Fortunately for Ryan, he hadn't contracted any serious infectious disease, but he didn't dare let Chloe carry the baby to term.
Since the pregnancy was quite advanced, she had to undergo induced labor. The procedure took a massive toll on her body, leaving her permanently infertile.
Out of sheer curiosity, I visited her in the hospital one last time.
The ward was cold and gloomy. Her face was deathly pale and sunken, her body withered to practically skin and bones.
The moment she saw me enter, she broke down in tears, reaching out to grip my wrist tightly.
"Haven't you always loved Ryan? Why did you do this to us?"
I slowly pried her weak fingers off my wrist, my voice cold and steady.
"I stopped loving him the day you came back to seduce him and he abandoned me for the first time.
