Chapter 281 Let’s Abort the Baby, Okay?

Even though his mother had admonished him, he should not be in any more entanglements with Susan Shelby.

Even though Susan no longer loved him.

But he was still in love with her.

Such love, forlorn yet profound, only took an expression from Susan for him to ignore his mother’s only request, and that was to stop coiling with Susan.

The happiness that Julian Shaw promised her but failed to deliver was his to bear.

Luke had already adjusted himself mentally before he pushed the doors of the operating room.

He had conceived such a scenario countless times, but the only thing that he did not expect was Susan’s shivering cold attitude.

To him, her apathy was too hard to swallow.

“Susie…” Luke glanced at Susan with an astonished look. “I’m helping you.”

Susan gritted her teeth.

If it was not for Luke, the embryo would have been removed.

Maybe, just maybe, she had Luke to thank for.

But deep within, she had an indescribable emotion, and it was surging like turbulence.

“Are you helping me? I don’t need your help.” Susan glared at Luke irritably. “You’re here, but where is your wife? Where is your kid? Luke, on what grounds do you stand when you speak of Julian?”

Susan’s attitude was so cold that it hurt.

Luke had come here with all his passion, but at that moment, he did not know what expression he could provide her with.

“Go away. All the issues that emerge after this are things between Julian and me. There is no need for you to intervene.” Susan continued grating her teeth, “And Luke, even if I were to separate with Julian, that doesn’t mean that I’d come back to you. What was between us is over, and there is no longer a possibility anymore.”

Susan saw Luke’s face change in that split second.

She could not help but clamp her teeth again.

She knew that what she said was unfair to Luke, who had longed to get here and help her.

However, the affection that Luke had for her deep down made her feel a little uneasy.

And since she could not accept his love, she could not provide him with hope.

But anyhow, it was because of him that her child was saved.

It was better to thank him with something else in the future.

“Susie.” Luke gritted his teeth too. “I…”

“Didn’t I tell you to leave? Which part of that did you not understand?” Susan’s voice had gotten even colder. “If you wish to show your fondness and tenderness, your wife and kid are the people that need you the most.”

“But, I…”

“Aren’t you the one who said that those who don’t care about their children are beasts? What are you still doing here?” Susan said inconsiderately.

Staring at her bleak look, Luke’s expression immediately fell.

After a while, he claimed, “Susie, I will be waiting for you outside of the hospital. If anything happens, remember to…”

“Anyhow, please leave now,” Susan instructed him directly.

Her only thought at that moment was to get him to leave, then ask for the truth herself.

Luke left, bringing his men along.

The doctor and nurses glanced at each other for a short while, then left the operating room stealthily.

As of now, those who were left in the room were Julian, Jacob, and Susan.

“Julian and Jacob, is there anything that you would like to say to me?” Susan seemed to have calmed down.

She never believed that Julian and her brother would work together and do something bad to her.

Jacob sighed and said, “Let me go first.”

Julian shook his head and interrupted Jacob, “Can we have the room?”

Jacob responded to the suggestion with a creased eyebrow. “But…”

“Please?” Julian pleaded Jacob with an earnest look.

Jacob pursed his lips, then left the room in silence.

He closed the door while stepping out of the room, and only Julian and Susan were left in the spacious room.

Susan started questioning Julian with her reddish eyes, “Now tell me, why… why don’t you want the baby? It’s our baby! Julian Shaw, if you’re starting to get tired of me, to the extent where you would deny the baby, you could have just told me directly. I will leave. As for the kid, I will raise him myself, I will not bring you any trouble, CEO Shaw…”

As she spoke, her emotions derailed and tears started to gush out from her eyes.

The scene caused Julian so much pain that he felt his heart was grasped by an invisible hand from within. He walked towards her, then hugged her carefully.

“Go away!” Susan kept pushing him away in a frenzy.

Julian continued to embrace her persistently.

At such close distance, all Susan’s punches landed on Julian’s back.

However, despite the heavy punches, Julian did not let her go.

“Tell me, Julian, why? Why did you do so!” Susan repeated the question in tears.

“Susie.” Julian replied with his bold voice, “I have told you before that I love you. I love you more as the days go by.”

“You’re lying.” Susan burst into tears once again, “If you really do love me, you wouldn’t have chosen to hurt our baby.”

“The baby can’t stay, and the reason behind it is that I love you,” Julian answered with a voice that was filled with a hint of desperate affection.

The emotions seeping through his voice did not seem to be fake. Susan’s vision went blurry again. “But Julian, I don’t understand.”

What was his reason behind aborting the baby when he was still in love with her?

Julian took a deep breath.

The operation could not proceed due to Luke’s break-in, but in turn, Susan got to know the reason behind his decision to abort their child.

If Julian chose not to explain it clearly at that moment, it was uncertain what Susan would do next impulsively.

Things might become more complicated if Susan got to know the truth. But with the situation at hand, the consequences would be worse if she did not get to the bottom of the decision.

“Susie, I need you to calm down and listen to me.” Julian uttered in his deep voice, “Susie, do you still remember that night when Jacob brought up the topic about heart diseases? He said that ever since your grandpa’s generation, every generation in your family had someone who suffered from sudden heart attacks.”

“I know that, and thankfully Jacob made it through. But what does that have to do with this?” Susan glanced at Julian’s serious face as she spoke.

She froze for a moment, then came back to her senses and said, “You… you’re saying that I might have this kind of heart disease? But it’s impossible. There isn’t any precedent of a female patient in my family.”

“That’s because you’re the only female born in this generation. I specifically asked around, and they said this type of genetic inheritance doesn’t distinguish between males or females.” Julian’s voice slowed down. “Thus, you have a 95% chance of inheriting the disease. I have also sought advice from experts, and they claim that such heart attacks have a high probability of going off during labor. And once it develops during childbirth, the mortality rate is close to 100%. So, Susie, I am the one who couldn’t take the risk. After the doctors’ calculations, our baby is slightly younger than what we’ve predicted — it’s about three months old now. Susie, if we choose to abort the baby now, it won’t hurt you as much. But if we drag this out some more, you’ll have to undergo an induced labor procedure, which, the danger is not much less than normal childbirth. Hence, let me make the final call this time. Let’s abort the baby, okay?”

Following Julian’s explanation, Susan was stunned, she stared into his eyes, searching for traces of a joke in the making, but she could not find any.

Julian’s eyes had never been so certain before.

“But why…” Susan was overwhelmed by the news, “But even if I do have the disease, why must it go off during childbirth?”

Julian held her hand tightly and continued, “If it is a vaginal delivery, the severe pain might induce an attack. And if it is a cesarean, the area of the incision will be so large that it will affect the other organs, and that will lead to the same results too. Susie, this may be the tiniest issue for other women, but for you, it’ll become a matter of life and death!”