Giselle stared in the direction where Alex had just left, she said, "Tracy, what if I'm pregnant?"
As expected, Tracy's face changed instantly. She shrieked, "That's impossible! I've been secretly giving you contraceptive medicine this whole time!"
Giselle's face turned into a deathly pale when she heard this. She never imagined that the reason she had never been able to conceive all these years was all Tracy doing.
Fury surged through her as she raised her hand and slapped Tracy hard across the face.
Slap! A crisp slap echoed in the living room.
Tracy glanced upstairs, noticing that Alex had not come down yet. So, she leaned in closer, her face twisted with malice. She whispered, "Are you surprised? You've been infertile all these years because of me. How could I ever let you have a child? If you got pregnant, you'd cling to Alex and never let him go. However, look at you ... you've loved him for ten years, and what did that get you? Alex changed his heart. He fell in love with me. That’s why I’m the one carrying his child, not you. You don’t deserve it."
Giselle stared at Tracy, the girl she had watched grow up. This woman was so vicious that she deliberately destroyed her chance of ever becoming a mother.
As she watched Tracy's smug smile, Giselle's red lips curved into a cold smile and said, "Well, I am pregnant though, Tracy. Alex and I will be a happy family of three. Meanwhile, your child? It'll be nothing but just a bastard. As for you? You'll just be a home-wrecking whore."
Tracy’s face instantly twisted in rage. With a furious shove, she pushed Giselle hard. Giselle crashed onto the floor with a sickening thud.
A sharp pain shot through her abdomen. She clutched her stomach, her face contorted in agony.
Tears slid from the corners of her eyes as she felt her baby twisting inside her. She held onto her belly as she tried to breathe through the pain.
Just then, Tracy suddenly collapsed onto the floor as well. Instantly she cried out, "Alex. My stomach hurt! Alex!"
Giselle choked up her words, though she wanted to scream for Alex too, the pain was so unbearable that her body was shaking all over.
At that moment, she realized that she could never bear to lose this child after all.
Alex rushed down the stairs. When he saw Tracy and Giselle lying on the floor, his face darkened. He called out urgently, "Giselle! Tracy!"
Giselle's trembling hand reached for him and pleaded with a shaky voice, "It … hurts … the baby .…"
However, at that very moment, Tracy cried out. Her voice was even louder than her, "Alex, I'm in too much pain. I need to go to the hospital. My baby …!"
Alex's expression turned grim and he said, "Giselle, I have to take Tracy to the hospital first. She can't be in danger."
With that, he forcefully pried Giselle’s hand off him.
All Giselle could do was watch Alex swiftly scooped Tracy into his arms and carried her out the door.
As she lay there and stared at their retreating back, she could feel the warm, sticky sensation of blood pooling beneath her.
Meanwhile, in the car, Alex gripped the steering wheel tightly as he raced his car. His heart ached so much.
He glanced at Tracy who was sobbing in the backseat. Then he assured her, "We're almost there."
Between her cries, Tracy whimpered, "Alex, don’t blame Giselle. She … found out I was pregnant and forced me to tell her whose baby it was. I swore it wasn’t yours, but she didn’t believe me. She accused us … Alex, I would never ruin your marriage with Giselle. I would never blame her if she wanted to take my baby’s life.…"
Alex was so furious when he heard this. He quickly dialed Giselle's phone number but no one answered.
Back at the house, Giselle lay motionless on the cold floor as pain swallowed her whole. It felt like all the blood had drained from her body.
Then, the door swung open. The housekeeper, Lea, had just returned from the market.
When she saw Giselle lying in a pool of blood, she was so frightened. She shouted in horror, "Madam!"
Giselle was rushed to the hospital. As she was drifting in and out of consciousness, she could faintly hear Lea's frantic words. "Madam, I tried calling your husband, but he won’t answer! Hold on, please! So much blood … too much blood … someone will die!"
