Chapter 8

Chapter 8

I couldn't figure out what Ryan Bennett was up to. What was he trying to do?

After Ryan Bennett got back, he also contacted a private detective and asked him to investigate who had harmed me.

Once he was done with that, Ryan Bennett went back to the hospital and stayed by my unconscious body. He used warm water to gently wipe my body.

The name "Ella" doesn't sound nice. How about I call you Ella? Since you're not saying anything, I'll take that as a yes.

I couldn't help but roll my eyes. Could I even speak right now? And he was asking for my opinion?

Ryan Bennett continued to talk to himself: Ella, I always thought I couldn't let go of Sophia Wilson. But later, I realized that what I was clinging to was just those memories I thought were pure.

The moment I heard you had an accident, I realized how scared I was of losing you. You must hate me, don't you? Hate me for not protecting you, and for not protecting our child either. I'm sorry—so sorry.

As long as you wake up, you can hit me, scold me—do whatever you want to me.

To me, the tears Ryan Bennett was shedding now were just crocodile tears.

When it came to the baby, I would never forget how helpless I felt that day. Because I still refused to divorce him, Sophia Wilson came to see me again.

Ella Carter, why do you insist on holding onto someone who doesn't love you? Isn't ten million yuan in compensation enough?

Do you really think Ryan will fall in love with you just because you're being stubborn? If it weren't for your face, you and Ryan would never have crossed paths in this lifetime.

When she saw that I still refused to back down on the divorce, Sophia Wilson's tone grew angrier.

Ella Carter, you're interfering in Ryan's and my relationship. Don't you feel ashamed?

Ashamed?

I stood up and walked towards Sophia Wilson. Her words had made me so angry that I retorted for the first time.

When I met Ryan Bennett, you two had already broken up. What right do you have to say I'm interfering in your relationship?

Sophia Wilson, you're the home-wrecker here! You're the one breaking up Ryan and me!

At that time, I blamed everything on Sophia Wilson. Why did she have to come back after leaving?

Clearly, Sophia Wilson hadn't expected me to call her a home-wrecker. In a fit of anger, she pushed me. My stomach hit the corner of the table,

and a sharp pain shot through my body. Warm blood flowed out from between my legs. Sophia Wilson was shocked by the sight and fled in a panic.

I endured the pain and called 120. In a daze, I was lifted onto a stretcher.

When I woke up again, I was lying in a hospital bed. The first person I saw was Ryan Bennett—I had no idea when he had arrived.

But the moment I saw him, all the 委屈 I had been holding back poured out, and tears streamed down my face. But all Ryan Bennett said was: The baby is gone, but you can't blame Sophia Wilson for this.

I looked at him in disbelief. That was his child too—how could he say something so cold? Ryan Bennett continued: If you had controlled your temper and not scratched Sophia Wilson with a fruit knife, she wouldn't have pushed you. This is no one's fault but your own.

When did I scratch her?

My voice was still weak from the surgery: I never even touched her.

The look in Ryan Bennett's eyes slowly turned to disappointment.

Ella, I always thought you were an honest, sensible girl.

With that, he left, leaving me alone in that cold hospital room. It was at that moment that I finally realized: I was to blame for letting things get this far. I had been too weak. If I had divorced him and taken that ten million yuan to start a new life far away, things would have been so much better.

Ryan Bennett was also to blame. He couldn't let go of his past love, yet he still married me, making me think I had been saved—only to find myself trapped in another abyss.

In my eyes, that baby had been my only family in this world—the only one who might have cared about me.

But because of my cowardice and my obsession with love, I had killed him.

If before, I had refused to divorce because I wanted to hold onto Ryan Bennett and the happiness I thought might come my way,

now, my stubborn refusal to back down was just to prove a point. Why did my whole life have to be so unnecessary?

My parents had given birth to me, but they never treated me like a human being—calling me a "money-waster" at every turn.

Ryan Bennett had married me, but he only saw me as a substitute, looking at someone else through me.