Betrayed By Blood And Wows Novel

Chapter 5 " But don't worry , Mr. Thornton . I've already contacted the rescue team . They're doing all they can . Mrs. Thornton will be fine ... " But Samuel couldn't hear another word . The phone slipped from his hand and hit the floor with a sharp thud . His head buzzed , as if all the blood in his body froze . He thought to himself , " She drowned herself ? " I'm her most trusted person . " She loved me so deeply . How could she bear to leave me ? " Beside him , Jessica snatched the fallen phone , her voice sharp with irritation . " Amelia put you up to this , didn't she ?

She's in on it with the hospital , trying to scare us ! Tell us the truth . She didn't really drown , did she ? " Before the doctor could even respond , Jessica hung up . " She really can't stop causing trouble . She just miscarried , and now she's teaming up with doctors for her lies ? She's been terrified of water since young . There's no way she'd dare jump into a river . She couldn't even come up with a better lie . How pathetic . " I bet she's doing this on purpose , probably off somewhere having fun with some guy .

" 0.00 % 15.26 In the past , Jessica had said plenty of similar things , and Samuel never thought much of it . But this time , her words grated like nails on glass , harsh and uncomfortable . He looked up at Jessica's disdainful expression and suddenly realized how unfamiliar she felt . Was this really the gentle , kind angel he thought he knew ? She used to cry over stray cats . A wave of unspoken disgust and anger surged in him . The tenderness vanished from his gaze , replaced by cold fury . " Lia is my wife and your sister . She's never once spoken ill of you .

She's kind , gentle , and genuine . I won't allow anyone to slander her . " The more he spoke , the more his voice trembled , unraveling with . emotion . " Amelia was such a good wife . How could I let that group of men torture and ruin her ? I was the one who killed our unborn child . " He remembered my gaze from yesterday . They were calm , distant , lifeless when he told me he'd go keep Jessica company . Only then did he realize he had truly lost me . These past days , he'd been so focused on Jessica that he never noticed how distant we had grown .

He thought to himself , " When had she started losing hope in me ? " Panic twisted in Samuel's gut . He sped toward the hospital , driving like a madman . 35.43 % 15 : 260 Chapter 5 In the hospital ward , bloodstains stretched from the bed all the way to the window . Samuel paled at the sight ; it felt like an invisible hand was strangling him . The doctor's hands shook as he handed over a document file , his voice choked . " Mrs. Thornton asked me to pass this to you ... She had already developed resistance to anesthesia . " Technically speaking , she was never truly unconscious .

" The words hit Samuel like a thunderbolt . Something inside him shattered . He mumbled , " If she were never unconscious . Then she must have heard everything we said . " She knew everything from the very beginning . " Bennett , who was rushing in , froze mid - step , his face white as a sheet . " It was we who drove Lia to her death . " 76.07 %