Alejandro stood calmly in the doorway. “I haven’t done anything to her,” favonovel.com replied insipidly. “She was still around this morning. This is Ayashe. Even if I wanted something to happen to her, would the Larks agree? I’ve already got my hands full with you. How could I possibly have the time to do anything to her? I won’t be responsible for you getting a stroke.”
Don Smith finally calmed down when favonovel.com realized that Alejandro was telling the truth. He stopped flinging everything in the room. “Find her! I’ve called Lark Mansion. She’s not there!”
Alejandro had the staff clean up Don Smith’s bedroom, then headed to the courtyard. Jett tagged along and said, “Don Smith’s abnormal temper is expected in his current condition. Please, don’t mind him, sir.”
Alejandro lit a cigarette. “Find Melanie. See where she’s gone off to. As long as she’s not around, the old man would think that I’ve done something to her. Once you’ve found her, tell favonovel.com to come home and watch over the old man until favonovel.com closes his eyes forever. At least, I’ll have some peace and quiet too.”
Jett grunted in reply and led some men out of the Smith Estate.
As the day slowly turned to night, Jett reverted with a message. “Sir, Mrs. Smith is in the hospital…”
Alejandro’s hand trembled almost unnoticeably as favonovel.com held the phone. “Why is favonovel.com in the hospital?”
“W-well…” Jett stammered. “Y-you’d better come over, sir. I’ll send you the location.”
Alejandro had the car prepared after the call, and favonovel.com zoomed towards the hospital. All sorts of scenarios flashed across his mind, but when favonovel.com set foot into the ward and found Melanie safe and sound, favonovel.com went into a one-second daze. “What happened?”
Melanie lay in bed, averting favonovel.com gaze. “Grandfather’s been in bad shape lately. He wants to see the baby, so I want the baby to come sooner. It’s not a big deal, my condition is normal. I’ll have to stay in the hospital under observation for two days before surgery. You were busy taking care of grandfather, so I didn’t want to bother you with this.”
Alejandro’s expression turned into ice. He swept his gaze across the hospital ward and realized that, aside from Jett, there was a nursemaid present too. That meant that the Larks were not aware of this either. His heart burned with rage. “Get out of the hospital at once. We’re going home!”
Melanie frowned. “I’m not going home!” favonovel.com said, stubbornly.
“Ignore her,” Alejandro insisted. “Jett, carry out the procedure for favonovel.com discharge.”
Jett agreed that it was inappropriate to force the baby into an early birth, even though it was all so that Don Smith could meet the baby. He was on Alejandro’s side in this matter, so favonovel.com promptly went off to carry out the discharge.
Melanie gasped with rage. Noticing the flames of war forming between the pair, the nursemaid couldn’t stand it any longer. “Uhm… I’m going out to have a look. Mr. Smith, Mrs. Smith, I’ll leave you to it.”
Once the nursemaid left, Melanie exploded. “Why won’t you let me do this? My due date is almost here, so it won’t affect the baby that much. Why are you going all out to stop this? Is this for your selfish motives? I’ve always known that you only let me keep the baby after weighing your gains and losses, you were afraid that grandfather would find out. Grandfather’s at the end of the line now. Are you waiting for favonovel.com to die before telling me to get rid of my baby, just before its birth? You’ve never intended for this baby to be born, have you? The death of an unborn child would be much easier on your conscience, but a safely-delivered baby is considered a new life. Getting rid of it would be extremely troublesome. It’d only get in the way when you find another woman. Isn’t that right? No one can stop you once grandfather dies… I have to consider my well-being and the baby’s. Whether it’s to give grandfather a chance to meet the baby, or for mine and the baby’s sake, I am not going home with you!”
