A sigh of relief escaped the doctor’s lips. Despite his anxiety, he spoke at a breakneck pace. “Miss Todd has been in good health these days. Her physical condition is likewise excellent, and the fetus is doing considerably better than it had been. There is no problem. Right now, I don’t see any need to abort the baby, nor do I recommend it. As long as she maintains regular prenatal checkups and a healthy diet, everything will be fine.”
My mother started to tear up with joy. Instantly, she clasped her hands together in a gesture of gratitude to the Moon Goddess for bestowing her blessings onto Sylvia and the baby.
Meanwhile, my father thanked the doctor over and over again.
“But why did Sylvia faint? Is there anything wrong with her body?” I asked just before the doctor was about to leave.
The doctor wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said, “I’m not sure. According to the test results, Miss Todd’s body is completely healthy and normal. Maybe it’s because she had violent mood swings? Maybe she was too excited or nervous that her body just couldn’t handle it. Did something happen before she fainted?”
I was so guilty. Damn it! I shouldn’t have made such a proposal. It must have scared Sylvia.
It was Omar’s idea. It was all his fault.
“Hey, hey, didn’t you come up with that idea first? I just helped you plan it! I told you to take Sylvia to a fire balloon to propose, but you thought it was too tacky. I bet Sylvia would have been totally cool with your proposal if you’d just listened to me.” Omar’s voice resounded in my head.
I ignored him and asked the doctor to take me to Sylvia’s ward. When the others heard that Sylvia was fine, they all left to give me and Sylvia some privacy.
In the ward, Sylvia was still unconscious.
I sat beside the bed, tucked her in, and bent over to kiss her forehead. I felt so sorry and bad for her.
Then I reached for the box in my pocket and tried to slip the ring on Sylvia’s finger.
Unexpectedly, Sylvia turned over at this time, clutching the quilt in her hand. She was sleeping so soundly.
I chuckled and instead set the ring box on the bedside table. Caressing her hair, I said softly, “Did my proposal scare you? I pulled an all-nighter in planning that. I just wanted to give you an unforgettable proposal, and I didn’t mean to frighten you. I’m so sorry.”
After that, I gave Sylvia a soft peck on the cheek and gazed at her lovingly. My desire to lock her up with me grew stronger the more I looked at her.
No, I had to stop thinking about it.
I made a conscious effort to relax. The beast in my heart was about to go crazy again.
I raked my scalp angrily. It was then I realized that the tape on the back of Sylvia’s hand seemed to have loosened. The needle might slip out of her skin and injure her. When I was about to call the nurse in, my phone rang.
I hung up without hesitation. But the phone rang shortly afterward as if it was pleading with me to pick it up.
I had no choice but to leave the room to answer it.
Sylvia’s POV
As I lay there with my back to Rufus, I overheard him talking on the phone at the door. It sounded like he had something urgent to deal with. That explained why he came back into the room, grabbed his coat, and left in a hurry.
When he closed the door from the outside, I slowly opened my eyes. I waited for a few seconds before I lay on my back and breathed a deep sigh of relief.
I stared at the ceiling blankly for a while and then sat up. When I saw the ring box on the bedside table, I picked it up and opened it.
Sitting quietly inside the box was a large diamond ring, dazzling like a star.
I couldn’t help but chuckle. Rufus was always buying me the most expensive gifts, but he never stopped to think how impractical it would be to wear such a big diamond ring on my finger.
Therefore, I would hardly ever wear any jewelry from Rufus because they were too extravagant for most occasions apart from lavish banquets. If I walked around the streets wearing those, I’d be targeted by pickpockets.
However, I was then overwhelmed with feelings of sadness and helplessness.
After all, he had planned such a marvelous event just so he could propose to me, but I failed him.
In truth, the whole thing was an act. I didn’t know what else to do apart from pretending to faint at that moment.
I shouldn’t have given Rufus more hope. It would be harder for me to leave him if we ever got married.
The restlessness in my heart was intolerable because we still hadn’t lifted the curse on Rufus yet.
When I was in the emergency room, I vaguely overheard Rufus saying that he would rather abort the child than let me be in danger. I felt both moved and guilty at the same time. Deep down inside my heart, I knew that he had no less expectations for this child than Ethan and Laura.
The thought made me feel happy and sad at the same time. I gently caressed my belly and whispered, “Baby, your father loves you a lot, but he just loves your mother a little more. But it doesn’t matter. I will love you more.”
A lot of people were looking forward to the birth of this child. If somehow the curse on Rufus could be lifted and my existence no longer remained a risk to Rufus’ life, I believed that everyone would come to love my child.
“Sylvia, you’d better pay attention to the prenatal education, or else the baby will bear grudges against its father,” Yana complained.
I pouted my lips at her and said, “But the baby’s still too small. I doubt it could even hear us, let alone understand what we’re talking about.”
Just as I was saying that, I felt a surge of sharp pain from my belly. My voice trembled as I kept calling Yana in fear.
Yana seemed nervous and she insisted that I call the doctor, but the pain had subsided by then.
“Did the baby really understand what we were saying?” Yana asked suspiciously.
I lowered my head and kept silent. My heart was filled with warmth and joy. After all, my belly was still flat and I hadn’t had the feeling of being a mother until now. I had finally felt the existence of my baby in my belly.
“What about this ring?” Yana asked.
I looked at the box in my hand and sat quietly for a long time. Then I slowly took out the ring and put it on my finger. It was just the right size.
I traced my finger over the diamond and murmured, “You asked me if I would marry you. In fact, I’ve always been willing to marry you. And I liked the proposal very much. It was very romantic…”
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
I was startled. I quickly hid the box under the pillow and pretended to be asleep.
Silence befell the ward again after two knocks on the door. I opened my eyes again, assuming the person outside had left.
However, the sound of someone pushing the door open from the outside entered my ears.
I shut my eyes, clasped the corner of the quilt and tried to relax my facial expression, pretending to be asleep.
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