Love at the Next Stop

Chapter 34 Who Is the Baby’s Father?

“I’ll take it.” Stella admitted that she relented, as she never was a saintly person who had high moral

standards. On the contrary, she was just a normal woman who had had two unforgettable intimate

moments with the man before her. Who could possibly not have a soft spot for someone who bought an

incredibly thoughtful gift for them?

Later on, Miles sent her to the hospital before driving off. He even reminded her to take care of her

health, to which she nodded. After she spent a full twenty days taking care of Zane in the hospital, he

was finally discharged. He had the advantage of having a young and healthy body, so he was well and

kicking again once he was discharged.

Meanwhile, the twenty days he spent with Stella altered his perception of her. She never complained

when she took care of him, and she was even more diligent than most caretakers. Therefore, Zane

figured that he should settle down with her since they were a married couple. Although he wasn’t her first

man, he did also have a lot of other women, so he considered them even.

That night, Zane entered Stella’s bedroom, which was unprecedented. When he pressed his elbow on

her pillow, she stared at him, blushing profusely. She thought they were finally going to have sex for the

first time. However, a wave of nausea hit her, quickly reaching her throat with an unstoppable force.

Her face blanching, she shoved him off her out of instinct. As soon as she entered the washroom, she

vomited so hard into the toilet bowl that she tasted bile, her mind blank. When she was finally done, she

rinsed her mouth before wiping it with some tissue. By the end of it, she felt awful.

Just as she turned around, she saw Zane standing by the door of the washroom, glaring at her

menacingly. “The last pregnancy was fake, but I suppose this time is for real, right?”

The sudden change in his attitude gravely disappointed Stella. However, she thought she might actually

be pregnant, as she didn’t take contraceptive pills after having sex with Miles because of the fever. She

didn’t think it was possible for her to get pregnant after just one time. Besides, she had double checked

that they had had sex on her safe day, which was why she thought she might get away with it. How is

this possible? Stella was taken aback by the discovery. She never thought that she might get pregnant

after just one time.

Meanwhile, Zane’s voice was as loud as could be. He wanted to push her down on the bed, but he

decided against it when he recalled her attentiveness when she had cared for him during his stay in the

hospital.

“Who’s the child’s father? Is it Miles Grant?” Although he didn’t move, he was still speaking loudly.

Stella stood in silence as her feelings were all muddled up. After all, Zane could use her infidelity as

leverage against her, so she couldn’t possibly wiggle her way out of it.

“If you abort the child, we can go back to how we used to be.” Zane wore a livid expression on his face.

Although he used to doubt that Stella had had a relationship with Miles, he didn’t have substantial proof.

Due to his self-proclaimed love for Stella, he was holding onto illusions of a possible reconciliation.

Wavering, Stella couldn’t come to a decision. She never expected to have a baby, let alone consider

keeping one. Her mind was all blank when she said hastily, “I need time to consider this! I’m sorry!” She

was indeed in the wrong for getting pregnant with another man’s child when she was still married to

Zane.

Dashing into her room, she closed the door to shut Zane out as she was afraid that he might drag things

out between them. She had some pregnancy test sticks which she bought early on but never used. After

a quick test, she was certain that she was pregnant. Should I keep the baby? Her mind was a mess.

In her dreams, she revisited the night when she had sex with Miles in the alleyway, during which he was

angry and uncaring. When she was still in the seemingly never-ending dream, she felt a slight prick on

her wrist before she lost consciousness. When she came to, she found herself in a dark and tiny

hospital. Due to her pitch-black surroundings, she wouldn’t have known she was in a hospital if it wasn’t

for the IV drip that she was on, as well as the patient gown she wore.

All of a sudden, Zane was beside her, saying, “I’m sorry, Stella. I’m afraid that you might hesitate, so I

anesthetized you when you were sleeping to bring you to the hospital for an abortion.”

Stella gawked at him. What does he mean by that? Why in the hell would he bring me to such a shoddy

hospital? Utterly baffled, she yelled, “How dare you rob me of my choices?” Overcome with a heart-

wrenching sorrow, she burst into tears while pounding Zane’s chest. She was pained by the fact that her

first child was aborted just like that.

“Don’t I have the right to decide as your husband?” Zane cried out.

His question struck her like lightning as she was reminded of her first ever baby. “I want a divorce!” she

roared.

“A divorce? Since you’re the one who had an affair, I’m sure the judge will be partial to me.” Zane didn’t

back down.

Assuming that she had no other options, Stella bawled. She wondered if the baby was Miles’ first child,

and whether he would be unaffected or suffer a heartache upon hearing the news. The only thing she

knew for a fact was that she never experienced such heartbreak. She even decided that she would file

for a divorce if she had to choose between Zane and her baby, as she knew Zane would never tolerate

the baby’s presence.

However, he robbed her of her choice by forcefully aborting her child. While leaning on the pillow, Stella

wailed. She used to think that Zane was childish despite the fact that he was a few years older than her,

but by that point, she saw him as the embodiment of evil that she couldn’t possibly share a life with.

Stella went back to work three days after her abortion. She returned to work around New Year, so the

higher ups in the company were coming up with plans to celebrate the occasion. She had wanted to quit

her job back when Zane was hospitalized, but Kevin told her he would be withholding her position as

there weren’t a lot of important projects around that time, so they weren’t in a hurry to hire someone to

take over her position.

Besides, despite the fact that she was new to the position, he found her to be an intelligent and creative

person who was talented in her job, so instead of allowing her to quit her job, he decided to withhold her

position.

Therefore, she gave up on the idea altogether, since she only thought of quitting her job because she

was worried that the company might not allow her to take such a long time off. Thus, she took three days

of personal leave after her abortion.

After work, Kevin invited her to come along to a forum for company presidents that he would be

attending in a hotel. Although her first reaction was to turn down the invitation, Kevin asked, “Can’t you at

least do it for my sake?”

For lack of a better course of action, she attended the forum with Kevin. When they arrived at the room,

they laid eyes on thirty or so people sitting around a huge table, who were all engaged in pleasant