Imprisoned While Pregnant, She's Back for Payback novel Chapter 17

Chapter 17 I Didn’t Mean It

Chapter 17 I Didn’t Mean It

Finn’s heart gave an involuntary jolt, and his pupils constricted dramatically.

His breath stalled, and the next moment, he realized the woman had already turned away.

Layla’s fever kept raging. If it didn’t get treated soon, her life could be in danger!

She could no longer wait here and do nothing!

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Tess forced herself to tear her thoughts away from the hatred she felt toward Finn and decided to hail a cab back to the staff dormitory.

The abrupt disappearance of that figure sent a pang of dread through Finn. He hesitated, then shouldered past the crowd and strode after the departing woman.

Tess!

He sprinted all the way to the nurses‘ station at the hospital entrance, but he never caught sight of her again.

A biting wind whipped at his dark, tailored suit coat, and Finn clenched his fist.

Panting lightly, he wondered whether he had been chasing a mirage.

“Poor thing, that woman’s child still has a raging fever, but given that commotion, she could only leave with her child.”

At that moment, the entire hospital’s attention was on Nadine. The nurses‘ station remained idle, and the nurses‘ gossip drifted into Finn’s ears.

Finn’s lashes trembled, and his breathing gradually steadied.

A child… Tess couldn’t possibly have a child.

Convinced the figure wasn’t Tess, Finn rubbed his brow, blaming the vision on stress and overwork.

He let out a long breath and turned, only to find Nadine being wheeled toward him.

“Aren’t we going into the consulting room?”

Finn adjusted his breathing and spoke gently.

Nadine cast him a wounded, aggrieved look. “Then why do you walk away? You know I’m terrified of hospital tests alone,

Finn. You know that.”

Noticing he was distracted, she was surprised he didn’t comfort her as he usually did.

“Finn, what’s wrong?”

Noticing the slight change in Finn, she craned her neck toward the direction he had just stared. She saw nothing unusual, so she asked in confusioni

“Nothing. I thought I saw someone I knew. It was a mistake.”

Finn answered calmly and took hold of Nadine’s wheelchair.

“I see…”

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