The anesthesia began to wear off, and Serena woke in sharp pain. A dull, heavy ache pressed in her lower abdomen. She lay pale on the hospital bed, eyes vacant.
At that moment, the door was flung open.
Julian stood in the doorway, hair disheveled, eyes bloodshot, fixed on Serena.
When he'd received the assistant's call about Serena in obstetrics, his heart had nearly stopped.
He had raced over like a madman, only to learn at the nurse's station that the procedure was already done.
"What did you do?" Julian's voice was hoarse and terrifying. He stepped toward the bed, eyes landing on Serena's ashen face. "Serena, what the hell did you do?"
Serena turned her head to him, calm. "I… terminated it."
Just simple words, yet they hit Julian's heart like a knife, twisting it violently.
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