The doctor's words were very tactful and I naturally understood the meaning behind them.
I nodded calmly without saying a word.
"Do I need to tell Ms. Steinfeld about this?"
It was a private hospital under the Steinfeld Family. Although I was not on good terms with the Steinfeld Family and Nicole, it had not yet spread to outsiders.
Everyone only knew that I was not a favored husband and son-in-law of Nicole and the Steinfeld Family, but I was still respected.
I gave a bitter smile.
"No need to tell her."
As soon as the words fell, Nicole called.
Her voice was still lazy, yet mixed with a strong sense of malice.
"Are you dead? If you're not, come over to the villa. The condoms that Derrick and I usually use are gone and I'm not used to other ones. Do you know which brand I usually use? Send it to me and I'll send you the location via WhatsApp."
The phone hung up before I could reply.
The next moment, the address of the villa was sent to my phone.
If it were in the past, I would endure all the sadness, grief, or humiliation out of self-blame and atonement and humbly responded to everything Nicole asked me to do.
Just to make her hate me less, even less.
But now, I felt numb and I calmly clicked into Amazon to have an order.
My friend put down the porridge and choked up, tucking in the corner of my blanket.
"Ethan, do you have to be with Nicole? This is the seventh time you've been in shock and the third time you've seen your child die with your own eyes! What else does she want? What else does she want before she's willing to let you go? Does she have to torture you to death?"
I raised my hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of my eyes and gave him a soothing smile. He had been speaking up for me since he stepped into my ward.
"Don't worry, she can't do anything to me anymore."
Nicole was angry because I did not go to the villa in person to deliver the condoms.
She suspended my card and asked the doctor to kick me out of the hospital.
I packed my things and left the hospital, then went back to the Steinfeld Family's manor.
Since taking complete power, Nicole had destroyed the former Cruise Family's manor.
My parents were also unhappy about this. During the argument with her, she asked her bodyguards to hold me down and humiliate me, which made my parents so angry that they had a heart attack and died ....
The servants of the Steinfeld Family looked at me with contempt.
"Look, the jinx is back. He doesn't have the little bastard around him ... he won't be ... it's really hilarious."
"That's right, how many times has this happened? He can't even raise him and he still has the nerve to run here. If it were me, I would find a place to hide and never come out to see anyone again."
"We are just servants, but we are not as shameless as him, are we? So how can a shameless person like him become the son-in-law of a wealthy family?"
I calmly walked over the living room. Now, I could be indifferent to these words.
I came at a very unfortunate time, as Nicole and Derrick happened to be here to meet Rosie Steinfeld, my mother-in-law.
As soon as I stepped into the living room, Rosie slammed down the teacup in her hand, her voice sharp and harsh.
"Ethan, come here and kneel down in front of grandma's memorial tablet!"
My footsteps up the stairs paused. I always felt guilty towards grandmother.
I turned around and walked towards Harrieth's memorial photo.
Rosie got angry and did not even give me a mat. My knees ached as I knelt on the cold, hard floor.
I had not fully recovered yet and when the ruler hit my back, my heart began to hurt as well.
"Humph, tell me how many times this has happened! I only have a male dog, but I can raise several litters a year, right? And you? You're not even as good as an animal!"
"You should have prevented Nicole from getting pregnant, at least she would have been pure."
