All Chapters of My Fiancé and His First Love Set Me Up, but It Backfired Spectacularly: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Gavin tugged impatiently at his shirt collar, the old gunshot scar on his chest rising and falling with his rapid breathing."Then use embryonic stem cell transplants! I'll cover every expense!""Mr. Lawson, what she needs right now is treatment for the infection!" The attending physician pointed at the monitor, where Sophie's blood oxygen saturation was plummeting. "Even if she survives, she'll be infertile for the rest of her life. And..."Before he could finish, Sophie suddenly convulsed and vomited black blood. Tiny fragments of tissue were mixed in with it, remnants of her uterine lining that had been destroyed by the drugs used to force her into surrogacy.The emergency treatment continued late into the night. By the time her vital signs finally stabilized, the doctor could only sigh as he studied her abdominopelvic CT scan."Her uterine lining has suffered extensive damage. Her chances of ever conceiving are... less than one in a thousand."At the first hint of dawn, Gavin sat b

Through the glass panel in the hospital room door, Gavin could see Sophie sleeping under the effects of the pain medication, her face turned to one side.As the basement's soundproof door slowly closed behind him, he made a point of checking the security feed. The camera outside Sophie's room showed nothing out of the ordinary.On his orders, Yale and Yvette had been brought to a dark, damp basement within the compound. The room was filled with horrifying instruments of torture, and the air reeked of blood and decay.Gavin descended the stairs slowly, each step carrying an air of death. A cold smile spread across his face as he regarded the trembling couple."I hear you sold a woman named Sophie Ward to us a few days ago?"Yale looked at Gavin, convinced that the boss must have been delighted with the "piglet" he'd delivered. His face immediately broke into an ingratiating smile."Sir, I put a lot of effort into getting Sophie here!"Gavin raised an eyebrow, his gaze turning even colde

Sophie was terrified by Gavin's cruelty. Someone had just died, and he barely seemed to care.Gavin gently pulled her into his arms, his fingertips brushing along her painfully thin back."My Sophie's finally come home."His voice trembled with the emotion of having finally found someone he'd thought he'd lost forever. He held her as carefully as he would a piece of delicate glass.Yet Sophie couldn't stop trembling in his arms.This was a man who had just ordered people killed without a second thought, yet here he was, whispering sweet nothings to her in the gentlest voice imaginable.The memory of the despair in No. 56's eyes as she was dragged away made Sophie's stomach churn."Why are you shaking?" Gavin noticed immediately and wrapped his suit jacket around her. "Are you cold? Do your wounds hurt?"Sophie silently shook her head, her fingernails digging unconsciously into her palms.From then on, Gavin personally took care of her every day. He always tested her medicine to make su

Gavin had completely lost his mind. When the doctor tried to defibrillate Sophie, he grabbed the man's hand."Don't touch her! You'll hurt her!"His bodyguards eventually had to drag him away by force. On his knees, he screamed in anguish, his voice breaking."Soph... Please, just look at me one more time..."When Sophie was wheeled into the operating room, Gavin punched a hole straight through the hospital wall with his bare fist. He didn't even seem to notice when the bones in his hand shattered.Seven agonizing hours later, the attending physician finally emerged, looking utterly exhausted. When he nodded to indicate that Sophie had survived, Gavin collapsed to the floor, sobbing like a child."This can't happen again... I can't go through this again..."He stumbled forward to her bedside but was too afraid to touch any of the tubes or wires connected to her body. Instead, he obsessively checked her breathing mask for condensation, over and over again."She's still breathing... She'

Gavin took half a step forward, and Mason immediately drew the knife across Sophie's neck, breaking the skin. The blade pressed deeper into her pale flesh, leaving a bloody line.Gavin raised his hand to stop the snipers, his voice trembling in a way it rarely did."Don't hurt her. I'll give you anything you want.""Get a speedboat ready!" Mason ordered, dragging Sophie toward the riverbank. "And pull back all your snipers!"Gavin clenched his jaw before raising his hand."Do it."At the same time, he secretly signaled his divers to enter the water.As the speedboat's engine started, Mason forced Sophie aboard.Gavin suddenly spoke up."It'll take time to get the boat ready. Take me hostage instead. Her body's too weak to handle a rough ride.""Very funny, Mr. Lawson." Mason gave a cold laugh. "Everyone in this compound knows Miss Ward is your one weakness."He suddenly tightened his grip around Sophie's neck and pressed the knife against her chest, directly over her heart."Now hurry