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Albert looked at me and whispered to the two children, “Go ahead.”
Although the twins hesitated, they still walked towards me with elegant steps.
But I felt a chill run down my spine, my whole body trembling involuntarily.
I had spent countless nights outside the ICU, and the fear of seeing the vital signs on the onitor drop during my hemorrhage during childbirth was still vivid in my mind.
I had once loved my children sincerely and deeply.
In the coldest months of winter, I had sneaked into their luxurious garden and built four howmen so that they could see them as soon as they stepped out, letting them know that their nother was always by their side.
I had also, without hesitation, drawn blood from myself when my daughter had a persistent igh fever that no medicine could cure, blindly believing the absurd claim that a mother’s love
ould cure all diseases.
In my memory, when they were forcibly taken away, I clung to the nanny’s sleeve and efused to let go.
“You are of such a low status; how could you raise them? Mrs. Vera Austin will raise them erself. You have no right to refuse. Besides, you are their mother. When they grow up, they will
aturally be close to you.”
However, time flew by, and instead of being close to me when they grew up, they were cold
and heartless towards me.
A maid in the mansion had an affair with the butler and got pregnant. Afraid of being fired if
discovered, they kept it a secret until her seventh month of pregnancy. But by chance, I caught
hem.
I noticed that she was about to have a premature birth and immediately helped her deliver
the baby. Just as the newborn let out its first cry, the door of the servants‘ room was suddenly kicked open.
Vera was furious and demanded that I be severely punished and beaten in public.
I curled up on the ground, in excruciating pain, drenched in cold sweat, and in a mess.
Meanwhile, my daughter clung tightly to Vera, ignoring me completely, and my son, his eyes brimming with resentment, pointed at me and shouted, “Your actions have brought shame to the Austin family. You don’t deserve to be our mother!”
“Mom.”
Right now, the twins stood before me, lowering their heads and calling me.
“I’m sorry, you must have got the wrong person.” I smiled and humbly lowered my head. “I’m just an ordinary gynecologist. How could I be your mother?”
I knew I had done nothing wrong.
Even if that child was a “bast**d“, even if that maid was a “sl*t“, even if delivering babies was considered a job for “lower–class people” in their eyes, my actions were beyond reproach.
Albert’s visit had completely disrupted Leo and my peaceful life.
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Albert’s visit had completely disrupted Leo and my peaceful life.
After they left, the neighbors kept asking who that distinguished–looking president was and who the adorable twins were.
I told them after deliberation, “The mother of the twins bled heavily during childbirth and almost died. Mr. Austin’s mother asked me to save the children and not to care about their mother. But I managed to save all three of them. They are kind of grateful to me. That’s all.”
I had no idea why Albert brought the children to see me.
Nor did I want to know.
It didn’t matter anymore.
Two pregnant women in the community were about to give birth and had contacted me in advance.
gauze,
Hemostatic agents, sedatives, blood–activating and stasis–resolving agents, sterile surgical scissors, syringes… After checking three times, I reviewed the medical records carefully again, considering all possible situations.
These were the matters truly worthy of my full attention.
Albert sent the twins to the county school, where they became classmates with Leo.
Not long after, the principal sent the students home under the pretext of renovating the school buildings.
Albert personally escorted Leo back again.
This time, he didn’t just gaze at me from the car but walked straight towards me and whispered, “Rosalind is not feeling well. She wants to see you.”
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