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Chapter 1

Dr. Gates held her pen over the clipboard."Miss Sharon James, it's best if both partners complete the registry forms together for the pre-wedding assessment."I pushed the paper back across her desk."Then we won't be filing it."The door swung open. John William walked in, his eyes shot through with red thread-like veins.Clara Gabriel followed right behind him. She was wrapped in his oversized coat, holding his smartwatch in her delicate hand.Catching my gaze, she quickly slipped the watch up her sleeve."Sharon, please don't misunderstand," Clara whimpered softly. "John left in such a hurry last night that he forgot his watch at my place. I just brought it over for him."I kept my eyes fixed on John."What were you doing at her apartment at 2:17 AM?"John knitted his brows in instant irritation. "Sharon, are you seriously interrogating me in the middle of a clinic?"Clara bit her lower lip. "I was moving a treadmill last night. John was just helping me out."A quiet

Chapter 2

John’s face turned sour.Yet the moment Clara whispered his name, his demeanor instantly softened."Get your blood drawn first," he said, taking my document folder from my hands. "I'll handle the payment downstairs."Clara's smart band suddenly vibrated.She glanced down, her face instantly draining of color. "John, my chest feels so tight. Is my heart rate acting up again?"John stood up without hesitation.I had just pulled my sleeve down, cotton pressed over the fresh needle mark on my arm. Blood was still oozing through.He looked at my arm, his footsteps pausing for half a second.Clara whimpered his name again. He turned on his heel and walked away."Press down on it yourself," he threw back over his shoulder.He didn't lack an understanding of health alerts. He simply didn't care about mine.---Halfway through the examinations, Dr. Gates called me into her office."Miss Sharon James, you're pregnant. It's very early, and your levels are unstable."She looked at

Chapter 3

John said before leaving, "Just rest up and stop overthinking things."By the following morning, my phone was ringing off the hook.The non-stop harassment forced me to look into what was happening. Clara had gone live on social media late last night, crying softly on camera. She claimed she was being falsely accused of being a homewrecker and hinted that someone was using a pregnancy to trap a man into marriage.She never uttered my name directly.Yet my folder was conspicuously resting right behind her, with my name and the word PREGNANT clearly visible on the exposed lab result.---I dialed John immediately."Why is my medical result showing up on Clara's livestream?"Silence stretched over the line before John answered. "Your document folder was left in my car. She grabbed the wrong file by mistake."I've already ordered my team to suppress the stream," he added."She leaked my confidential pregnancy test live to thousands of people, and you're telling me it was a

Chapter 4

The night John posted that statement, the group chat blew up with people telling me not to throw a fit.[Pregnant women are always moody. Clara was wronged, and John was just being responsible.]I didn't reply to a single message.---At three in the morning, a sudden sharp pain in my abdomen jolted me awake.The bedsheets were soaked. I reached down and pulled away a hand covered in blood.John finally picked up on my third call, his voice hushed. "Sharon, don't throw a tantrum right now. I really can't leave."I curled into a ball, trembling from the agonizing cramps. "I'm bleeding, John. A lot of blood. Please come to the hospital. Please?"Silence hung on the line for a brief second.Then Clara’s hysterical sobbing cut through. "John, I don't want to live anymore..."John's footsteps came to a sudden halt."Call a nurse first," he said to me. "Dr. Gates will send someone right away."Clara has locked herself in the bathroom," he continued hastily. "She has a blade."

Chapter 5

The hospital bed sat completely bare.The blanket was neatly folded. Half a bag of saline still hung from the IV stand. On the nightstand rested a brown envelope.John stood in the doorway. His initial reaction was not panic, but total disbelief."Sharon?"Silence greeted him.He barged into the bathroom. Empty. He checked behind the window curtains. Nothing. He scanned the hallway outside. No sign of me anywhere.A nurse walked past. He grabbed her arm."Where is the patient from this room?""Miss James has already been transferred to another hospital," the nurse replied.John’s face turned white. "Who authorized her transfer?"The nurse frowned at his tone. "She signed the authorization forms herself, accompanied by her lawyer. She also updated her emergency contact details."John's voice went tight. "Who did she list?"The nurse glanced at her tablet. "Her current contact is Sarah Davis. Mr. William was listed previously, but she crossed his name out."The conta

Chapter 6

John looked everywhere, the hospital, our former home, my office, and the law firm.Sarah blocked him right at the entrance of her law office."Mr. William, Sharon does not want to see you."John's eyes were shot through with blood red veins. "She hasn't recovered yet. I just want to know where she is."Sarah let out a cold laugh. "When she was bleeding out, why didn't you care to check?"John's face turned deathly pale.Sarah handed him a separation agreement. "She's forfeiting the apartment, returning the engagement gifts, and paying the cancellation fees out of her own pocket. You just need to sign."John refused to take it. "Tell her to say that to my face.""Her exact words were, ‘looking at his face makes me sick.’"John's fingers clenched into a tight fist.He placed a settlement offer on the table instead.A house, a car, savings accounts, and company shares.Sarah glanced at it and laughed. "You can't buy your way out of this."When she needed you most, you weig

Chapter 7

A month later, I returned to the city to finalize the engagement dissolution.Sarah accompanied me in the car, keeping a close eye on me to make sure I stayed hydrated."Any regrets?" she asked.I shook my head. "None.""Does it still hurt?"I stared out the window. "A little."It wasn't because I missed John. It was the sudden, hollow ache in my chest whenever I thought about the baby.Being okay didn't mean that the pain had vanished. It just meant refusing to turn back.---John was already waiting inside the law office.He had lost a significant amount of weight. The moment he saw me, he stood up in reflex."Sharon."Sarah immediately stepped in front of me. "Mr. William, please, direct your words to her legal counsel."John kept his eyes locked on me. "I only need a few minutes."I spoke calmly. "Go ahead."A faint spark lit up in his hollow eyes."I took care of everything with Clara," he said hastily. "I went to your company and cleared up the misunderstandings.

Chapter 8

I moved to coastal Riverdale.Sarah had a friend who ran a women's recovery center there, and she arranged a quiet room for me.No one here knew who I was. No one asked why my wedding had been canceled.Every morning, the nurse reminded me to take my medicine. Every afternoon, I took slow, steady walks downstairs.At first, I averted my eyes whenever I saw a baby stroller. Hearing an infant cry made me nauseous.Gradually, I learned to look without flinching. Eventually, I could even help hold a baby bottle for a patient.A wound doesn't heal overnight.But life goes on.---Three months later, my former company called to inform me that my promotion eligibility had been restored.I declined the offer.My manager, Mr. Perry, was shocked. "You prepared for this position for half a year.""I want a different life now," I replied softly.I never wanted to return to that city, where everyone knew I had been forced into making a public apology.Where everyone knew I had gotten

Chapter 9

A year later, John came to Riverdale.That evening, as I walked out of the recovery center after my shift, I saw him standing under a streetlight.He had grown remarkably thin, and his tailored suit was noticeably wrinkled.The moment he caught sight of me, he took an instinctive step forward, then froze in his tracks."Sharon."I looked at him, my expression unbothered. "How did you find out I was here?""Sarah didn't tell me," he hastened to explain. "I saw your back in a charity news report, along with the contact email for the project."I gave a small nod. "Now that you've seen me, you can leave."John’s eyes welled up with tears. "I just wanted to know if you're doing well.""I'm doing fine."His lips parted as he searched for words. "And your health?""It's good too.""That's good..."He seemed lost for words, yet forced out another line. "Clara got married. But I suppose you don't want to hear about how things turned out for her."I replied evenly, "If you know t

Chapter 10

The following spring, I returned to the city to speak at a healthcare summit.The core theme was emergency escort services and post-op support for women.Doctors, charitable organization directors, and press members filled the auditorium.Standing on stage, I clicked to the final slide of my presentation.My name wasn't written on the screen. There was only a single sentence.[Never make a person in agonizing pain answer the question: "Where is your family?"]---I addressed the audience calmly. "Many women do not suffer from mild conditions."Their severe pain is simply dismissed first as emotional instability."The auditorium fell dead silent.I caught sight of John sitting in the very back row.He sat rigid, his face completely drained of color.---I didn't stop."This isn't just one person's story. This is a shared silence many women have endured alone in emergency rooms."I was once one of those patients lying on an emergency bed, answering 'no family present' over

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