I could hardly contain my excitement. I gasped, fluttering a hand over my mouth.
“Sylvia, I love you,” Rufus stared at me and said without hesitation. He had said this sentence to me a million times before.
I stood there without a response as if I had completely forgotten how to speak.
The smile on his face stretched to his lips and produced a dimple on his left cheek. “I know you love me too.”
The crowd burst into laughter at his cheeky remark.
My cheeks became red and I was too shy to say anything.
“Sylvia, will you marry me? I want to build a family with you. I want you to belong to me. I want to take care of you and love you all my life,” Rufus said in a serious tone.
I almost melted in front of his affectionate eyes. At that moment, I really wanted to accept his proposal regardless of the consequences.
Rufus’ POV
Sylvia’s tears slid down her cheeks as she looked at me. Her beautiful face glowed under the lights while she stretched out her hand and softly called out my name.
Just when I was about to put the ring on her finger, she suddenly fell to the ground.
I instantly panicked and went over to help her.
“Where is the doctor?! Call the doctor right now!” I roared in a fit of panic.
However, we didn’t expect that such a thing would happen. I was planning for a happy proposal, so we didn’t specifically arrange for a doctor to be present.
The scene was chaotic. Everyone was panicking, and they didn’t know what else to do.
“I called the doctor!” my mother anxiously exclaimed as she kept pacing around.
When I shifted my gaze to Sylvia’s face, I couldn’t help but notice that she was sickly pale. Her beautiful face didn’t look as vibrant as before, and that made me even more anxious.
I couldn’t wait any longer, so I held her up and ran outside.
“I’m taking her to the hospital!” I shouted.
Hearing this, my father immediately told the crowd of people to disperse and arranged a car to take us to the hospital.
The waiting process was tormenting as I silently sat at the door of the emergency room. I couldn’t remember how many times Sylvia had been here.
My heart ached so much that I almost felt like I was suffocating as countless possibilities ran through my mind.
Ever since Sylvia got pregnant, I had been carefully protecting her from any dangers that may come her way. I never expected that something like this would still happen to her.
I shouldn’t have let her out of the palace alone today. I should’ve paid more attention to her and our baby since I knew she wasn’t in a good condition.
Not to mention, she had disappeared for quite some time today. I didn’t know if anything bad happened to her while she was gone missing.
Just when I was lost in thought, something flashed in my mind. Maya told me that Sylvia had bumped into Blair by accident, and coincidentally, Blair came with us to the hospital. He was sitting on a bench on the other side of the emergency room with his eyes closed. Without hesitation, I walked over to where he was.
“Blair, did you meet Sylvia outside the palace today?” I asked. “What happened?”
Blair opened his eyes when he noticed my presence and moved aside to let me sit beside him. He pondered for a while before saying, “I bumped into Sylvia in a cafe. Then we noticed there was a street fair nearby, so we went there to have a look. Nothing really happened in particular. She looked good today and also ate a lot.”
I still felt restless even though I heard that. I wanted to ask more, but that was when the doctor came out of the emergency room.
I quickly rushed over to the doctor and grabbed his arm as I asked, “How is she? Did something happen to the baby? Is the baby affecting her health? You can abort the baby if it’s only making her suffer. Nothing is more important than Sylvia!”
What I said instantly made everyone’s eyes widen in shock, especially my parents.
My mother pulled me away from the doctor as she reproachfully said, “Do you even know what you’re saying, Rufus? It isn’t easy for you and Sylvia to have a baby. Why are you willing to let them abort it so easily?”
“We can have another child. But if something happens to Sylvia, I won’t able to handle it!”
I tried to reason with my mother, but she just wouldn’t listen. I didn’t bother saying anything more, because my mind was in shambles, thinking that Sylvia’s life might be in danger.
My mother held my shoulders and glared at me. “The baby is big enough now. Don’t be so heartless, Rufus! You just have to believe in the doctor. Both Sylvia and the baby will be safe and sound.”
At that point, I knew my mother was saying this to calm herself down and also convince me to keep the baby despite the circumstances.
I didn’t say anything, but I had already made up my mind. If the baby truly was endangering Sylvia’s life, I didn’t want to keep it-even if it meant I couldn’t have another baby with her anymore.
Sylvia had been a priority for me and always would be. I didn’t want to lose her just like that.
In the end, my mother failed to persuade me. She got so mad that she punched my shoulder hard in frustration.
I didn’t say a word and simply let her vent her anger out on me.
My father, on the other hand, was silent. He simply sighed as he looked at the wall, attempting to avoid eye contact.
Rufus’s POV
The heated discussion whether we should keep the baby raised tensions among us.
When we finally stopped arguing, the doctor who had been ignored by us from the very beginning spoke in a low voice, “In fact, Miss Todd is in good condition…”
What?
Everyone turned to look at the doctor.
I rushed to him with joy, grabbed his shoulders, and shook him violently. “What did you say? Why didn’t you tell us earlier?”
The doctor hurriedly held his spectacles that were about to fall and replied in a trembling voice, “Please let go of me, Prince Rufus, or I might throw up.”
“Rufus, calm down and listen to the doctor,” my father said helplessly, pulling me away from the poor doctor.
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