Stewart watched as Briony's face grew paler by the minute. Cold sweat beaded on her forehead, her complexion turning ashen. His own expression darkened. "Carl, step on it! Faster!"
"Hold on tight, sir!"
Carl pressed harder on the accelerator, and the black Mercedes tore down the winding road leading off the mountain.
Inside the car, Stewart quickly realized something was very wrong.
Briony was clutching her stomach with both hands, her lips moving in a barely audible whisper-"It hurts, it hurts..."
Stewart's breath caught.
Could Briony be pregnant?
The suspicion barely formed before his whole body went rigid. He fished out his phone and immediately dialed Dr. Cedric Clarke.
severe abdominal pain. Grab your top OB specialist and
Clarke hung up the phone, his face set in grim
Briony... pregnant?
to waste on forensics or paperwork
pregnant, this kind of pain could mean a threatened miscarriage; there
was for Stella to show up alongside
aside, her voice urgent and trembling. "What's going on? Tell
Cedric only studied her with a grave expression. “First, I need you to answer me honestly-Is
things
people witnessing it—she had no choice
Clarke, can I
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