He Never Loved Me Until the Day I Finally Left Him novel Chapter 383

In this dire situation, Sebastian remained silent.

Even the lawyer standing nearby looked incredibly nervous.

They were in the final, most critical stage of the stock transfer.

They absolutely had to guarantee the baby stayed alive.

Otherwise, a massive variable would be thrown into the mix.

The entire corporate transfer could be terminated at any moment.

"Mr. Hayes, we need to operate immediately. With surgery, there is still hope," the doctor urged, reacting to Sebastian's stony silence.

But the lawyer's sudden interjection made the atmosphere even more volatile.

"Mr. Hayes, if they operate now, the success rate is abysmally low. If she dies on the operating table, it's an official time of death. Legally, the stock transfer cannot proceed."

The lawyer's logic was as ruthless as it was practical. "Under these circumstances, if we just delay the surgery for a few days—as long as we don't announce anything publicly and she remains breathing on life support, even if she is brain-dead—the stock transfer will still go through."

Everything came down to corporate leverage.

Sebastian, of course, understood this perfectly.

His hands balled into tight fists as he stood there in the heavy silence.

He knew exactly how precarious his daughter's condition was.

The shares or the child. He could only choose one.

Right now, surgery was her only chance at survival.

If he delayed the operation until the transfer was finalized, it would be far too late to save her.

If this baby died...

Helena would shatter completely. She might not even survive the grief.

And whatever was left of him and Helena would be obliterated forever.

At that realization, a flicker of genuine shock crossed Sebastian's eyes.

He never expected that one day, he would actually care about pushing his relationship with Helena past the point of no return.

Shouldn't she mean absolutely nothing to him?

After a long time, his clenched fists slowly relaxed.

The deep furrow between his brows smoothed out.

He and Helena had been married for seven years. He would compensate her properly.

This girl was the eldest daughter of the Hayes family. Even in death, she would be buried with their name.

He would never deny her identity.

With that cold rationalization, a chilling calm washed over him.

"Forgo the surgery. Keep her on life support until the stock transfer is complete. Once it's done, if she's still breathing, do whatever it takes to save her. I don't care how much money or manpower it costs."

His words were unspeakably ruthless.

The doctor didn't dare utter a word of protest.

They all knew how brutal the ultra-wealthy could be.

But sacrificing his own flesh and blood for a corporate power play? This level of calculated cruelty was beyond their comprehension.