Unexpected Blessing After Divorce

Chapter 233 I Refuse To Lose It

Layla’s expression was stormy when she saw Margaret, who was apprehended by the police. She walked up to

Margaret and slapped her hard across her face, then pointed at her as she hissed, “I’ll deal with you later!”

Having said that, she followed a couple of police officers up the stairs and hurried into the bedroom.

Layla’s heart almost stopped when the bedroom door opened, and she winced like the sight before her was too

painful to see. She quickly shrugged off her coat and wrapped it around Yuliana, then held the poor, trembling girl in

her arms.

However, Yuliana was still in shock, and she aggressively resisted Layla’s touch as she struggled to break free. “Let

me go! Don’t touch me!”

“Yuliana, it’s me, Layla.” Layla tightened her hold around Yuliana as she began murmuring to her soothingly, her

voice nearly breaking. “Everything’s all right now. Don’t be scared. I’m right here.”

Yuliana stiffened when she heard Layla’s voice. Then, as if all the strength had abruptly left her body, she collapsed

and lay quietly in Layla’s embrace. She could hear voices around her, but she couldn’t decipher anything coherent.

After a while, Layla loosened her grip and slowly peeled off the black tape on Yuliana’s eyes. Following that, she

gently lifted Yuliana’s bloodstained hand to try and take away the object in her palm. However, Yuliana was startled

when Layla tried to pry her fingers open and immediately clutched the object tighter.

Layla felt her heart twist at the sight of this. She hastily clamped a hand around Yuliana’s wrist to stop her and said,

“Yuliana, you’re safe now. Can you please give that to me?”

Yuliana’s gaze was unfocused, and it took a while before she properly looked at Layla. She stared at Layla for a

while, then nodded as she slowly unclenched her fingers and let Layla take the shards away.

Had it not been for the shard of a broken vase she held in her hand, she would have no weapon to fend off her

assailants and save herself from being violated.

The situation had ended on a satisfying note, it seemed, but Yuliana was the only one who knew of the process.

Meanwhile, Annabelle took in the warzone that was the room. The two men who had been apprehended by the

police were covered in blood, and Yuliana was a mess. Disgust flashed in Annabelle’s eyes as she walked up to one

of the men and, paying no mind to the police officers at all, kicked him hard.

The man let out a guttural scream as his features twisted into a pained grimace. At that moment, he almost didn’t

look human, but rather like he had been infected by some deadly virus and thereafter turned into a zombie. Much

like the zombies in the movies, the man was no better than a rotting corpse.

Annabelle glanced at Yuliana and had to look away. She turned her gaze on Layla and suggested, “Layla, you should

send Yuliana to the hospital.”

Layla finally came back to her senses and nodded hastily. She tried to help Yuliana get up, but Yuliana was weak and

couldn’t stand at all.

Seeing this, the police officer standing on one side of the room immediately came over and offered to help. “I’ll

carry her downstairs.”

However, Yuliana froze when she heard the police officer’s voice and shrunk into herself. The objection was clearly

written on her face.

The police officer stood aside awkwardly.

Layla briefly thanked him and said, “No need.”

Then, she looked at Annabelle. “Come help me, Annabelle.”

Annabelle nodded and briskly walked up to Yuliana, then held onto her arm to support her weight before leading her

out of the room.

But, after a few steps, Yuliana abruptly stopped. She looked down and descended into panic. She subconsciously

grabbed Layla’s and Annabelle’s hands as she cried, “Layla, the baby. My baby…”

Layla followed her gaze and grew alarmed when she saw liquid running down Yuliana’s legs. Her eyes widened as

she urged, “Quick, Annabelle, call the ambulance!”

Annabelle saw the condition Yullana was in, but seeing as she had never had children before, she wasn’t sure

what this entailed. She snapped out of her daze when she heard Layla’s cry and promptly called the ambulance as

she was told to.

While Annabelle was engaged on the phone, Layla comforted Yuliana softly, saying, “Don’t worry, Yuliana. Just stay

calm. Your water broke, but nothing will happen. The ambulance will be here soon.”

All Yuliana could feel at that moment were the waves of sharp pain in her abdomen, and it wasn’t long before she

started breaking out in cold sweat.

Clearly, Yuliana was in no state to make her way downstairs without assistance, but Layla did not have the strength

to carry her, either. In the end, Layla had no choice but to ask the police officer from earlier for help..

Yuliana resisted at first, but the pain eventually overwhelmed her and drowned out her protests.

All she could think about right now was the little one in her womb.

She was seven months pregnant at this point, and she insisted on giving birth to the child. She spent countless days

thinking about what the baby would be like, whether or not he would have any quirks, or which parent he would

take after. She had daydreams of what she, Christopher, and the child would look like as a family.

She had been fighting for her life against those two men from earlier, and in the heat of the moment, she

completely forgot about the safety of her child.

At the thought that she might lose the baby, her tears, which she had been trying to keep from spilling out since the

beginning of the night, finally rolled down her cheeks, mixing with the beads of cold sweat that were dripping down

her jawline.

“Layla…” Yuliana clutched Layla’s hand tightly, her body in agonizing pain and her heart tight with fear. “Layla, I

don’t want to lose the baby, not when the due date is just two months away.”

Layla was a mother as well, and she empathized with Yuliana completely. She felt gutted seeing Yuliana on the

verge of a nervous breakdown.

Layla wiped away Yuliana’s tears and said reassuringly, “No, you won’t lose the baby. I’m here. The ambulance will

arrive soon, and I’ll be at the hospital with you.”

Yuliana bit her lower lip as she endured another bout of searing pain. Her gaze looked faraway for a brief moment

as a torrent of images flashed through her mind. She recalled her childhood days when she would sit at the

doorstep and quietly wait for Damian and Callie to come home, as they were so absent most of the

time.

She remembered Callie picking her up from school one day, only to tell her that she and Damian were getting a

divorce.

She also remembered the day Callie left the family without looking back, her silhouette rigid and her determination

clear.

Then, she thought about Harry and how their love had blossomed during the three years of high school, which only

made the three years of their marriage seem even bitterer in retrospect. Those were the days when any effort she

had put in was to no avail.

These scenes looked like they were taken from an old, black-and-white film, and she was merely someone in the

audience who watched these scenes without a shred of emotion.

Finally, she thought about Christopher.

She tried very hard to think about everything that had to do with Christopher, but in the end, she couldn’t

remember anything at all. All that came to mind were his face and name, and even then, it filled her with

heartache

She parted her lips and whispered his name nonetheless.

Layla didn’t hear what Yuliana said and only saw her mouth moving. “Yuliana, what did you say?”

Yullana grabbed Layla’s hand again and slowly enunciated, “Christopher”

Although Layla still couldn’t hear her, she saw Yuliana’s lips form the syllables.

Yuliana was asking for Christopher.

Layla’s tears fell as soon as the realization hit her. She quickly wiped them away and said, “Yuliana, Christopher is

on his way. He’ll be here soon.

Ten minutes later, the ambulance arrived, and Yuliana was rushed to the nearest hospital.

The doctor assessed Yuliana’s condition and immediately came over to Layla and Annabelle, then asked, “Are you

her family?”

Annabelle and Layla were still in a daze. When they heard the doctor’s words, they looked at each other. Layla was

the first to come back to her senses, and she stepped forward as she replied, “Yes, I’m her sister.”

The doctor then proceeded to ask Layla about Yuliana’s pregnancy and said, “Her amniotic sac has ruptured, and

as things are, she has no choice but to give birth to the baby. However, from the looks of her current condition…”