistake I had made! 

Thunder roared again and lightning struck.

Soon, the rain poured down, drenching me from head to toe, but all I could feel was the cold sensation as I continued to walk. 

The street was empty, and everyone seemed to have took shelter after seeing the incoming storm. 

The sound of rain muffled the sound of a horn humming in my ears, if not, I would have turned to see the car coming at me.

The only thing I remember was the bright front lights and the lightning that struck before my body hit the tarred road. 

Perhaps I was really going to die this time? 

I closed my eyes.