Chapter 3

Julia froze for a moment, but she quickly put down her phone and turned to look at me.

She stared at me smugly. “Honey, you heard that, right? Your mother will never let you do something so reckless.

“If you really dare to make me get rid of this child, she’ll be the first one to stop you!”

I ignored her. I walked past her and sat on the couch.

She thought I had given in. She let out a sigh of relief, sat down beside me, and started crying. “Honey, I really don’t mind becoming a widow.

“What I’m worried about is seeing you suffer during this last month…

“How about this? I know the director of a private hospital. They offer home hospice care. Why don’t—”

I interrupted her coldly. “Are you trying to get me to choose euthanasia?”

She nodded, and her eyes turned teary again. “Yes. I just can’t bear to watch you suffer…

“Honey, think about it. Instead of staying in the hospital with tubes in your body and suffering for a month, wouldn’t it be better to leave this world with dignity?

“That is better for you. It’s also better for the baby and me…”

When Caleb heard this, a vicious smile appeared on his face.

He immediately picked up his phone and pretended to be helpful. “Tristan, Julia’s right. I’ll make an appointment for you.

“I’ve heard of that hospital too. It’s nearby, and their service is excellent. I promise you won’t feel any pain.”

Helen pretended to pout. “Julia, how can you say something like that?

“Do you know how hurtful those words are?”

Even though she said that, she had no intention of stopping Julia. Instead, she looked at Caleb in anticipation.

I watched the three of them put on their performance and suddenly laughed. “Don’t bother. I’m not going to die.”

Julia froze for a moment. Then, she jumped up and shouted, “Honey, do you really think money can cure a terminal illness?!”

“I looked up on the illness that you sent me! It has a 100% mortality rate. There’s no cure!

“Even if you spend money on treatment, it’ll only extend your life by another month or two. It’ll only make you suffer even more!

“Wake up! Stop trying to fight something you can’t win!”

Caleb was furious too. He pointed at me and shouted, “Tristan, how can you be so selfish?!

“You know this will hurt Julia. You know she’s pregnant, yet you want her to watch you suffer every day!

“Don’t you feel sorry for her?”

Before I could say anything, a group of people in white coats suddenly walked in.

The moment Julia saw them, she immediately pointed at me. “Doctors, it’s him!

“Please, make sure he doesn’t suffer too much!”

My heart sank. I quickly stepped back. “I’m not sick! If you try to do anything to me, you’re breaking the law!”

The people in white coats looked at each other. They seemed hesitant.

Helen suddenly sat down on the floor and started crying. “Oh, my poor son-in-law!

“He has a terminal illness. It’s normal that he can’t accept it right away!

“Doctors, please be kind to him. He’s just too scared…”

Julia took out the fake medical report I had sent her earlier. “Look!

“My husband really is terminally ill!”

After that, she snatched the hospice care agreement from one of them and signed it without even thinking.

The people looked at the report and the signed agreement. Then, they exchanged glances and walked toward me. “The whole process will take no more than thirty minutes. It’ll be over soon.”

That was when I finally realized they were serious.

I thought Julia and Caleb were only after my money. I thought they planned to take my assets after I died.

I never thought that they could not even wait for a month for me to die.

I took a deep breath. Just as I was about to walk toward the door, Caleb grabbed my shoulder. “Tristan, we’ve been friends for so long. This is the least I can do for you.”

Then, he leaned close to my ear and laughed. “I have to admit, Julia really does have a great body.

“You were lucky to have her all these years.

“From now on, everything you have will be mine. Your money, your company, your wife…

“Oh, right… your son too.”

After that, he forced me down onto the couch. He looked at the people in white coats and said, “You can start.”

I struggled as hard as I could and shouted, “My mom will be here soon! Aren’t you worried about her finding out about what you did to me?!”

Julia sneered. “Don’t worry.

“I’ll tell her that you didn’t want to see me suffer, so you chose to give up treatment yourself.

“She won’t blame me.”

Before I could say anything else, Caleb wrapped tape tightly over my mouth.

He smiled and said, “I’m just worried that if you scream too loudly, you’ll scare the baby in Julia’s stomach.

“Tristan, just go peacefully.”

One of the people in white coats had taken out a syringe and was walking toward me.

Just as the needle was about to go into my arm, the front door was flung open. A group of people rushed in.

My mother was at the front. Her face was filled with shock and anger. “Get them! Don’t let a single one of them get away!”