Thud.
Lily Thompson lost her balance, and the water bottle fell to the ground with a bang.
"Banning, what are you saying? This is your child!"
A sip of water hadnt reached her mouth yet, and her mouth was even thirstier, her throat terribly uncomfortable.
Lily Thompson almost shouted out this sentence.
"I dont want to repeat myself."
Michael Bannings expression was indifferent; he knew Lily Thompson had heard him clearly: "You are not worthy of having my child."
Moreover, in Michael Bannings heart, he didnt fully trust that the child in Lily Thompsons womb was his own.
"Doctor."
Without looking at her again, he called out directly.
Lily Thompson struggled to sit up from the bed, exclaiming passionately, "Michael Banning, I disagree!!"
"This is my child, a life within me! I have the right to keep him!"
Facing Michael Bannings fierce gaze, Lily Thompson could only suppress her anger, and her tone had changed when she spoke again.
"Please, let me keep this child, Banning, I beg you, I beg you..."
Michael Banning turned his back, raised his voice, and called out, "Doctor."
"Mr. Gu."
Immediately, a doctor hearing the sound rushed over.
Michael Banning looked back at Lily Thompson, a determined look flashing in his eyes.
"Take her for an abortion."
"But..." The doctors face showed great difficulty, "Ms. Thompson is in very poor physical condition now. If she has an abortion now, it could be dangerous."
Michael Bannings throat moved, and his gaze momentarily became somewhat unfocused.
What exactly happened to Lily Thompson?
He hadnt thought her so fragile when they were together.
But this notion only fleetingly crossed his mind.
His feelings for Lily Thompson were love, but that once intense love had been obscured by hatred.
As the saying goes, the deeper the love, the more intense the hatred.
It was precisely because of the once unforgettable love that the hatred became so resolute when the incident occurred.
"I said, take her for an abortion."
Michael Banning repeated himself.
His tone was not to be refused.
In Newport City, where a man could make the entire city shake with a stomp of his foot, how could a lowly doctor dare to refuse?
The doctor could only nod and pushed Lily Thompson into another room.
"Do not touch me!" Lily Thompsons shrill voice startled the doctor.
"Im sorry, Miss Thompson, Im just fulfilling my duties; please dont make this difficult for me."
"Duty? Your duty is to heal the sick, not to take away someones child!"
Tears surged from Lily Thompsons eyes.
The doctor, not entirely foolish, glanced back at Michael Banning.
"Mr. Gu is your lawful husband and the childs biological father; he has some rights to decide on the childs fate."
With that, he called over a few nurses who happened to be passing by the ward door to help hold down Lily Thompson and pushed her out.
Lily Thompson struggled frantically.
"Michael Banning, I beg of you, for all the years weve shared, let me keep this child."
"Michael Banning, you bastard!"
"Let go of me, Michael Banning, youre not the childs biological father; you have no right to decide whether he lives or dies!"
"Michael Banning, lets divorce!"
Lily Thompsons shouts grew louder and louder.
Until the final sentence, there was silence.
She said,
"Michael Banning, lets divorce."
Lily Thompson could endure Michael Banning not trusting her, and she could also endure Michael Banning punishing her wantonly in front of others, even if it meant receiving a knife from him to make him believe her, she would rather endure it.
Thats how much she clung to this relationship.
Because she loved Michael Banning with all her being, to the very core of her bones.
Michael Banning was her everything.
And she couldnt live without him.
But now, she couldnt live without the child.
Unfortunately, the operating room door was slowly closed.
A dose of anesthesia injected, and Lily Thompson was completely silent.
Michael Banning stood in the hallway, not knowing why he had followed to the door of the operating room.
This woman actually wanted to divorce him; was it because she realized she wouldnt get money from him?
Each of Lily Thompsons words pierced his heart.
But he didnt feel pain.
How could he feel pain?
Ever since he found out that Lily Thompson would go so far as to want his life for money, he had already stopped feeling pain.
Lily Thompson, want to divorce me? In your next life.
In this life, you will stay by my side and repay the debts you owe!