A Spoonful of Sugar: Don't Beg for Love novel Chapter 12

Hesper’s fever broke the next day. She was not severely ill to begin with; she just caught a cold after bowing down for a night in her malnourished state.

It was fortunate that she was sent to the hospital in time and received an intravenous infusion, which allowed her body to gradually recover its functions.

It was quite amusing, really. She risked her life to give birth to the Duvals’ eldest grandchild, yet she could only replenish her nutrition in the hospital. No one would believe her if she were to tell them what happened.

Hesper consumed her chicken soup in small sips when someone kicked open the door of her room all of a sudden. The elegantly-dressed Madam Duval walked into the room with two other women.

“Yikes, look at you having the appetite to eat chicken soup. It seems that you’re not all that seriously ill.”

Hesper coldly glanced at her. She did not have a favorable impression toward the Duvals after experiencing the recent ordeals. She replied in a mocking tone, “I’m sorry for disappointing you by not dying from the illness.”

“Stop your smart-mouthing!”

Madam Duval looked like she was about to lose her temper when she suddenly caught herself and cracked a ghastly smile. “Judging from how stubborn you are, it seems you still haven’t learned your lesson. Then I’ll fulfill your wish to endure more hardships!”

“Come!” She waved her hand with a sneer. “Since Mrs. Duval is hospitalized, she can’t feed breastmilk to the baby, who is at home. Go ahead and help her!”

“What are you doing!”

Before Hesper could respond to the situation, the two women were already surrounding her with a ghastly grin on their faces. They grabbed her hospital gown and tugged at it to remove it.

“What are we doing? You should know how to pump breast milk by now. There’s no need for us to explain anymore, right?”

The button of Hesper’s hospital gown was forcefully removed, revealing a large area of her fair skin. One of the women stretched out her hands and squeezed Hesper’s breasts ferociously.

Hesper’s eyes widened in shock. She thought that Madam Duval’s previous tricks were obscene enough, but Madam Duval was able to stoop even lower!

“Go away! Don’t you dare touch me!”

Hesper struggled with all her might, but she could not move because of the two women’s strength.

They squeezed her breasts strenuously with their large, coarse hands…

“Gah! It hurts!”

Hesper’s forehead instantly drenched in cold sweat. Her breasts were weak and sensitive since the delivery, so she felt as if her blood vessels were about to burst when abused by them in this manner.

Her eyes reddened with tears, and hateful, humiliating thoughts filled her head. In the end, Hesper could not bear it anymore and pulled out a fork that she hid under the pillow before stabbing the person next to her visciously.

“Gah!”

A bitter, agonizing roar rang in the room. The woman grabbed her arm and said with an agonizing expression, “Madam, blood… I’m bleeding…”

The other woman was so startled that she loosened her grip upon noticing the situation, leaving Hesper slumped down on the bed weakly.

Her hair was messy and she was in a disheveled state. Only her eyes were filled with sarcasm and hatred.

Madam Duval was startled by Hesper’s gaze, but she feigned calmness by saying, “You were prepared, Hesper. Very well. Did you prepare the fork so you could stab me? Aren’t you afraid that Rickard will leave you when he finds out about this?”

“Make him leave then!”