After All the Hurt, She Chose Herself novel Chapter 81

Aria went to the hospital with Gideon.

Lilith, rail-thin in a blue and white hospital gown, was curled up in Flora’s arms, drenched in sweat. She looked utterly pitiful.

“Is this what you wanted to see?”

They stood at the doorway, not going in.

“Flora, it hurts so much… When is Charles bringing back the medicine? It hurts, it hurts so much…”

Hearing the weak voice from inside, Gideon’s expression filled with pain.

But to Aria, it didn't sound like pain. It sounded more like symptoms of addiction.

The body's instinctive anxiety and agony from withdrawal—a feeling Lilith was mistaking for physical pain.

“A sedative would be enough to calm her down.”

“A sedative?” Gideon repeated. “What are you playing at?”

“It's just treating the symptoms.”

What she needed most right now was to have her mood stabilized. A sedative was also a nerve-numbing drug, and Lilith wouldn't have an adverse reaction to it.

“A quarter of a dose would be enough to get her through the night.”

Aria glanced at Lilith in the hospital room again and came to a conclusion. “Lilith isn't suitable for the clinical trial. So, even if I restart it, she can't be a participant.”

“Mr. Evernight, I knew I'd find you here!”

As they were talking, Henry approached, holding a folder.

When he saw Aria was there too, he instinctively tried to hide the file in his hand.

In it was Aria’s medical report from her checkup at the hospital yesterday.

Upon seeing that Aria was pregnant, Henry was in disbelief. Only after repeatedly confirming with the doctor did he have to accept the reality.

A woman Gideon disliked was actually pregnant.

If she actually gave birth to the child, then his years of targeting Aria…

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