After All the Hurt, She Chose Herself novel Chapter 65

After saying her piece, Aria felt a weight lift from her shoulders.

She didn’t wait for the trio’s reaction, simply grabbing her bag and walking away.

Back in the gynecology department, Aria handed her test results to the doctor.

If it hadn’t been for her run-in with Gideon and the others, she would have had time to look at them herself.

She quickly scanned the reports, a sinking feeling telling her what they would say.

“Ms. Rowan, your body is extremely weak right now. Your hemoglobin is also below the normal range. You are not physically stable enough for an abortion at this time.”

Aria already knew.

Her health was poor. No matter how much she tried to nurse herself back to health, her underlying condition made a full recovery difficult.

“Then when can I have the procedure?”

“At the very least, your hemoglobin needs to return to a normal level.”

Aria understood.

“Alright, I understand.”

“Also, Ms. Rowan, are you certain you’ve never had any surgery on your uterus?”

Aria’s breath caught. “No surgery, but I had a previous illness that required treatment, which damaged it.”

“The condition of your uterus is not good. If you have an abortion, there’s a significant risk you could lose your uterus entirely. You really need to think about this very carefully.”

The news shattered Aria’s world, the impact leaving her reeling in a deafening silence.

Aria didn’t even know how she left the hospital.

She didn’t go back to the Evernight estate. Instead, she took a taxi to the house her biological mother had left her.

She didn’t go inside, just sat quietly on a bench outside.

At this point, she didn’t know who she could possibly talk to about this.

They say that even the worst people have friends.

But her?

When trouble found her, she couldn’t find a single person to talk to.

She unconsciously placed a hand on her lower abdomen.

For her whole life, she thought she would never be a mother. And then, by some miracle, she had been given a child.

But now, she couldn’t keep it.

Aria’s eyes grew moist, and a sob escaped her lips.

“No changes to the kitchen staff, sir.”

Gideon lost his appetite and waved Henry out of the office.

He remembered now. Aria had always been the one to arrange his meals.

Gideon had always assumed she just ordered his food from the cafeteria downstairs.

Now, he suspected she might have been making it herself.

A wave of irritation washed over Gideon. He glanced at his hand.

He had offered to let her come back. Aria should have been grateful. How dare she speak to him that way.

Unreasonable.

Gideon rubbed his temples and pushed open his office door.

He heard voices from outside and paused. The door was only open a crack, but the discussion came through clearly.

“Ever since Aria left, the atmosphere in the office has been so tense.”

“Yeah, whenever we submitted a contract, Aria would always look it over for us. And if there was a problem, she wouldn’t yell at us like Henry does.”

“Henry chewed out Willie so bad today he couldn’t even lift his head. But I’m pretty sure Henry was the one responsible for that contract, right? Willie’s just an intern, and now he’s the scapegoat…”