Chapter 12

All her life, Shyla's greatest regret was being in love with Nolan.

Ekta was saved by Nolan and she fainted in his arms. He hugged Ekta as if she was the only thing that mattered in the world.

Holding Ekta in his arms, Nolan stared coldly at the two men who had pushed Ekta.

The two men panicked. "It's not us. This woman paid us to do it."

They pointed at Shyla, who was lying on the ground. However, Shyla was unable to speak. When Nolan declared his love for Ekta, her heart was badly hurt. If she could have another chance in her life, she wanted to forget her pain and forget about Nolan.

Nolan's eyes were filled with hatred without even sparing an eye to the woman kneeling on the floor. He said, with disdain in his voice, "You're cruel, Shyla. Don't you have a heart? How could you kill people? Hahaha... he smiled mockingly and said:" I underestimated you, I know you are vicious but I didn't know you could go to this extent for Mrs. Bernard's title. Stay there and reflect on your crime. If anything happens to Ekta, I'll bury you with her!"

With that, Nolan turned and left the rooftop with Ekta in his arms. He never looked back at Shyla, leaving her alone to endure the cold wind.

He didn't know that Shyla was having a stomachache, and there was a stream of blood flowing out from between her legs.

Struggling, Shyla looked up to see Nolan carrying Ekta in his arms. She tried her best to remember Nolan's cruel silhouette. Gritting her teeth while scratching at the cold floor, Shyla did not want to experience this horrible scene ever again in her life.

When she woke up, she was lying on the ward. The smell of disinfectant was so strong that Shyla was about to vomit. Shyla tried to move her body, only to remember the child in her womb. She sat up suddenly and lifted the quilt.

"Shyla, you're awake." Ruhi's eyes were red from crying and her voice was choked with sobs.

Shyla grabbed Ruhi's arm and asked nervously "Is the baby okay?"

"The baby is still here, but you nearly had a miscarriage. The doctor said that you should stay in bed, or else you may miscarry easily." Ruhi covered her mouth and said sadly.

"Why are you so reckless? Don't you know you almost miscarried earlier? Why are you doing this to yourself? You don't even know how to take care of yourself." Ruhi shouted at Shyla, crying desperately.

Shyla breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the baby was fine, everything would be fine. Shyla caressed her belly, determined to give birth to the baby. She looked up at Ruhi to see Ruhi still crying. Then she asked, "Why are you crying? I'm fine."

"You lied to me, and you are still lying to me!" Ruhi was a little agitated.

Shyla lowered her eyes. She didn't dare to face the question of the person who loved her, as she couldn't answer. "You can go back. I need to rest".

Ruhi was both angry and distressed. In Shyla's heart, there was no one else but Nolan. "What Are you going to drive me away? If I'm not around, who do you think would take care of you? Nolan? He's already gone with that vixen!"

Shyla turned her back to Ruhi and cried silently. She knew everything, but she was afraid to let Ruhi see her crying. She would prefer to die quietly alone, fighting against the agony of cancer.

"I know you're doing this for my good, but for now, I would like you to leave. I can take good care of myself," Shyla said calmly.

"Shyla!" I just saw how well you can take care of yourself", Ruhi said disappointedly. They had been friends for so many years, but their friendship was incomparable with the importance of Nolan. "You have disappointed me so much. You still have me as a friend even when there is no Nolan, but there is never anyone else except him in your heart."

Shyla drove all the people away so that she could be left alone. She was afraid that people would find out that she had a severe stomachache. Shyla spat out a mouthful of blood, and her stomach ached badly. Her face was ashen and she covered her stomach by hunching. She was uncertain if there was pain as she felt numb from the long period of agony.

With a dull thud, the door was opened.

Shyla wiped her mouth with a napkin and moved the trash can under the bed. She raised her head to see Nolan standing at the door with a cold expression on his face.

"Nolan," Shyla shouted.

Nolan said sarcastically. "Are you still pretending to be weak to get sympathy? Do you think that you could deceive me by staying in the ward? Shyla, if it weren't for this time, I wouldn't know you were so vicious. If you were able to kill Ekta, what else can't you do?"

Shyla felt as if her heart had been cut by a knife. Faced with the distrust of her beloved, she could only swallow the bitterness in her heart." I..."

"Stop talking. Don't you want to divorce? Sign in now and we will find a time to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to handle it!" Nolan didn't want to listen to her explanation, so he took out the divorce agreement and placed it in front of Shyla.

"I didn't push Ekta. She directed and acted on her own." Shyla still wanted to explain but she no longer cared to know if he believed her.

At Shyla's desperate plea, Nolan simply stared at her coldly. He had seen with his own eyes how Ekta had been pushed off the rooftop. Moreover, the two men had admitted that it was Shyla who had orchestrated the whole incident, yet she still quibbled about it.

Shyla's heart trembled when she saw the look on Nolan's face.

"Shyla, playing the innocent one yet again. I haven't even begun with you for trying to kill my Ekta, and already you jumped right into playing the victim? Have you not even the slightest sense of shame?".

"You left Ekta to die last time, and now you want to kill her. Do you think I still believe you? You just acted innocent to gain my sympathy. Aren't you tired of pretending for so long? Fortunately, Ekta is alright, or else you deserve to die for what you did", Nolan said in disgust.

Like sharp blades, every single one of Nolan's words stabbed into Shyla's heart again and again as he uttered them.