Chapter 2

Before Ethel could finish speaking, Isabel cut in, saying, "Look, Walter. Mrs. Gray Senior's complexion doesn't seem too good. Maybe Alice hasn't been taking good care of her, or maybe Alice has been threatening her!"

I couldn't help but laugh at the absurdity.

"Ethel raised you herself, Walter, and you've been gone for five years. You know better than anyone why she's in poor health."

Scoffing derisively, Isabel walked up to me and said, "Don't you know why Walter left? You were the one who got in between Walter and me, ruining our relationship."

The moment she finished speaking, she shoved me violently. My belly hit a hospital gurney that was out in the hallway, and immediately, I felt a sharp pain shooting through me. Something warm began flowing down my leg.

Upon seeing that, Ethel became extremely anxious.

"We need a doctor, quickly! Nothing must happen to Alice's baby!"

A team of doctors and nurses quickly came over to check on me, but Walter roared at them, "Don't you dare! No one is allowed to check on her. I'm going to make sure she aborts that bastard kid today!"

Once Hugo signaled them, all of the doctors and nurses dared not move.

Isabel started mocking me again. "Who knows who the father of Alice's bastard kid is? How can she be shameless enough to ask the doctors from the family's private hospital to check on her when she cheated on Walter?"

Seeing that, Ethel frantically searched her bag for her phone to call for help. However, Walter got his bodyguards to snatch her phone away.

"What kind of spell did Alice put on you, Grandma? Why are you still trying to help her at a time like this?" Walter snapped. "I'm telling you right now, Grandma—I won't let that bastard kid survive."

Ethel was shocked beyond words. "Walter! I'm your grandmother! You won't even listen to me?"

After coming forward to help me up, she tried to lead me out of the hospital to take me to a different one for help, but the bodyguards stopped us.

"Walter, stop acting like a lunatic!" I snarled.

I held my stomach. It was incredibly hard for me to remain standing. I had broken out in a cold sweat.

"You don't have the right to harm my child. Let me go right now, or you won't be able to handle the consequences."

For a moment, Walter stared at me in silence. During this time, Isabel started a live stream using her phone. Then, she tiptoed and whispered something into Walter's ear. He took the phone from her and pointed it at me.

"Alice, since you refuse to comply with the more dignified method of getting a professional abortion from the hospital, then I'll resort to other means instead. I'll see to it that you remember the consequences of betraying me."

He got his bodyguards to tie me to a hospital bed.

My eyes widened in terror as I stared at the bodyguards, who were now holding bats. My hands and feet were bound, but I flailed around with all my might in an attempt to break free anyway.

I couldn't care about anything else now. I had no choice but to reveal the identity of the father.

"Have you lost your mind, Walter? I'm pregnant with—"

Before I could finish, Walter gave the signal, and a bodyguard swung a bat at me. Pain shot through my body, and I screamed in agony. My wrists and ankles began bleeding from the way I was struggling against my restraints.

"This is what happens when you sleep around behind my back and get pregnant with some bastard kid."

After hearing what was happening, the live stream viewers flooded the comments in agreement.

"One look and I can tell that woman isn't the faithful type."

"All cheaters should go to hell! Make sure she doesn't get off the hook so easily."

"What a shameless woman. Beat her to death! Let all the women watching see what happens when you cheat on your man."

Walter showed me the live stream.

"Not only did you cheat on me, Alice, but you even manipulated my grandma into helping you deceive me! I'm going to teach you a lesson today."

Back when the bodyguards were tying me up, Walter had ushered Ethel into a doctor's office on the side to keep her away.