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.

your top OB specialist and meet us at the ER

Cedric Clarke hung up the

Briony... pregnant?

to waste on forensics

this kind of pain could mean a threatened miscarriage; there was

was for Stella to show up

him aside, her voice urgent and trembling.

grave expression. “First, I need you to

expected things

Stewart of all people witnessing it—she

Clarke, can I

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