Chapter 06
His colleagues watched as Edward desperately continued to try and revive the child, even though it was already too late. They pulled him away, feeling the ache in their hearts.
“Dr. Scott, the baby is gone. You can’t bring him back.”
“Dr. Scott, it’s no use anymore.”
Edward fought against them desperately, wanting to continue the resuscitation. “Who says it’s no use! This is my child! I will save him!”
Deep down, Edward knew this was futile. After years of experience, from the moment he held the child in his arms, he knew it was
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already too late to save him.
He dropped to his knees, sobbing uncontrollably, consumed by regret. He hated himself for not believing my calls, for hanging up on my cries for help, over and over again.
When I woke up, Edward was sitting beside me, looking completely defeated.
The pain from the incision was dulled by the anesthesia, so I didn’t feel much.
But when I saw my belly had shrunk so much, and the baby wasn’t there with me, I already knew.
I had lost my child.
I lay on the bed, silently crying.
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“I’m sorry, Phoenix…” Edward’s voice was hoarse, as if the weight of the night had aged him in an instant.
I had no energy to respond, so I turned my head towards the window, lost in thought.
Edward and I were both orphans, supported by kind–hearted people to go to university.
He became a doctor, and I became a teacher.
After graduation, we naturally started a relationship. That day happened to be Christmas.
We had been in a relationship for two years, married for four, and this was our sixth Christmas together.
We were both so excited for the arrival of our child–it was going to be our family, our new
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life.
But now, here we were, standing at this painful crossroads.
“Edward, let’s get a divorce.” My voice was faint, but it reached him clearly.
Edward’s sobs stopped abruptly, and he immediately knelt before me.
“Sweetie, I was wrong. I’m so sorry. Can we get back together? I swear I won’t make the same mistake again!”
“I was out of my mind, I don’t even know what happened, I didn’t mean to do it!”
I didn’t want to hear his excuses–they only made me feel sick.
“Do you know why I went into premature
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labor?”
“Yesterday, when you said you weren’t coming home, a delivery man came to drop something off, saying it was an apology, gift from you. But when I opened it, a plush spider suddenly popped out.”
“You know how terrified I am of spiders!”
“But besides you, who else would know that?”
When I finished speaking, Edward’s tears stopped.
The fact that I was afraid of spiders was something only close people like Edward knew. I never told anyone else.
But Edward had told Molly.
