Chapter 514



However, Kallie’s intrusive thoughts resisted the idea of abortion. After all, she had time to think about it and decide. There was no need to rush.

As Kallie stood up and prepared to leave, she unexpectedly crossed paths with someone she knew. Sarah regarded Kallie with a bemused expression, a sneer playing at her lips. Sarah’s face was pale, and her walking style seemed awkward and unsteady.

Determined to avoid confrontation, Kallie quickened her pace. Out of the blue, Sarah spun around and blocked Kallie’s path. Without warning, Sarah snatched the medical report from Kallie’s hands. Her eyes skimmed the paper, and her expression shifted to confusion and complexity. Soon, her reaction morphed into one of gloating jealousy and excitement.

Kallie tried to retrieve the report, but her attempt was met with Sarah’s loud voice echoing down the hallway. Her face twisted into a malicious smile. “Are you pregnant? A single mom, knocked up again? Whose baby is it this time? Do you even know? Or is this just another messy chapter in your scandalous life?”

Unable to tolerate Sarah any longer, Kallie’s eyes flashed with anger, and without hesitation, she slapped Sarah hard across the face. The sound echoed down the hallway as Sarah stumbled back, recoiling in pain and dropping the report. Kallie swiftly snatched the report back, her voice ice-cold. “What does any of this have to do with you?”

Sarah buried her face in her hands, her pride refusing to give up. “How dare you hit me?”

Kallie plastered on a false smile and said, “Even if I hit you again right now, you’d be powerless to stop me.”

Sarah’s eyes turned red with frustration and anger. She glared at Kallie, feeling utterly wronged. Gone was the quiet, submissive Kallie who once lived under someone else’s roof. Now, Kallie had changed, and Sarah could do nothing to intimidate her.

Refusing to relent, Sarah continued to malign Kallie, spreading rumors about her being an immoral single mother carrying a child fathered by a strange man. As the crowd around them grew, their attention shifted. Instead of condemning Kallie, murmurs of disapproval for Sarah began to rise.

“What’s wrong with being a single mother? Can’t she have a boyfriend if she wants?” someone in the crowd muttered.

“Exactly,” another chimed in. “What’s this woman’s problem? Just because someone is divorced doesn’t mean they can’t find love again.”

“Besides, you’re a woman too. How can you be so heartless as to humiliate a single mother like this?”

Sarah hadn’t anticipated the crowd’s reaction. Panic flared in her chest as she weakly defended herself. “That’s not what I meant. Her private life is dubious, and she’s been tangled up with a string of men. She’s carrying a bastard child. My comments were specifically meant for her alone, not for other single mothers.”

“That’s enough!” A man’s voice cut through the noise, sharp with anger. Errol strode forward, his gaze fixed on the obstinate Sarah. The blue veins on his forehead pulsed visibly, betraying his growing frustration.

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