Love Contract

Chapter 300 Let's Make An Agreement (Part One)

"Mary... Mary..."

When she was sleeping, Mary heard someone call her name and talk in her ear endlessly.

"You were awake when I was in coma, but now that I've finally woken up, why are you sleeping? Hmm?"

"Why is your belly so big? Is there really a baby in it? Our baby?"

"How long will you sleep? I'm tired of talking alone."

"Do you have to force me to use my trump card? Mary! If you don't wake up now, your bonus will be cut!"

'Bonus? My bonus? Cut? No way!'

Mary's hazy mind suddenly jolted awake. She quickly sat up from her bed, her eyes blank yet full of energy. "No one is allowed to touch my bonus!" she roared.

"Mary!" A surprised voice came to her ears.

Well?

She quickly turned to the direction of the voice, and saw William. His eyes were full of surprise and wonder as he stared at her without blinking.

"I didn't expect for it to still work so well," said William with a smile.

"Am... am I dreaming?" The two looked at each other for a few seconds. Dreadful, Mary grabbed William's white and blue striped hospital gown. Her eyes were red with incredulousness. "William, are you really awake? Or is this just a dream?"

"Mary..." William shook his head and felt a lump in his throat. He hugged Mary and reassured her, "It's not a dream. It's true. I'm awake. I'm fine!"

"Wah!" Mary buried her head in William's arms and cried, "I thought you would leave me alone, you bastard! I've been waiting for you for so long! Boo! Hoo!"

"Yes, it's my fault." Patting on Mary's back comfortingly, William put a happy smile on his pale face. "I made you worried. I'm sorry. I won't do it again, Mary."

"Let me look at you!" While sobbing, Mary raised her head from William's arms. She carefully touched his face, and inspected him carefully, inch by inch. "Do you feel a pain anywhere? Are you really fine? Why do you look so pale? How about I call the doctor to check you up?"

William gazed at her with tender look on his face. As he saw that Mary was really worried about his condition, all the pain in his heart instantly vanished. "My baby!" While they were talking, Mary suddenly screamed. She touched her belly instinctively in panic. "Is... is the baby still okay? My baby is still here, right?"

"Yes, the baby is fine!" William comforted her right away. He also put his big palm on her belly and reassured, "Our baby is still alive. Don't worry!"

"That's good!" Mary breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm scared. I just had a stomachache, and I suddenly lost all my strength at that—"

"I know." Before Mary could even finish her sentence, William interrupted her words.

"What? How?" Mary looked at him in confusion.

With a smile at the corners of his mouth, William explained, "I heard someone call my name in my dream. It sounded so helpless and exhausted. I wondered who it was, until I realized that it was

you. I tried my best to open my eyes to help you. I knew you needed me." He paused and looked at Marry lovingly. "But when I opened my eyes, I saw Watts rushing out while carrying you.

At that time, William's fingers moved slightly, and his eyelids twitched uncontrollably. The voice beside his ears became clearer and clearer.

"William, it hurts..."

Her pleas and sound of agony made William's heart skip a beat. Slowly, he opened his eyes with difficulty and saw Mary being carried by Watts in his arms.

He sat up and stumbled out of bed awkwardly. Regardless of his rusty joints, he ran out of the ward towards the commotion.

"Hurry up! Send her to the operating room!" ordered a doctor in the white gown.

William saw Mary's blood right away on the floor that had dripped from her legs. Every step that he took was stained with blood.

"Mary!" he shouted weakly. Then, he ran to the hallway to the attending physician and grabbed the doctor's collar. "Please save Mary. I want you to prioritize the adult. If you were to choose between Mary and the baby, please choose her. Mary's safety is the most important thing. Do you hear me?"

"You..." The doctor frowned as he looked at the arrogant man. To his surprise, it was the patient who had been comatose for months yet he stood in front of him full of energy. The doctor nodded quickly and reassured William, "Don't worry, we will try our best." He then hurried into the operating room with the nurses.

All of a sudden, William's tensed nerve relaxed. His adrenaline had worn off, making his legs weak.

"Sir!" Watts rushed to William and held him up in an instant. "I'm fine." William waved his hand and stood in front of the operating room. It took three hours before the operation finished.

But he did not tell Mary about this.

"If I had known, I should've had a stomach ache earlier," said Mary pitifully. "This way you could've woken up early."

"Mary, what silly words are you talking about?" Pretending to be angry, he glared at her, but his eyes were full of sadness. "I almost lost you, almost lost our baby!"

She bit her lips and said in a low voice, "I'm fine."

"Did you experience the same when you were pregnant with Alick and Elissa?" Touching her smooth face with his rough finger tips, William explained, "You had a hemolytic reaction. Because of this, you have just had a long operation."

"What reaction?" shocked, Mary asked wide-eyed.

"It's called hemolysis. This little guy in your belly has the same blood type as mine. I have RH negative blood and the baby's blood does not match yours. This reaction could lead to miscarriage," explained William patiently. "It seems that you don't know about it."

With eyes wide open, Mary answered, "I don't know about it at all. My pregnancy with Alick and Elissa was not like this. I didn't even know their blood types! How could this be?"

"It seems that this little fellow is not obedient." With a cunning smile, William put his warm hand on Mary's belly and said, "When the baby is born, you must teach it a good lesson."

"Do you think it's a boy or a girl?" Mary asked while blinking her eyes.

"I don't know, but either is good. As long as it's our child, I don't care about the gender." William's smile became larger. "I don't know when this little fellow got into your belly. Could it be in the sky wheel?"

Mary's face turned red. "How should I know?" she mumbled.

While the two were still having the lovers' talk, the door of the ward suddenly opened. A group of people entered.

"Daddy, Mommy!" Alick and Elissa rushed in first. They ran to William and Mary excitedly.

"Good babies!" The family of four hugged each other tightly.

"It's really good to see you both awake," Lucas said in a teasing manner.

"Shut up!" Jazlyn spat. The smell of gunpowder hung in the air. It turned out that she and her boss, Aisha, had just arrived from Syria. It was very thrilling! "Let me have a look." Aisha squeezed through the crowd as she approached the hospital bed. She pushed William away and yammered, "I'm here to see my sister's belly." She put her hand on top of Mary's bulging belly and said in awe, "It's amazing! It's so round like a watermelon! Aww!"

Sitting aside, William cast a cold look at Aisha. Her gesture made him feel sad. "I'm still the parent. Why did you have to push me away like that?" Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

Without looking back, Aisha snorted. "So what? You think saving my sister could make me accept you? That's just your atonement. Just so you know, I haven't forgotten what you did to her before."

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