The Ex-Wife’s Billion Dollar Comeback Novel

---- Chapter 167: Calum's Warning ~ Calum ~ Rose had been admitted to the hospital, and she had already stayed there for a week. The doctors were... trying to save the baby. But one evening, Rose bled more. After she was cleaned up and the doctor examined her, it was clear. The doctor who checked on Rose was the same man who attended to her weeks ago, Doctor Gilbert. He didn't say much to Calum, but more to Rose and her parents. Still, he made one thing clear: "The baby is gone. I'm sorry." Rose broke down in tears together with Silvia.

Calum tried to comfort his wife, but Reginald asked to speak to him. Outside the hospital suite, in a secluded hallway, Calum spoke with his father-in-law. "| don't care what went on with your ex-wife and the existing tension between you two, but Rose lost her baby because she was hurt by your mother's words." Reginald stabbed a finger into Calum's chest. "That, to me, is clear!" "You know she had been stressed lately, yet you allowed your mother to hurt Rose!" Reginald added. "Be a man, Calum! Do what's best for Rose!" "STOP" Calum snapped, his nose flared. "Stop pointing at me, Reginald.

Are you forgetting who | am? Rose has her own faults too." "Really?" Reginald shot back. "Because from what | understand, everything you did to your ex-wife was your own doing. And Rose only followed your lead." ---- "| know who you are, Calum. | know you still hold power in this city, but | am also a father, and | am only looking out for my daughter. You can do anything, but that won't stop me from pointing out your mistakes." "When we met you last year, you promised me you would take care of my daughter, and that you loved her. Is this love?" Reginald motioned back toward the suite.

"You are letting Rose get tangled in the mess of your marriage-with your family's internal dispute!" "You even let your cousin interfere. Claire tried to influence Rose." "Enough blaming Rose! Instead, take responsibility!" Reginald added. "Now, you'd better go back there and comfort my daughter. Tell her it's okay that she lost the baby. You can have another child, and when that happens again, you must take care of the pregnancy." "Keep her away from your mother." A hiss left Reginald's lips. "Maybe it's best to keep her away from Sage too.

If she is just going to be repeatedly blamed for your divorce, Rose might as well stay clear of your past." "You and Rose might as well start anew!" Reginald added. " You are already married. You already failed in your last marriage. Don't ruin this one too. Think about it." For minutes, Calum stood there, thinking. But he also recognized Reginald was right. Besides, he had already invested so much in his relationship with Rose. It was such a waste not to make it work. He also admitted he was mostly to blame for everything. So, Calum made his way back to Rose's room and comforted her.

---- Rose's parents had left them alone to speak. Calum said, "Let' s forget about blocking Soraya, or what you have said to Sage in the past. Let's just move on." He gripped Rose's hand and said, "I'm sorry we lost our baby, but we can still have another child." "| think we should stay away from Mom from now on. And as for Sage..." Calum took a deep breath. "I'll let her stay with Mom for a while, until | decide what's best. I'll also talk to her about staying with Soraya." Rose just looked at Calum, her eyes filled with sadness. It made Calum feel regretful.

Still, he pressed her: "Is there anything else you need to tell me, Rose? Anything at all? Lay everything bare today." Rose turned to him, her body shaking. "Calum, I'm sorry, but Claire borrowed money from me." She broke down, admitting the total amount she had given Claire. "At first, | believed her, that she would pay me back. After the news about her father broke, | also hoped that it was just a mistake. | never expected that your uncle was truly a thief." "No," Calum muttered.

Considering how much money he had covered for Marvin's embezzlement, a hundred million dollars was a huge amount. He swore to recover as much as he could, but for now, there was no other way around it. He simply had to accept it. "DON'T!" He almost lost his temper, but he held back, knowing Rose was in a delicate state. "Don't do it again. Do not contact Claire and do not answer any of her communications." ---- The Rowans were still detained, and further investigation was ongoing, but Calum knew Camilla had been trying to negotiate Claire and Roger's release in exchange for her cooperation.

That was one thing he and his parents still needed to settle with the authorities. "| promise," Rose declared. "I promise not to communicate with Claire anymore. Please, forgive me, Calum." Calum's jaw tightened, his face hard, his eyes sad yet filled with uncertain anger. "Is there anything else?" "No," she replied. "There's nothing more." "There better be nothing more, Rose, because if | discover something new, | will give up on this marriage,' Calum warned. "| don't care how much | had given you, and how much time we had spent with each other.

| will leave you if | have to!" Rose's eyes widened. She opened her mouth, but quickly shut it again. "No, there is nothing else. | swear." some ~ Jacob ~ Meanwhile, back in Burnell, Jacob and Soraya were busy preparing for their wedding. They were chatting with the wedding coordinator about the flowers and the cake flavors, and he noticed Soraya massaging her temples. "Honey? Are you okay?" Jacob asked, concerned. Lately, Soraya had been feeling under the weather. Usually, his wife was up in the wee hours trading, but Soraya had been sleeping a lot, maybe too much.

Sometimes she said her heart was beating faster than usual, and often, she didn't like the smell of fish. ---- In fact, over the past few days, they had been on a ramen diet. That was the only thing Soraya wanted to eat. "| feel tired,' Soraya said. She got up, touching her forehead. " Jacob, | want to-" "Ara? Aral" Soraya fainted in his arms, sending Jacob into a major panic. " Call an ambulance! Now!" At the hospital, the doctor was calm and smiling at Jacob. It pissed him off. Why was the doctor so at ease when his wife just fainted? "Mr.

Steel, there's nothing wrong with your wife," the doctor said, grinning from ear to ear.