“Don’t question anymore, Mrs. Duval. I just happened to fall.”How hard must one fall in order to be injured to this extent?She should have expected this to happen. Madam Duval and Sophia loathed her, so it was only natural that they would discriminate against Wanda for saving her. Perhaps Wanda was tormented so frequently by these people in the past two years when she was hospitalized that Wanda did not have the courage to talk about them. Hesper was furious. “You're in your current state because of me, so I’m going to uphold justice for you.”“Don’t, Mrs. Duval!” Wanda pulled at Hesper strenuously with tears streaming down her face. “Madam Duval and Ms. Duval have always been domineering. If you uphold justice for me, it will only give them a reason to punish you even more. The baby is still young; think about him, and take care of yourself.”Hesper, however, could not make peace with the fact that she involved the aging Wanda in her matter after she had endured so many hard
Madam Duval and Sophie refused to drop the matter. “So now you know how to behave yourself? Weren’t you so formidable yesterday that you beat up someone? Maybe karma struck and the baby is sick because of his trouble-making mother!”“Criticize me all you want but not my baby.”Hesper bit her lower lip tightly, anxious and panic-stricken from thinking about her child’s condition. Madam Duval squalled from the side. “Yikes, yikes, yikes. Look at you scowling at me after being criticized. Yesterday, you hit Sophia. Are you going to hit me today?”Hesper knew that now was not the time for quarreling. She clenched her fists tightly and told herself to put up with it. Then she turned around to say to Rickard, “I’m the child’s mother, so no matter what, I have the right to check on him.”“No. What if the baby’s illness deteriorates further when she enters the room?”Sophia’s remark reminded Rickard. Even though he did not buy into superstition, it was better to be safe than sorry sin
“Hesper!”Rickard’s eyes widened in shock at that very moment. He shakily stretched out his hand, but Hesper’s gaze remained locked on the bundle before her. She spat out a mouthful of fresh blood and said, “My baby…”She wanted to check on the baby, but no matter how hard she tried, she could not reach the edge of the bundle with her fingertips. It was only a few millimeters away, but the distance separated life and death. The vision before Hesper’s eyes went black, and she shut her eyes completely. “Hesper!” The usually calm man was already thrown into a panic by now. He roared frantically, “Call the ambulance! Call the ambulance, quick!”The bodyguard standing behind him immediately took action while Benji picked up the bundle cautiously. His expression changed drastically after taking one glance. “Sir…”Rickard looked over shakily, as he recognized the bundle as the baby’s blanket. Hesper jumped off the tall building because of the baby. However, when he opened up t
Sophia and Juniper were so terrified of his icy cold tone that their bodies shivered. However, they had always been skilled at putting on an act. Hence, Sophie pouted her lips in grief right away. “Why are you being so fierce to us? I feel very bad that she fell off the building too. I’m your sister and the baby’s aunt. Do you think I would put the mother and baby in harm’s way?”“Yet, someone witnessed both of you making things difficult for her! Do you dare say you didn’t do it?”Rickard flew into a great rage. If the accident was really caused by them, he could finally understand why Hesper would risk her life just to leave the Duvals. If he was in her place, he would not be able to stay with a family as vile, cruel, and malicious as that!Sophia continued to cry and complained, “Dick, will you please stop believing in a one-sided story. I did have a brief dispute with her, but that was because she disregarded your order and insisted on leaving with the baby, and I stopped he
However, they did not expect Rickard to actually assign a bodyguard to watch her on a 24-hour basis. Let alone a man, not even a fly could fly near her. Sophia and Juniper did not manage to figure out a way through the entire night. Just as they were at a loss of what to do, news came from the hospital that Hesper was already awake.“What should we do, what should we do? Rickard will hate us if she tells him everything.”Juniper assumed a panic-stricken expression at last. Had she known that Hesper would be so foolish, she would not have done that to Hesper. But she did do it, and not only did she not finish off Hesper, it was possible that she could be exposed at any moment.Juniper considered herself lucky that she and Sophia were on the same boat while it was very apparent that Sophia would not make peace with the current situation willingly. “Mom, can’t you just bring a few women and barge into the room when Dick is not around? We’ll just say that her body was too weak to
Rickard did not answer the question. Sophia and Juniper accused him of not believing them, but everyone told a different version of the story.Who should he believe then?“Rickard! It was you who asked me, but you now won’t believe me?”Hesper bit her lower lip tightly. She realized that since the baby was not wrapped in the bundle, Sophia and Hesper’s goal was for her to die!She was injured so severely that she was on the brink of death, yet her husband was still hesitant about who he should believe…She was extremely disappointed and utterly furious. Had it not been for Rickard, would she need to go through this?Rickard furrowed his eyebrows when he noticed her stare. “Why are you looking at me like that? I didn’t say that I don’t believe you.”“If that's the case, you should hold them responsible for this matter! Why aren’t you doing that yet?”“Each of you sticks to your own side of the story. How am I supposed to hold anyone responsible before the matter has been inves
Rickard took a deep glance at her and casted a look at Benji so he would handle it. However, it was at this exact moment that a mocking, female voice was heard. “There’s no need to trouble yourself.”Sophia and Juniper entered the room.Hesper appeared to be agitated once again as soon as she saw them, her eyes filled with deep hatred. “How dare you come here, you murderers!”“You must be sick in the head, Hesper. Why would we have the courage to come here?”Sophia mocked in a cold voice, “Weren’t you asking my brother to check our phones? I'll fulfill your wish. However, I’m just going to put this out bluntly. If you can’t find anything, I won’t pretend that nothing happened after you defamed me and Juni like this!”She handed two phones to Benji. Rickard nodded and Benji immediately left the room to deal with the phones. Sophia seized the opportunity to seek pity. “Dick, no one feels good after an incident like this happened. It’s fine that you're suspicious of me, but aren’
The reply she received was the man waving his hand in a cold, dismissive manner. Hesper’s world turned gray and dark once again. The doctor determined the diagnosis soon. “Sir, Mrs. Duval has some bleeding in her body that caused nerve compression, perhaps due to the severe injuries she suffers from. This has resulted in her hallucination and disorientation.”In other words, perhaps the voice clip mentioned by her never existed from the start and everything was a result of Hesper’s hallucination. Meanwhile, Juniper stepped forward and said in a grieving tone, “If that's the case, why is she only targeting Sophia and me? We didn’t provoke her or anything.”The doctor was already bribed by Madam Duval from the start. He said as he was ordered by her, “It is very normal for the patient to subconsciously regard her most hated person as her enemy during the hallucination episodes. In fact, the patient will even take herself for the innocent party and attempt to deal with the issue