“Also, his father wanted to express his thanks for you.” Jarrod added in a taunting tone, “He thanked you for sparing Roscoe.”
Nicole knew Roscoe’s father wasn’t genuinely grateful. His message was a covert instruction for her to stay away from Roscoe and cease all contact.
Nicole hadn’t intended to reach out to Roscoe anyway. Knowing he was safe was sufficient for her.
Jarrod, taking a large spoonful of nutritional soup from the nurse, dismissed the latter with, “You can leave now.”
After the nurse departed, Jarrod settled himself beside Nicole and began to feed her, spoonful by spoonful, with patience that seemed uncharacteristic.
“I don’t want to eat.” Nicole was visibly reluctant.
“Is it because I’m the one feeding you?” Jarrod inquired. His voice was steady, but his eyes revealed his true feelings.
Nicole knew better than to provoke Jarrod. Being confined by him would only complicate her situation further. She had vital tasks to attend to. Keeping this in mind, she stifled her nausea and continued eating.
Jarrod appeared pleased. As he continued feeding her, he abruptly remarked, catching her off guard, “The doctor mentioned you had a cesarean section five years ago.”
At this, Nicole began coughing intensely. Her body didn’t scar easily, and the mark from the surgery had been effectively minimized with advanced scar removal treatments, making it virtually invisible.
However, a thorough medical examination would reveal its presence.
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“What’s the hurry?” Jarrod patted her back, his expression remaining impassive, and then he continued, “Nicole, you didn’t secretly keep that child, did you?”
At that moment, Nicole felt as though she had been struck by lightning. Jarrod’s tone was not inquisitive but assertive. She tried to remain composed and answered, “Jarrod, have you lost your
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senses? You know what happened to that child, don’t you?”
Yet, Jarrod remained skeptical, his tone icy as he persisted, “Nicole, the child from five years ago wasn’t terminated, was it?”
Back then, Jarrod was too shocked to confirm whether the bloodied scene was indeed his child. Given the situation, when Nicole told him, he believed her.
With today’s advanced technology, Jarrod felt Nicole wouldn’t dare to claim another’s child as his. So, he believed the claim of the miscarriage of his child.
However, a conversation with the doctor the day before raised Jarrod’s suspicions, prompting him to look into the doctor who had allegedly conducted the abortion on Nicole five years ago.
What he found was alarming. The doctor in question had felt suddenly dizzy during the procedure and, assuming an abortion was minor, had let a nurse step in. The procedure went well, but it wasn’t the doctor who carried it out. Whether the procedure had been tampered with remained a mystery.
Jarrod attempted to track down the nurse, only to find out she had moved abroad and disappeared, flaunting newfound wealth before she left. This suggested that someone had paid the nurse off.
The more Jarrod pondered, the more he sensed something wasn’t right.
At the time Nicole was said to have the abortion, it was too early for a cesarean section. The doctor back then had described it as a medical abortion with a follow-up cleaning, so it didn’t add up that doctors now found evidence of a cesarean.
It was impossible for Nicole to be carrying someone else’s child at that time. The undeniable truth was that Nicole had secretly given birth to the child.
Jarrod suddenly grabbed Nicole by the collar, giving her no time to react, and demanded, “Nicole, where have you hidden my child?”
His intense, oppressive tone left Nicole dazed for a moment. The very next second, she raised her hand.