Josephine looked at Zayne. She knew that he was a righteous man and liked to fight with his friends to pay the bills, hence she nodded and said, "Come to me for reimbursement when you go out with your friends."
Zayne’s smile froze immediately.
"What kind of beast are you? Taking but not giving?" Zayne teased Josephine.
Josephine burst out laughing.
"Do you regret marrying me?"
Zayne was about to nod when he saw Josephine pointing her fist to her stomach. Zayne quickly shook his head. "No regrets, no regrets. It’s a huge blessing for me to marry you."
Josephine loosened her fist.
Josephine suddenly took Zayne’s hand and started talking about serious matters. "Zayne, the hospital called me to go in for a maternity check-up. Can you g o with me this afternoon?"
"Oh no, I'm not free this afternoon," Zayne said with a guilty look on his face, "I have an appointment with a client on a contract negotiation. Why don’t I go with you tomorrow?”
Josephine smiled adorably. "I'll ask Sis Angeline to go with me, then."
In the afternoon, Josephine came to Chateau de Selene and begged Angeline to accompany her to the hospital for a B-scan.
Angeline agreed without hesitation because then she would be able to get rid of Jay and sneak into Carefree Garden to see Chloe.
When they came to the hospital for a B-scan, Josephine held Angeline's hand, sounding particularly nervous when she said, "I’m scared, Sis Angeline."
Angeline smiled tenderly. "What are you afraid of?"
Josephine said, "I'm afraid that the child will have birth defects."
Angeline comforted her softly. "The chances are really slim, Josephine. You won't encounter this problem."
Josephine said worriedly, "Zayne wants a daughter. I'm afraid he won't like the child if he's a boy..."
Angeline finally snapped back to her senses and asked the doctor, "Is this serious?"
The doctor replied, "It’s best to wait for a while before doing a reexamination. If everything is normal, then it'll be fine. If it's still abnormal, then you'll have to consider whether to keep the child or not."
Angeline helped Josephine out of the hospital. She was crying so hard that she nearly ran out of breath. Angelina's eyes were red. She was feeling extremely devastated, yet even so, she still needed to console Josephine. “Cheer up, Josie. The doctor said that there's a possibility that it will all be okay."
Josephine was so terrified that she laid on Angelina's shoulder and wept. "Sis Angeline, if the reexamination comes back with the same problem, the doctor will advise me to get an abortion. It was so hard for me to get pregnant with this child. If it's possible, I'm willing to give up ten years or even 20 years of my life for my child as long as it's healthy."
Angeline murmured, "The child will be fine. If you believe in it, then it'll make it through alive."
Both women embraced each other at the entrance of the hospital and wailed.
Angeline then took out her phone and called Jay, trying to contain her emotions as much as she could. However, she still could not conceal the grief that was eating her alive.
"Jaybie..."
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