Chapter 12 — Pregnant With Ex-Boyfriend

I raised my head, my lips pressed close to his chin.

"I coaxed you."

Ha Duat's eyes were deep and scary. He pushed me down onto the pillow, his palm lining my back, kissing from the corner of my lips down to my ear. I was kissed by him until I was weak, my fingers clutching the fabric of his shirt tightly on his shoulder. But he stopped right at the most dangerous moment. Forehead pressed against my shoulder, hot breath.

“Wait until your baby is born safely.”

My ears turned red as if on fire, but my mouth remained stubborn.

“Cowardly.”

He smiled lowly and gently bit my earlobe.

“If not, I'll cry again.”

I lifted my foot and gently kicked him, but he grabbed my ankle and put it back in the blanket. The phone suddenly rang. My mother called. I hesitated a bit then picked up the phone. She cried so much that she couldn't breathe.

“Tu Tu, your father has had a heart attack, please go home quickly.”

24

When I returned to the Khuong family's house, Ha Duat Xuyen insisted on following me. I stopped you.

“Now that my dad sees me, if he doesn't have a heart attack, it will probably become a heart attack.”

His face is very bad.

“I'll take you to the gate.”

“No need.”

I touched the health bracelet on my wrist.

“With this, I can see you all the time.”

He didn't feel secure and still took me near the Khuong family's house. Before getting off the bus, he helped me adjust my scarf.

“If anything happens, call me right away.”

I nodded. As soon as she entered the house, the maid immediately locked the door. My father sat on the sofa, his face extremely rosy. My steps stopped.

“Dad isn't sick?”

My mother's eyes avoided.

“Tu Tu, mom has no choice.”

Two bodyguards approached and took away my phone. I raised my hand to cover the bracelet.

“What are you doing?”

My father coldly spoke: "From today onwards, you stay at home to take care of the pregnancy. I will handle the matter on Ha Duat Xuyen's side." I was so angry that I was shaking.

“Dad, you tricked me back here?”

He threw a file on the coffee table. Inside are documents believed to be violations of the Ha Duat Xuyen company.

“If you continue to hang around with him, these things will be submitted to the authorities tomorrow.”

I held the document and crushed the paper in my hand.

“This is fake.”

“Does it matter if it's real or fake?”

My father stared at me.

“If the Khuong family wants it to be honest, it will be honest.”

My mother walked over and hugged me.

"Tu Tu, be good, my child. When the baby is born, the family will take good care of it. You're still young, you can't ruin your whole life because of Ha Duat Xuyen."

I pushed her away.

“Who said I was ruined?”

“He has nothing now.”

“I do.”

“What do you have?”

Tears lingered in my eyes, but did not fall.

“I have him.”

My dad was completely furious.

“Take him back to his room.”

I was dragged upstairs by the bodyguards. The room door was locked from the outside. The window had also been nailed shut before. I searched the whole room, my backup phone, tablet, and laptop all disappeared. Only the health bracelet on my hand remains. I hid it in my sleeve, my heart pounding. That night, I heard a car downstairs. I rushed to the window. Outside the main gate, Ha Duat Xuyen stood in the rain, blocked by bodyguards. He was still wearing the black jacket when I left, his shoulders were long soaked. I hit the glass door hard.

“Ha Duat Xuyen!”

A layer of glass away, he seemed to look up. But I don't can make sound. I can't come to your side either.

25

Ha Duat Xuyen stood outside Khuong's house all night. The next morning, I was watched by the maid while eating breakfast. Just after swallowing two spoons of porridge, my lower abdomen suddenly cramped violently. The bowl fell to the ground, breaking into many pieces. I held my stomach, it hurt so much that I broke out in a cold sweat. My mother turned pale in fear.

“Call the doctor quickly!”

The Khuong family's private doctor rushed over, his face quickly changing.

“If there are signs of premature birth, you must immediately go to the hospital.”

I held my mother's hand tightly.

“I want to meet Ha Duat Xuyen.”

She cried and shook her head.

“Slow down, save your life first.”

“I want to meet him!”

No one listens to me. When I was admitted to the private hospital, my consciousness was a bit hazy. At the end of the hallway, arguing sounded. I heard Ha Duat Xuyen's voice.

“Let me in.”

The bodyguard stopped him.

"Mr. Khuong told me that Mr. Ha is not allowed to go near the delivery room."

“Get out.”

Some people screamed miserably. As the stretcher passed the corner, I struggled to raise my head. I only saw Ha Duat Xuyen being stopped by four or five people, the corner of his forehead was bleeding, his eyes were red as if he was crazy. I cried and reached out my hand.

“Ha Duat Xuyen…”

He rushed towards me. But the elevator door slammed shut between us. Before the cold silver door closed, I saw him pounding hard on the door with his fist. The lights in the delivery room were blindingly bright. The pain comes in waves. The nurse told me to keep my strength. I shook my head, tears streaming down my temples.

“Has Ha Duat Xuyen arrived yet?”

No one answered. The doctor whispered: "The pregnant woman is emotionally unstable, prepare to inject a sedative." I grabbed the bed sheets tightly.

“No, I want to see him.”

The bracelet was drenched in sweat. I tried my best to take it off and stuff it into the hand of the nurse next to me.

“Give it to Ha Duat Xuyen.”

The nurse hesitated. I grabbed her sleeve tightly, my voice was so hoarse that I couldn't hear a human voice.

“Please, tell him, I have not abandoned him.”

The nurse nodded. I breathed a sigh of relief. But as soon as she walked out of the delivery room door, Lam Nhuy An was waiting outside.

“Give it to me, I will deliver it.”

I can't see outside. I just felt pain rip through my whole body. Not knowing how much time passed, the baby's weak cry rang out. I want to laugh. The doctor looked down at me again, his voice very quiet.

“Miss Khuong, I'm sorry.”

“The baby cannot be kept.”

26

I lay on the operating table, my whole body paralyzed, but tears fell first.

“You guys lied to me.”

The doctor avoided my eyes.

"Miss Khuong, your health is very weak right now, please rest first."

I want to sit up, but my stomach hurts like it's being torn apart.

"Where is my child? I want to see him."

No one answered me. I grabbed the hem of the nurse's shirt, my voice hoarse and unlike myself.

“Where is Ha Duat Xuyen?”

The nurse lowered her head.

"Mr. Ha has already left."

I was stunned. Gone? How could he go? You said you wouldn't leave me. I do not believe. But when I woke up the next day, my mother was sitting on the edge of the hospital bed, her eyes swollen. She placed a signed agreement in front of me. Above is the name of Ha Duat Xuyen. He wrote that the baby had passed away, and that between him and me also ended here. He wrote down the amount of money the Khuong family gave him, and he received it. I Staring at those words, I couldn't even cry.

“This is fake.”

My mother held my hand tightly.

"Tu Tu, don't think about him anymore. You almost died in the delivery room, but he didn't even come to look at you once."

I shook my head.

“No way.”

“What is impossible?” My father stood at the door, his voice cold and hard, "The kind of person who patiently endures for so long, it's just for money. The child is gone, you are no longer of any value to him."