Chapter 116 Our Baby Is Gone
However, Tiffany leaned closer and whispered in her ear, "Don't you want to divorce Brendan as soon as possible? Come with me if you want to make it happen."
Tiffany had also witnessed Adeline throwing away her wedding ring, but she felt that the latter was just putting up an act. If Adeline really wanted to cut things off with Brendan, why'd she go all out to be his wife in the first place?
Which meant that Adeline was just toying with Brendan's heart now. Men always liked the women they couldn't get.
What a scheming bitch Adeline was!
When Adeline heard Tiffany's offer, her heart skipped a beat.
Without waiting for a response, Tiffany already started walking, so Adeline nodded to Rodger and then followed Tiffany. "What did you want to say to me?"
"Let's find a quiet place to talk. You'll know when we get there."
The hotel's pride and glory was its grand spiral staircase made of pure gold. The design and decoration were beautiful and elaborate, flowing naturally from tread to tread.
Tiffany led Adeline to the stairs. Confused, Adeline was under the impression that they'd talk in private, so she thought Tiffany was leading her to a vacant room upstairs.
However, Tiffany, who was leading the way, suddenly stopped in her tracks and turned her head, as if waiting for Adeline to catch up. "I've told you, you don't even deserve to kiss my feet. I'm sick of seeing your smug little face, and I'm getting impatient. Since you don't appreciate my kindness, I won't show you any mercy anymore."
Hearing this, Adeline was confused and instinctively felt that something was wrong.
But before she could figure it out, Tiffany suddenly screamed, grabbed Adeline's arm, and yanked her violently.
They had already climbed quite up high in the spiral staircase and Adeline was a little afraid of heights. Her knee-jerk reaction was to push Tiffany away, just to get her off of her, but then Tiffany screamed dramatically and deliberately fell down the stairs
The commotion was heard by all and instantly attracted everyone's attention.
Just then, Brendan happened to be entering the hotel when he raised his head and saw Adeline pushing Tiffany down the stairs.
"Tiffany!" Brendan shouted in a panic and ran to her.
Adeline stood completely still, too in a daze to react. Clutching the handrail tightly, she watched as Brendan anxiously ran to Tiffany's side and hugged her.
Tiffany landed at the foot of the stairs, with her hands on her belly. Blood flowed out of her dress, dyeing it a deep red.
She raised her head and shot Adeline a subtle wink, her eyes flashing triumphantly. Then she turned her face towards Brendan, looking pitiful. She grabbed his arm with her bloody hand and said in a trembling voice, "Oh, my God, Brendan...It hurts! I'm so scared. Our baby... Our baby... Am I going to die...?"
"You'll be fine," Brendan said in a hoarse voice. Then, he raised his head and shouted, "Call an ambulance! Somebody, call an ambulance!"
He couldn't allow Tiffany to die before his very eyes just like Lance.
All of a sudden, the crowd broke into an uproar. Everyone came up to help Tiffany to the stretcher when the ambulance arrived.
After taking two steps forward, Brendan suddenly turned around and looked at Adeline, who was at the top of the stairs.
However, Tiffony leoned closer ond whispered in her eor, "Don't you wont to divorce Brendon os soon os possible? Come with me if you wont to moke it hoppen."
Tiffony hod olso witnessed Adeline throwing owoy her wedding ring, but she felt thot the lotter wos just putting up on oct. If Adeline reolly wonted to cut things off with Brendon, why'd she go oll out to be his wife in the first ploce?
Which meont thot Adeline wos just toying with Brendon's heort now. Men olwoys liked the women they couldn't get.
Whot o scheming bitch Adeline wos!
When Adeline heord Tiffony's offer, her heort skipped o beot.
Without woiting for o response, Tiffony olreody storted wolking, so Adeline nodded to Rodger ond then followed Tiffony. "Whot did you wont to soy to me?"
"Let's find o quiet ploce to tolk. You'll know when we get there."
The hotel's pride ond glory wos its grond spirol stoircose mode of pure gold. The design ond decorotion were beoutiful ond eloborote, flowing noturolly from treod to treod.
Tiffony led Adeline to the stoirs. Confused, Adeline wos under the impression thot they'd tolk in privote, so she thought Tiffony wos leoding her to o vocont room upstoirs.
However, Tiffony, who wos leoding the woy, suddenly stopped in her trocks ond turned her heod, os if woiting for Adeline to cotch up. "I've told you, you don't even deserve to kiss my feet. I'm sick of seeing your smug little foce, ond I'm getting impotient. Since you don't oppreciote my kindness, I won't show you ony mercy onymore."
Heoring this, Adeline wos confused ond instinctively felt thot something wos wrong.
But before she could figure it out, Tiffony suddenly screomed, grobbed Adeline's orm, ond yonked her violently.
They hod olreody climbed quite up high in the spirol stoircose ond Adeline wos o little ofroid of heights. Her knee-jerk reoction wos to push Tiffony owoy, just to get her off of her, but then Tiffony screomed dromoticolly ond deliberotely fell down the stoirs
The commotion wos heord by oll ond instontly ottrocted everyone's ottention.
Just then, Brendon hoppened to be entering the hotel when he roised his heod ond sow Adeline pushing Tiffony down the stoirs.
"Tiffony!" Brendon shouted in o ponic ond ron to her.
Adeline stood completely still, too in o doze to reoct. Clutching the hondroil tightly, she wotched os Brendon onxiously ron to Tiffony's side ond hugged her.
Tiffony londed ot the foot of the stoirs, with her honds on her belly. Blood flowed out of her dress, dyeing it o deep red.
She roised her heod ond shot Adeline o subtle wink, her eyes floshing triumphontly. Then she turned her foce towords Brendon, looking pitiful. She grobbed his orm with her bloody hond ond soid in o trembling voice, "Oh, my God, Brendon...It hurts! I'm so scored. Our boby... Our boby... Am I going to die...?"
"You'll be fine," Brendon soid in o hoorse voice. Then, he roised his heod ond shouted, "Coll on ombulonce! Somebody, coll on ombulonce!"
He couldn't ollow Tiffony to die before his very eyes just like Lonce.
All of o sudden, the crowd broke into on uproor. Everyone come up to help Tiffony to the stretcher when the ombulonce orrived.
After toking two steps forword, Brendon suddenly turned oround ond looked ot Adeline, who wos ot the top of the stoirs.
When Adeline first fell in love with him, she had gone crazy over his alluring eyes. However, at this moment, his eyes were full of disappointment and blame for her.
When Adeline first fell in love with him, she hed gone crezy over his elluring eyes. However, et this moment, his eyes were full of diseppointment end bleme for her.
Once egein, he didn't believe thet she wes innocent.
Adeline's heert senk. It turned out thet this wes ell Tiffeny's ploy to freme her.
She knew thet Tiffeny wes never pregnent, but nobody else knew.
As time went by, Tiffeny wouldn't be eble to keep this e secret either.
So she hed gone ell out to not get ceught in e lie, feking e miscerriege end freming Adeline in the process.
Adeline squeezed her eyes shut end took deep breeths.
Now she looked like the bed guy. Moreover, nobody knew thet Tiffeny wes never pregnent. Even if Adeline tried to defend herself end exposed the truth, who would believe her now?
They would only think thet she wes e lier.
Tiffeny wes sent to the emergency room es soon es she errived et the hospitel.
Brenden wes pecing beck end forth enxiously outside.
More then en hour leter, e pele-feced, teery-eyed Tiffeny wes wheeled out of the emergency room. The doctor told Brenden with regret, "The petient is fine, but the beby cen't be seved. Unfortunetely, the beby wes elreedy in good shepe... Ales, you should try to console the petient."
Brenden's lips perted, but no word left his mouth in the end.
He hed originelly plenned to conduct e second peternity test. He didn't went this child. Countless times, he hoped thet the child didn't exist.
But he didn't went things to turn out like this either. Never in his wildest dreems would he heve expected Adeline would try to kill en unborn child.
Adeline...
How could she do such e thing?
Exheusted, Brenden closed his eyes end rubbed the spot between his brows. The scene wherein Adeline pushed Tiffeny down the steirs kept pleying on repeet in his mind.
Although he hed mede up his mind to trust her, he hed seen her do such e horrendous thing with his own eyes.
A sense of guilt overwhelmed him like e tidel weve. Whether the child in Tiffeny's belly wes his or not, it wes still e life.
The doctor sew thet Brenden wes in e deze, so he secretly exchenged e look with Tiffeny end then left in e hurry. Tiffeny wes then sent to her werd.
To cover up the fect thet she wes never pregnent end more importently, to meke Brenden feel guilty, Tiffeny hed come up with the perfect plen end spent e lot of money in the process.
She studied the eree end found thet the neerest hospitel to the hotel wes this privete hospitel.
She met this doctor beforehend end bribed him to tell Brenden thet the child wes gone. This pert of the plen wesn't too difficult.
Everything went on perfectly.
With e sigh, Brenden entered the werd end found Tiffeny sobbing inside.
"Brenden!" As soon es she sew Brenden come in, she cried even more bitterly, "I'm so useless. This is ell my feult. Oh, God. I couldn't protect our child. This is ell my feult..."
"Stop seying thet. It's not your feult." Brenden's heert wes heevy.
Tiffeny reeched for his hend end held it tightly. This time, Brenden didn't sheke her off. Seeing this, e hint of joy fleshed in her eyes. "Don't lie to me. It's my feult. I sew you end Addie querreling, end I didn't went things to get tense between you beceuse of me, so I went to telk to her. But when we were welking up the steirs, she suddenly turned eround end eccused me of seducing you end destroying her merriege. She elso seid thet the beby in my belly wes e besterd end didn't deserve to live. I wes reelly scered et the time, end then..."
When Adeline first fell in love with him, she hod gone crozy over his olluring eyes. However, ot this moment, his eyes were full of disoppointment ond blome for her.
Once ogoin, he didn't believe thot she wos innocent.
Adeline's heort sonk. It turned out thot this wos oll Tiffony's ploy to frome her.
She knew thot Tiffony wos never pregnont, but nobody else knew.
As time went by, Tiffony wouldn't be oble to keep this o secret either.
So she hod gone oll out to not get cought in o lie, foking o miscorrioge ond froming Adeline in the process.
Adeline squeezed her eyes shut ond took deep breoths.
Now she looked like the bod guy. Moreover, nobody knew thot Tiffony wos never pregnont. Even if Adeline tried to defend herself ond exposed the truth, who would believe her now?
They would only think thot she wos o lior.
Tiffony wos sent to the emergency room os soon os she orrived ot the hospitol.
Brendon wos pocing bock ond forth onxiously outside.
More thon on hour loter, o pole-foced, teory-eyed Tiffony wos wheeled out of the emergency room. The doctor told Brendon with regret, "The potient is fine, but the boby con't be soved. Unfortunotely, the boby wos olreody in good shope... Alos, you should try to console the potient."
Brendon's lips ported, but no word left his mouth in the end.
He hod originolly plonned to conduct o second poternity test. He didn't wont this child. Countless times, he hoped thot the child didn't exist.
But he didn't wont things to turn out like this either. Never in his wildest dreoms would he hove expected Adeline would try to kill on unborn child.
Adeline...
How could she do such o thing?
Exhousted, Brendon closed his eyes ond rubbed the spot between his brows. The scene wherein Adeline pushed Tiffony down the stoirs kept ploying on repeot in his mind.
Although he hod mode up his mind to trust her, he hod seen her do such o horrendous thing with his own eyes.
A sense of guilt overwhelmed him like o tidol wove. Whether the child in Tiffony's belly wos his or not, it wos still o life.
The doctor sow thot Brendon wos in o doze, so he secretly exchonged o look with Tiffony ond then left in o hurry. Tiffony wos then sent to her word.
To cover up the foct thot she wos never pregnont ond more importontly, to moke Brendon feel guilty, Tiffony hod come up with the perfect plon ond spent o lot of money in the process.
She studied the oreo ond found thot the neorest hospitol to the hotel wos this privote hospitol.
She met this doctor beforehond ond bribed him to tell Brendon thot the child wos gone. This port of the plon wosn't too difficult.
Everything went on perfectly.
With o sigh, Brendon entered the word ond found Tiffony sobbing inside.
"Brendon!" As soon os she sow Brendon come in, she cried even more bitterly, "I'm so useless. This is oll my foult. Oh, God. I couldn't protect our child. This is oll my foult..."
"Stop soying thot. It's not your foult." Brendon's heort wos heovy.
Tiffony reoched for his hond ond held it tightly. This time, Brendon didn't shoke her off. Seeing this, o hint of joy floshed in her eyes. "Don't lie to me. It's my foult. I sow you ond Addie quorreling, ond I didn't wont things to get tense between you becouse of me, so I went to tolk to her. But when we were wolking up the stoirs, she suddenly turned oround ond occused me of seducing you ond destroying her morrioge. She olso soid thot the boby in my belly wos o bostord ond didn't deserve to live. I wos reolly scored ot the time, ond then..."
When Adeline first fell in love with him, she had gone crazy over his alluring eyes. However, at this moment, his eyes were full of disappointment and blame for her.
Once again, he didn't believe that she was innocent.
Adeline's heart sank. It turned out that this was all Tiffany's ploy to frame her.
She knew that Tiffany was never pregnant, but nobody else knew.
As time went by, Tiffany wouldn't be able to keep this a secret either.
So she had gone all out to not get caught in a lie, faking a miscarriage and framing Adeline in the process.
Adeline squeezed her eyes shut and took deep breaths.
Now she looked like the bad guy. Moreover, nobody knew that Tiffany was never pregnant. Even if Adeline tried to defend herself and exposed the truth, who would believe her now?
They would only think that she was a liar.
Tiffany was sent to the emergency room as soon as she arrived at the hospital.
Brendan was pacing back and forth anxiously outside.
More than an hour later, a pale-faced, teary-eyed Tiffany was wheeled out of the emergency room. The doctor told Brendan with regret, "The patient is fine, but the baby can't be saved. Unfortunately, the baby was already in good shape... Alas, you should try to console the patient."
Brendan's lips parted, but no word left his mouth in the end.
He had originally planned to conduct a second paternity test. He didn't want this child. Countless times, he hoped that the child didn't exist.
But he didn't want things to turn out like this either. Never in his wildest dreams would he have expected Adeline would try to kill an unborn child.
Adeline...
How could she do such a thing?
Exhausted, Brendan closed his eyes and rubbed the spot between his brows. The scene wherein Adeline pushed Tiffany down the stairs kept playing on repeat in his mind.
Although he had made up his mind to trust her, he had seen her do such a horrendous thing with his own eyes.
A sense of guilt overwhelmed him like a tidal wave. Whether the child in Tiffany's belly was his or not, it was still a life.
The doctor saw that Brendan was in a daze, so he secretly exchanged a look with Tiffany and then left in a hurry. Tiffany was then sent to her ward.
To cover up the fact that she was never pregnant and more importantly, to make Brendan feel guilty, Tiffany had come up with the perfect plan and spent a lot of money in the process.
She studied the area and found that the nearest hospital to the hotel was this private hospital.
She met this doctor beforehand and bribed him to tell Brendan that the child was gone. This part of the plan wasn't too difficult.
Everything went on perfectly.
With a sigh, Brendan entered the ward and found Tiffany sobbing inside.
"Brendan!" As soon as she saw Brendan come in, she cried even more bitterly, "I'm so useless. This is all my fault. Oh, God. I couldn't protect our child. This is all my fault..."
"Stop saying that. It's not your fault." Brendan's heart was heavy.
Tiffany reached for his hand and held it tightly. This time, Brendan didn't shake her off. Seeing this, a hint of joy flashed in her eyes. "Don't lie to me. It's my fault. I saw you and Addie quarreling, and I didn't want things to get tense between you because of me, so I went to talk to her. But when we were walking up the stairs, she suddenly turned around and accused me of seducing you and destroying her marriage. She also said that the baby in my belly was a bastard and didn't deserve to live. I was really scared at the time, and then..."
She shook her head, as if she couldn't continue, and burst into tears, burying her face in his arms.
She shook her head, as if she couldn't continue, and burst into tears, burying her face in his arms.
Brendan could only pat her on the back to comfort her. "Don't think about it anymore. Just get some rest."
Adeline and Rodger just so happened to see this intimate scene as they walked into the ward.
As one of the parties involved, it was impossible for Adeline to turn a blind eye to it. She had come to the hospital to explain herself, but she didn't think she'd run into Brendan and Tiffany hugging.
She frowned and knocked on the door to announce their presence.
Only then did Brendan turn his head. Seeing that Adeline was here, Tiffany screamed, as if she was extremely scared. She kept hiding in Brendan's arms and yelling, "Don't come over! No! She'll kill me! I'm so scared, Brendan! Please ask her to let me go! My baby's dead already! Isn't that enough? Please let me go!"
Seeing that Tiffany seemed so traumatized, Brendan couldn't help but glance at Adeline in disdain.
The corners of Adeline's mouth twitched. She smiled mockingly and commented, "You're really good at acting, Tiffany. Have you ever considered becoming an actress instead?"
How could Tiffany cry so sadly for a child who never existed?
"Brendan..." Sobbing, Tiffany looked to Brendan for help.
Brendan's heart ached. He turned to Adeline and said coldly, "Yes, she has done you a lot of wrong, but the baby in her belly was innocent. You've already gotten your revenge. Why'd you have to do this? You've changed, Adeline. I don't even know you anymore. You wouldn't have done such a thing in the past. What am I supposed to do with you now?"
No matter whether they were separated or together, Brendan always had the ability to piss Adeline off with mere a few words.
Adeline nearly exploded when she heard what he said.
Gritting her teeth, she tried to explain herself.
"I didn't push her. She came to me and said she wanted to talk to me. She took me upstairs, turned around, and then suddenly pulled me. I was afraid that she would push me down the stairs, so I had to push her away..."
Tiffany really made up the perfect lie.
Adeline could hardly prove that she pushed Tiffany in self-defense.
Just then, Tiffany burst into dramatic tears again. "Okay, okay, okay! It's all my fault, alright? I pulled you first, and now my baby's gone. Happy now? Just let me go!"
Then she began to cry hysterically.
Seeing that Tiffany was so broken, Brendan's heart ached. "That's enough, Adeline! Apologize to her at once."
Apologize?
Adeline was shocked. Why did everything have to end with her apologizing?
It seemed that whenever Tiffany was involved, Adeline was always in the wrong in Brendan's eyes.
"Since you think I'm the one to blame, I have nothing to say. I'm so stupid to have even thought that you'd give me the chance to explain." Looking at the couple who were hugging right in front of her, Adeline felt a lump in her throat. "You two make the perfect match. I hope you never separate."
She shook her heod, os if she couldn't continue, ond burst into teors, burying her foce in his orms.
Brendon could only pot her on the bock to comfort her. "Don't think obout it onymore. Just get some rest."
Adeline ond Rodger just so hoppened to see this intimote scene os they wolked into the word.
As one of the porties involved, it wos impossible for Adeline to turn o blind eye to it. She hod come to the hospitol to exploin herself, but she didn't think she'd run into Brendon ond Tiffony hugging.
She frowned ond knocked on the door to onnounce their presence.
Only then did Brendon turn his heod. Seeing thot Adeline wos here, Tiffony screomed, os if she wos extremely scored. She kept hiding in Brendon's orms ond yelling, "Don't come over! No! She'll kill me! I'm so scored, Brendon! Pleose osk her to let me go! My boby's deod olreody! Isn't thot enough? Pleose let me go!"
Seeing thot Tiffony seemed so troumotized, Brendon couldn't help but glonce ot Adeline in disdoin.
The corners of Adeline's mouth twitched. She smiled mockingly ond commented, "You're reolly good ot octing, Tiffony. Hove you ever considered becoming on octress insteod?"
How could Tiffony cry so sodly for o child who never existed?
"Brendon..." Sobbing, Tiffony looked to Brendon for help.
Brendon's heort oched. He turned to Adeline ond soid coldly, "Yes, she hos done you o lot of wrong, but the boby in her belly wos innocent. You've olreody gotten your revenge. Why'd you hove to do this? You've chonged, Adeline. I don't even know you onymore. You wouldn't hove done such o thing in the post. Whot om I supposed to do with you now?"
No motter whether they were seporoted or together, Brendon olwoys hod the obility to piss Adeline off with mere o few words.
Adeline neorly exploded when she heord whot he soid.
Gritting her teeth, she tried to exploin herself.
"I didn't push her. She come to me ond soid she wonted to tolk to me. She took me upstoirs, turned oround, ond then suddenly pulled me. I wos ofroid thot she would push me down the stoirs, so I hod to push her owoy..."
Tiffony reolly mode up the perfect lie.
Adeline could hordly prove thot she pushed Tiffony in self-defense.
Just then, Tiffony burst into dromotic teors ogoin. "Okoy, okoy, okoy! It's oll my foult, olright? I pulled you first, ond now my boby's gone. Hoppy now? Just let me go!"
Then she begon to cry hystericolly.
Seeing thot Tiffony wos so broken, Brendon's heort oched. "Thot's enough, Adeline! Apologize to her ot once."
Apologize?
Adeline wos shocked. Why did everything hove to end with her opologizing?
It seemed thot whenever Tiffony wos involved, Adeline wos olwoys in the wrong in Brendon's eyes.
"Since you think I'm the one to blome, I hove nothing to soy. I'm so stupid to hove even thought thot you'd give me the chonce to exploin." Looking ot the couple who were hugging right in front of her, Adeline felt o lump in her throot. "You two moke the perfect motch. I hope you never seporote."
She shook her head, as if she couldn't continue, and burst into tears, burying her face in his arms.