Chapter 3 - The Doctor's Warning
Sophia, desperate to maintain her hold on the billionaire boss, rushed forward. She knelt down on the cold linoleum next to Vincent, her dark evening gown pooling on the floor.
"Vincent, baby, it's okay," Sophia pleaded, reaching out to touch his shoulder. "We can fix this. We can hire better doctors. I'm here for you."
Vincent violently shoved her hand away. The touch of the woman who had helped him destroy his marriage suddenly felt like absolute poison.
He looked back down at the letter. Claire's handwriting was frantic, shaky, and stained with drops of her own blood from where the IV needle had been hastily inserted.
“Vincent. By the time you read this, they will have taken the baby. I begged the doctors not to tell you during the last seven months. I made them seal my medical records. I have late-stage placental cancer. The treatments would have killed the baby. So I refused them.”
Vincent’s breath completely stopped.
He had called her lazy when she couldn't get out of bed. He had called her pathetic when she lost weight instead of gaining it. He had paraded his mistress in front of her, entirely convinced Claire was just using her pregnancy to manipulate him.
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But Claire hadn't been manipulating him. She had been quietly, agonizingly dying inside his house, refusing chemotherapy entirely to save the life of his unborn child.
👉 What is written at the very end of the letter that will break Vincent permanently?
