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Shera clenched her fists as the doctor took her blood sample. 

She mentally swore that if she got out of this alive, she would massacre this man and the whole of his family before dealing with Santino. Whether he was under instructions or not, he had just conspired to kill her baby. 

Time passed tick by tick and the pain she waited for did not arrive. Aside from the sharp pain she had felt earlier from over exerting herself, all was calm. Even so, she did not dare to let down her guard. It might be the calm before the storm. 

Though she wondered, it was already obvious that she was pregnant. What was her blood sample needed for? Confirmation? 

Indeed, about an hour later, the doctor had finished conducting the test using the equipment he had brought earlier. 

He looked seriously at Santino and the woman who was no longer fighting and yelling and cleared his throat. "The lady is indeed seven weeks pregnant."