Wait…Why Did Everyone I Love Suddenly Call Me a Bitch?! novel Chapter 17

Chapter 1

“Miss Stone, are you absolutely certain you want to give up this kidney?”

“Mr. Cross spent fifty million dollars and searched over five hundred hospitals for three years to secure this match for you.”

“If you miss this chance, you’ll have maybe a month left to live. After that, there’s nothing anyone can do to save you.”

Mia’s voice was eerily calm. “I’m certain.”

The doctor’s expression was conflicted as she bent her head, signing her name with deliberate strokes.

“Please keep this confidential. I’ll tell Dominic myself…”

Leaving the office, Mia headed to the third floor of the hospital wing.

Dominic had bought out this entire floor three years ago. Hundreds of specialists remained on standby, yet they still couldn’t save her

Grandma’s life.

The doctors said she wouldn’t make it through the day.

Mia reached out, grasping the old woman’s wrinkled hand as the sob in her throat finally broke free.

“Grandma, will you ever forgive me?”

“I’m so sorry-”

If it weren’t for her, how could the Stone family have ended up in such ruins?

Three years ago, her parents got caught up in a massive fraud case involving over a hundred million dollars.

On the day of the trial, the key witness-an intern named Letty Kane-vanished with the company’s remaining ten million dollars.

Dominic had helped Mia search all of the city, but Letty had disappeared without a trace, like she’d never existed.

Without her testimony, Mia’s parents were sentenced to death row that very day. A month later, unable to endure the torture, they both hanged

themselves with bedsheets.

When the news broke, her Grandma collapsed from a stroke and never woke up.

Overnight, Mia had lost everyone she loved.

That day, Dominic held her as she cried tears of blood, his own eyes red with heartbreak.

“Mia, you still have me!”

“I swear I’ll find Letty Kane and make her suffer. I’ll clear your parents’ names.”

She was wrapped tightly in his arms. At that moment, Dominic was the only person left in this world she could depend on.

But yesterday, while managing Dominic’s assets during his business trip, she discovered that one of his luxury villas was registered under Letty

Kane’s name.

The property transfer date? The exact day Letty had vanished three years ago.

That moment felt like being struck by lightning. Mia’s entire body trembled, her mind going blank.

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For three years, she’d found no trace of Letty. Every lead would suddenly go cold, as if some powerful force was protecting her from discovery.

How could she have imagined?

Her husband-the man who swore he’d kill Letty to avenge her-was Letty’s protector all along!

For three years, over a thousand days and nights, he’d watched her suffer while secretly building Letty a golden cage to hide in.

Mia’s tears dripped onto Grandma’s bedsheet, soaking the fabric.

The pain in her chest was so intense she couldn’t straighten up.

If she hadn’t chosen to sponsor Letty, hadn’t recommended the fresh graduate for an internship at her family’s company, how could her parents

have died so horribly?

How could her family have been destroyed, her beloved husband’s betrayal included?

Suddenly, a sharp mechanical sound cut through her thoughts.

“Beep… beep… beep…”

Grandma’s heart monitor flatlined.

Mia’s whole body shook as she frantically pressed the emergency call button. Doctors rushed in while her feet felt like lead, unable to move a single step.

As nurses pushed her out of the room, she instinctively grabbed her phone and dialed Dominic’s emergency contact.

The call rang twice before being hung up.

When she tried again, it went straight to voicemail.

Mia completely lost her strength, collapsing outside the hospital room, crying until she couldn’t breathe.

Her phone buzzed with a text notification. She opened it with tear-blurred eyes.

But the words hit her like tiny needles piercing her heart.

“Mr. Cross, congratulations on booking our deluxe maternity suite! We’ll provide the most attentive service and wish you and Ms. Kane joy in welcoming your new baby. Here’s to a happy family!”

The next moment, the hospital room door opened.

The doctor’s face was sympathetic, barely able to meet her eyes.

“I’m sorry for your loss.”

Mia clutched her phone, nails digging deep into her palm as blood trickled down her wrist onto the floor.

She’d lost the last blood relative in this world, while Dominic was beside her enemy, eagerly awaiting the birth of their child!

The physical pain was nothing compared to the agony in her heart.

Mia stumbled into the room, holding Grandma’s hand one final time.

“Grandma, you and Mom and Dad have to wait for me.”

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“I’m sorry… this is all my fault. I’m the one who…”

She cried until she collapsed on her knees, then forced herself to stand and numbly handle Grandma’s funeral arrangements. Alone, she carried the urn out of the crematorium.

At that moment, she desperately wanted to see the maternity center.

She needed to know what her husband was like around Letty Kane.

But when she actually saw them, Mia almost couldn’t stop herself from bursting in.

Letty’s belly was round, but her face remained delicate and pale, showing none of the fatigue of pregnancy.

Everything about her screamed pampered luxury.

And Dominic had his arm around her waist, infinitely tender.

“Dom, my belly feels so heavy.”

“The baby keeps kicking me. I wonder who he takes after, being so restless.”

She pouted playfully, and Dominic immediately helped her sit down.

He leaned close to her belly, pretending to scold.

“Little guy’s being naughty. When you come out, I’ll have to stand up for Mommy.”

Letty laughed sweetly.

“Your precious son-you think you’ll actually be able to discipline him?”

Dominic took her hand, his face full of adoration.

“Letty, three years ago when you came to me for help, crying broke my heart. You’d made one simple work mistake, but Mia wanted to destroy you completely.”

“You’ve been hiding in that villa ever since, no freedom, no life, yet you were willing to risk everything to give me a child.”

“I swear to God, no one will ever be more important than you. I’ll love and protect you until the day I die.”

Tears fell from Letty’s eyes as she wiped them delicately.

“Don’t worry about me. As long as it makes Mia feel better, I can endure any hardship.”

“I’ve been an orphan since childhood, always walking on eggshells. No one’s ever really cared about me anyway.”

Her voice grew more choked up as she looked down at her belly.

“I just feel bad for our baby, having to live like a mouse in hiding with me.”

Dominic’s heart clenched, his brow furrowing with pain.

“Never. He’ll inherit everything I own. Someday I’ll make sure you can stand proudly by my side.”

Letty’s eyes lit up with hope, then quickly clouded with worry. “Really? Maybe we shouldn’t… what if Mia gets angry…”

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Dominic’s gaze darkened but remained resolute.

“She’ll never know the truth.”

“I owe the Stone family a debt I must repay in this lifetime. So I have to ask you to be patient a little longer, Letty.”

“I’ve arranged everything. The day you finish postpartum recovery, I’ll give you the wedding ceremony you deserve.”

Hearing this, Mia’s heart felt like it was bleeding. She bit down hard on her wrist to stifle the cry rising in her throat.

Her parents’ two lives were nothing more than Letty’s “simple mistake” in his eyes.

He’d even said his feelings for Mia were just obligation. So where was his love? All given to Letty?

Mia swayed like an autumn leaf, trembling too hard to stand.

Looking at Grandma’s urn in the car, she wiped away endless tears and called the funeral home.

“I’d like to book a sea burial service for one month from now.”

“The name is Mia Stone. Location… the northernmost waters off Riverside City.”

That was where Dominic had once proposed to her.

Let her end this life there.

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