Chapter 48: Chapter 48

Chapter 48 I Was A Woman With A Vicious Heart

Despite only sleeping a few hours last night, Timothy was still full of energy. Noticing Nolan’s absence,

he deliberately lowered his voice and said, “Mrs. Dalton, Mr. Dalton really cares about you. You see, he

even arranged a medical check–up for you.”

Care?

Peyton found the word laughable when he heard it.

She thought, “He made me undergo the examination just to ensure that

I was alive, and then it would be easier for him to torture me.”

“I was curious. If he really knew that I had stomach cancer, what expression would he have?”

“Okay,” Peyton didn’t say anything else. After all, she didn’t have any other choice now.

There are many examination projects, but there is no gastroscopy. This project of gastroscopy is

particularly troublesome. The examinee needs to take laxatives in the early morning, have several

bowel movements until the stomach and intestines are empty, and then be given anesthesia for the

examination.

Peyton was already weak in health and couldn’t handle such turmoil. In addition, she had married

Nolan since her student days, and her daily routine had always been very regular, so her digestive

system generally wouldn’t have any issues.

Timothy never thought about her stomach being bad, so he didn’t specifically ask her to undergo any

checks in that regard.

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After Peyton finished the examination, the test results

Peyton had been hungry all morning and had just sat down to have a few sips of soup when Nolan

appeared at the door.

He stood at the doorway, his expression as cold as ever. She guessed he must have rushed over from

the office. He was wearing a perfectly tailored suit, and the black and white striped tie made him look

even more imposing.

The tie was bought by her for him in the past. Peyton still remembers the sweetness when she used to

tie the tie for him.

Two years have passed, and now she only feels heartbroken.

Nolan looked at her pale face. He wondered, “Why does she always look so frail every time I meet

her?”

“Could there really be something wrong with her body?”

“Mr. Dalton, don’t worry, I didn’t die. And I won’t seek death in the future,” Peyton said, breaking the

silence between the two.

She continued to drink soup. Her fair hand was swollen in a large area due to the previous needle

extraction. She looked particularly fragile, evoking sympathy.

After one night, Nolan had already lost his anger from last night. “Did the results come out?”

“Not yet.”

Speaking of the test results, Peyton put down the spoon in their hand and looked up, meeting Nolan’s

gaze. “If there were any issues with the test results, you…”

Nolan interrupted her directly and asked, “What could be wrong with your body?”

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“For example, if I had a terminal illness or something,” Peyton stared directly into his pupils. “Can you

spare me?”

Nolan had just sat down on the couch when he heard the question posed by Peyton. His heart sank,

causing him to instinctively straighten his back and rub his left hand with his right hand, continuously.

His tone remained icy as he said, “Go ahead, tell me. What terminal illness do you have?”

Peyton thought, “Although I didn’t have a colonoscopy, I had an enhanced CT scan. Even if I couldn’t

determine whether my tumor was benign or malignant, it can be seen on the CT images that there is

local. thickening of my stomach wall. Moreover, if my tumor is particularly large, it may also invade

other tissues and structures around my stomach, such as the left liver. The images even show enlarged

lymph nodes due to tumor metastasis.”

“So, there would be results on my test report,” Peyton looked into his deep and inscrutable eyes, as a

knocking sound came from the door.

“Come in.”

Timothy came in with the urgent report results. Peyton stopped drinking soup. “It seems like my test

results are out.”

She looked up at Nolan, her hand holding the spoon sweating. She was a little nervous.

All along, what she was most curious about was what expression Nolan would have if he knew she had

a terminal illness.

Was he happy that she was finally going to die, or was he slightly sad?

The life and death that she had long abandoned, at this moment, seems to have gained a little

meaning.

Nolan didn’t speak. He had a gloomy face and coldly stared at the

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report card in Timothy’s hand.

Under Nolan’s gaze, Timothy felt immense pressure and quickly put on a smile, saying, “The results

are in. Mr. Dalton, rest assured. I told you Mrs. Dalton would be fine. Here are the report results, take a

look.”

Peyton wondered, “Was my body okay?”

Peyton frowned. She thought, “It’s normal not to see any abnormalities. on the CT scan if it’s in the

early stages of cancer. In the early stages, even the patient’s organs themselves won’t have significant

changes or symptoms.”

“But I was already in the advanced stage of cancer. According to common sense, there should have

been some issues visible.”

In her contemplation, Nolan finally felt relieved, but soon his expression became even more indifferent.

He walked towards Peyton step by step. Peyton watched the man getting closer and closer, feeling a

chill running through his body.

Peyton felt uneasy as she was being stared at by him in such a way. She didn’t know what exactly he

had seen.

She had thought about how he would look after knowing about her condition, but she had never

thought that he would be angry.

Nolan had approached her. He looked down at her with anger in his

eyes.

“The inspection results…” Peyton began.

Nolan angrily threw a pile of reports at her and said, “See for yourself!”

Peyton found the CT order, and it clearly stated that there were no abnormalities in the results.

Furthermore, her blood report indicated.

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that her white blood cell and red blood cell counts were around four point something.

Her white blood cell count increased, which she could understand because she had received an

injection last night. However, she

believed that there must be a problem with the CT results. With the level of equipment in this private

hospital, it was absolutely impossible not to detect any issues.

The checkable results were right in front of her. Just as Peyton was feeling strange, Nolan suddenly

bent down. His hands were propped up on either side of her.

“Peyton. I indeed underestimated you.”

Peyton looked up and saw the mockery in his eyes. “You did a good job with this act. You almost fooled

me too.”

“Do you think I was pretending to be sick?” Peyton finally understood what Nolan meant.

Nolan sneered, “Did you think that by doing this, you could change anything?”

Peyton found it laughable. Clearly, he had hurt her, yet in the end, he still smeared her reputation.

She took a deep breath and didn’t want to argue with Nolan.

She thought, “For those who trust me, I don’t need to explain anything. They will find ways to believe

me. But for those who don’t trust me, even breathing in their eyes is wrong.

“I admit, in the past, I would desperately cling on and come up with various excuses to avoid divorcing

him.”

“But my feelings of resentment had long dissipated with time. From

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the moment I signed the divorce agreement, I was prepared 18 this relationship.”

“But at this moment, in Nolan’s mouth, I had become a deceitful woman.”

In the past, she used to explain, but now she just quietly watches him and agrees, “You’re right. I can’t

bear to lose your wife’s title. I pretended to be sick and deliberately sought Mr. Russell to provoke you,

even jumping off the building was part of my plan. I am such a treacherous woman. Mr. Dalton, do you

see it clearly now?”

Peyton admitted to what she had done, which surprised Nolan.

Nolan stared at her pale face for a while and coldly asked, “How did you become the way you are

today?”

Upon hearing Nolan’s words, Peyton felt her blood boiling throughout her body. She became so angry

that her chest heaved rapidly.

She tightly gripped the bedsheet with the hand holding the spoon, her whole body tense like a taut bow.

“Didn’t I become the person I am today because of you?”