Chapter 2 - The Unconscious Wife
Vincent’s chest heaved with heavy, ragged sobs. He had spent the last seven months of Claire’s pregnancy ignoring her. He had moved Sophia into the main estate, banished Claire to the guest wing, and stripped her of all her financial access. He wanted to break her spirit so she would sign the divorce papers without fighting for his empire.
He had mocked her when she complained of pain this morning. He told her she was just being dramatic.
Now, through the thick glass wall, Vincent looked into the delivery room.
Claire, his beautiful wife in her late 20s, lay completely unconscious in the hospital bed. She was surrounded by a terrifying web of tubes, wires, and electronic monitors. Her skin was as pale as the white hospital sheets. A team of frantic doctors was fighting desperately to stabilize her hemorrhaging after an emergency, extremely premature C-section.
Standing near the glass, watching Vincent with profound, quiet pity, was a veteran nurse in blue scrubs.
The nurse looked down at the crumpled paper in Vincent’s shaking hands. She knew exactly what was written on it.
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"She wrote it before she collapsed in the lobby," the nurse said softly, her voice barely carrying over the sound of the medical alarms. "She knew her body was failing."
👉 What devastating secret did Claire hide from Vincent during the last seven months?
