“Smack!” A loud slap echoed as Nicole’s hand struck Jarrod’s face with force.
Jarrod’s face twisted to the side from the impact. Immediately, his handsome features turned icy cold. “Nicole, you’re seeking death…”
“Jarrod!” Nicole cut him off sharply, her voice booming. “The nerve of you mentioning that child! Yes, I kept him.”
Nicole confessed she was the one who had paid the nurse to secretly keep the child. Back then, the doctor had insisted on a procedure, but the nurse had noted, “This child is resilient. It might survive.”
Half-conscious, Nicole had clutched the nurse’s hand, whispering faintly, “Five million. Please save my child!”
At that time, Nicole handed over the Star Sea Diamond, a ten million worth gift from her father, Wesson.
Partly motivated by money and also moved by pity, the nurse managed to keep the child.
Later, Nicole cleverly manipulated Jarrod’s ego, responding to him in a way that made him never doubt what had really happened, and he believed her completely. Then came the accident at sea, where, by some miracle, the child survived.
Eventually, Jarrod emerged from his shock, overwhelmed by a surge of emotion. He grabbed Nicole’s shoulders and demanded, “Where? Where is the child?”
“Jarrod, have you forgotten about my illness then?” Nicole replied.
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“At eight months pregnant, my condition deteriorated, and I had no choice but to undergo a cesarean section. He was too weak and struggled to get the nutrients he needed from me. At last, he didn’t last a week in the incubator.”
Jarrod’s face showed his heartbreak. An eight-month-old child, gone just like that?
Nicole added with a cold laugh, “If you had believed me about my illness instead of continuing to stress me out, would our child have died from malnutrition?”
Jarrod pressed his lips together, lost for words.
“So, what are you trying to say now?” Nicole’s tone was unforgiving.
“Are you trying to show that you’re a heartless killer who caused your own child’s death?”
After a painful silence, Jarrod finally said, “No, that’s not what I meant…”
Jarrod wanted to explain that he never intended for the child to die.
He had even pictured a future with the child.
The tragic death of his parents had turned Jarrod against the idea of marriage and having kids. He thought he’d never have children in his life. He didn’t want to pass on his misfortune. He was dark, violent, not the kind of man who could be a good father.
Yet, if the child truly belonged to Nicole and was born for him, Jarrod began to feel a small surge of anticipation.
However, his growing hope was crushed by Nicole’s cold laughter.
“Jarrod, the child died because of you. Really living up to your name, aren’t you?”
Jarrod’s hands slowly dropped, admitting silently that Nicole still had power over his emotions.