Filed To Story: Finding the Secret Daddy for My Baby Novel
“Yes, leave me alone.” Sophia nodded.
Arthur really didn’t want to give a thing about her. But for some reason, he couldn’t sit idly and do nothing while she was sick. He felt his heart twinged, seeing her like this.
At the same time, at Jenning Residence, Emily already had her makeup done and had put on her wedding dress. All that was left was to wait for Arthur to show up in his tuxedo, holding a rose bouquet to take her to the chapel.
However, as time slowly ticked by, her groom still hadn’t shown up, and she couldn’t help getting anxious. Just then, a car pulled over in front of her house.
The person who came down was a bodyguard, and he dashed over to Emily. “Miss Jennings, something came up, and Young Master Weiss can’t come. So I’m here to take you to the chapel.”
“What?” The news shocked Emily. “Why can’t Artie come?!”
“H-He has something important to attend to that prevents him from leaving.” The bodyguard stuttered a little.
“What can be more important than his own wedding?! Where is he? Take me to him. I don’t want to go to the chapel. I want to find him and have him go to the chapel with me.” Emily knew just how humiliating it would be if the groom never showed up while she, the bride, waited in the chapel.
Hence, she insisted on appearing hand in-hand with Arthur.
Her parents had already gone ahead to the chapel to greet the guests while she was supposed to show up in a grand fleet, where a row of guards of honor would be welcoming her arrival. How can I just show up in a random car?!
“Miss Jennings, it’s getting late. Why don’t you head to the chapel first?”
“No, I want to show up with my groom!” Emily insisted, glaring at the bodyguard. “Tell me the truth. Where is he, and who is he with?!”
“M-Miss Goodwin suddenly fell ill, and Young Master Weiss took her to the hospital.”
“Did they go with my ride?” Emily’s countenance was now beyond awful at this point, at even looking on the verge of a breakdown. To think the first woman to sit in her car to the chapel was Sophia Goodwin!
The bodyguard nodded in affirmation, not daring to lie to her.
“Take me to the hospital.” Livid, Emily drew a deep breath. “Now!”
Like earlier, Arthur carried Sophia to the emergency room after arriving at the hospital. Many of the doctors had gone to attend the wedding, so those stationed in the hospital were shocked for a few solid moments when they saw the groom rushing into the hospital with a different woman in his arms.
Sophia was given IV fluid to cool down her body. Arthur stood by her bed and took in everything, from how the nurse inserted a needle into Sophia’s arm to her frowning from enduring the pain, as well as when the nurse reinserted the needle, for Sophia’s blood vessel was too fine, causing the nurse to misalign by accident. At that, Arthur shot an icy glance at the nurse, who felt his apparent displeasure.
The nurse was sweating profusely. As if it already wasn’t stressful enough to work in front of the Young Master Weiss, he even had his watchful gaze on her. She had indeed misaligned the needle by accident because of her nervousness.
“Hurry up and get to the chapel!” Sophia shooed Arthur away, only for him to check his watch in response. Just then, his phone rang, and he answered it. “Arthur speaking.”
Master Weiss, Miss Jennings refuses to go to the chapel. She insists on looking for you.”
“Don’t let her come,” he ordered monotonously.
“But Miss Jennings wouldn’t listen to me. She’s in my car as we speak.”
“Hand her the phone.”
Despite being exasperated, Emily suppressed her anger and spoke with a gentle voice after taking the phone from the bodyguard. “Artic, I want to show up at the chapel with you. I’m coming over now. Wait for me, alright?”
“You go ahead to the chapel.” Arthur didn’t want her anywhere near the hospital.
“No, I want to go with you.” she began whining.
“I can’t leave right now. Go to the chapel!” With that, he ended the call.
Sophia instantly knew Emily was looking for him after hearing the phone call. “Get to the chapel. I’m alright now. You don’t need to stay here anymore.” She looked at him.
Arthur squatted down and riveted his gaze onto her for a few seconds before asking, “Sophia, can you your boyfriend?”
Say what?! Sophia forgot to breathe for a second.
“If you’re willing to break up with your boyfriend, then I’m willing to call off my wedding.” He asserted gravely as he looked resolutely at her.
Shocked, she sat right up but accidentally tugged on the tubbing in the process, causing her to wince in pain. “Ow…”
Arthur instantly pressed her shoulders down, tucking her back in bed. “Don’t move.”
The last thing he wanted to see was her suffering another injection when she already had two.
Having barely any strength, Sophia limped right onto the bed. However, it didn’t stop her chest from heaving, reeling in what the man had just said.
“What did you just say?” she asked in a barely audible tone.
Not expecting his words to frighten her, he squatted down and held her hands, saying with misty eyes, “I said, if you’re willing to break up with your boyfriend, then I’m willing to-“
Before Arthur could finish his words, his phone rang yet again-Sophia, too, reflexively looked toward his phone-but this time, he didn’t answer and even ended the call after taking a glance. At that, he let out a sigh. But just as he was about to continue, a bodyguard came into the ward. “Young Master, Old Madam Weiss is on the phone.”
Arthur looked at the phone the bodyguard handed over but had no intention of taking it. With that, the bodyguard put the phone on speaker, and Martha’s anxious voice immediately came from the other end of the line. “Artie! Artie, where are you? Hurry up and answer the phone!”
Sophia hurriedly withdrew her hand at that, then gave him a nudge, telling him to answer his grandmother’s call.
“Go!” she mouthed to him.
At last, Arthur stood up, took the phone from the bodyguard, and walked out of the ward to a turning.
The bodyguard followed after him, and as if right on cue, Emily showed up in her bridal look with two servants carrying her train. She had charged right up as soon as she learned that Sophia was taking IV fluid in this ward downstairs.
But when she opened the door, she found only Sophia lying in bed while Arthur was nowhere to be seen. “Where have you hidden my husband, you b*tch?!” she asked through gnashed teeth.
Sophia pointed toward the door. “He’s gone out. You’ll find him outside.”
At that, Emily smirked and ordered the servants, “You two wait outside and shut the door.”
The servants obliged in two shakes, leaving and shutting the door.
Sophia couldn’t help sitting up when she saw Emily inching toward her with malice. “What are you trying to do?” She looked toward Emily with a warning.
“What am I trying to do? What are you trying to do, Sophia? Coming all the way here? First, you seduce my man, then ruin my wedding, and now, you’re even trying to hide him from me. Sophia Goodwin, I really want to mangle you,” Emily scowled through gnashed teeth. The loathe beneath her eyes evolved into a substantial dagger, stabbing Sophia.
Sophia pursed her lips and said nothing. Losing Arthur would be her life’s greatest regret, but now, Emily was his fiancée. No matter how, she would be marrying him soon.
“I’m sorry,” Sophia mumbled an apology.
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