He Never Loved Me Until the Day I Finally Left Him novel Chapter 398

"You can't even stand on your own two feet, yet you actually think you can take our daughter away?" he asked mercilessly.

"You wouldn't even be able to hold her in your arms," he stated with brutal precision.

"How exactly do you plan on keeping her alive?"

He fired the questions like bullets, leaving her completely incapable of answering.

Defeated, she finally stopped fighting him.

Sensing the tension drain from her body, he remained silent.

He practically carried her weight as they took a slow walk through the hospital's courtyard.

The courtyard wasn't crowded, but there were enough nurses and patients passing by to notice.

When they saw the couple, shock rippled through the onlookers.

After all, she was branded a murderer, a scandal known to everyone in Riverton.

The toxic, volatile love triangle between Sebastian, Helena, and Janetta had been gossiped about endlessly.

Including every ruthless thing he had supposedly done to his wife.

Yet here he was, patiently supporting her as they strolled through the gardens.

It was a mind-boggling sight.

People couldn't help but lower their heads and whisper furiously.

But under his terrifyingly cold presence, no one dared to speak loud enough to be heard.

She remained entirely passive.

She couldn't break free from his grip anyway.

So she just let him hold her up.

But her physical stamina was completely depleted.

After managing barely one lap around the courtyard, he guided her back upstairs to her room.

Janetta witnessed the entire scene from her floor-to-ceiling window.

Her VIP suite perfectly overlooked the hospital gardens.

Since the neurology wing wasn't too high up, she had a crystal-clear view of their intimately tangled bodies.

Her complexion shifted violently from pale to flushed with pure rage.

She couldn't just sit back and hope for the best.

With a venomous glare, she summoned her assistant.

The assistant was equally baffled by the situation.

"Ms. Ramirez, that baby shouldn't be alive. With the dosage I secured, a premature infant that small should be beyond saving," the assistant whispered in disbelief.

"Mr. Hayes ordered an absolute blackout on the baby's condition to prevent the stock market from crashing. Is it possible the child is already dead, and he's just maintaining the illusion of life?" he analyzed coldly.

"I don't tolerate failure. I need to know the truth, right now!" she hissed, enunciating every syllable.

She locked her icy gaze onto the assistant. "The reality is that the bastard is still alive, otherwise the top surgeons wouldn't be running daily consultations. The shares have already transferred; there's no corporate reason to keep faking it."

"What if he's just stringing her along? He still needs to keep her compliant so he can take her cornea for you," the assistant suggested nervously.

"If he actually wanted to give me her cornea, he has a million ways to force it. He didn't extract it while she was in a coma, did he?" she shot back fiercely.

The assistant had no rebuttal.

"I need that cursed offspring dead!" she spat with pure malice.

Her unblinking eyes bored into him. "There are countless ways for a tragedy to strike. During the surgery, in the recovery room, whenever. Do you understand me? A high-risk procedure like this is the perfect cover for a fatal accident."