Chapter 67: She’s Got A Stomach Ache
As the girl spoke, Arianna finished hanging the picture and jumped off the chair without warning. The girl got scared and forgot to keep pressing Arianna further on the topic.
Probably because she hadn’t been on a morning jog in a while and rushed back in the rain, Arianna felt pain in her lower abdomen. She leaned against the wall with her hands on her belly, her head aching. The woman and her daughter instantly helped Arianna sit on the chair.
It was so painful. She spoke in a deep voice with her lips shaking, “It’s nothing… just a stomachache. I’ll be better in a while.”
Arianna always had stomach cramps whenever she ate the wrong foods or had a cold. It easily could have been from the spicy food or getting caught in the rain that morning.
However, this was not regular. There seemed to be a direct source of pain in her body, constantly radiating some sort of substance. The pain spread from her lower abdomen to every cell in her body.
When the owner wiped the sweat off of Arianna’s forehead, a new layer of sweat instantly replaced it.
Just then, as Travis was walking downstairs, the girl pressed on Arianna’s belly. Arianna automatically screamed so loudly that it sounded like the gates of hell had opened.
Travis rushed over to Arianna’s side and took the girl’s hand off Arianna’s body. The girl looked scared and guilty, “I just wanted to ease the pain for Arianna. She’s got a stomach ache.”
The owner was also scared by Arianna’s scream and came running back.
“Is there a hospital nearby?” Travis held Arianna in his arms as if she were a delicate princess.
Arianna felt like she had been run over by a heavy truck. She let out a loud groan.
Travis picked her up gently and placed her on the sofa so that she could lie down. The girl came over to help. She covered Arianna’s legs in a blanket and moved her sweat-soaked hair off her face. Then the little girl screamed.
As Travis was adjusting Arianna’s position, the blanket moved off her legs and revealed that her skirt was covered in blood.
The hotel owner ran forward and said, “Oh my god! Why did you jump off the chair just now?”
Arianna knew they thought she was having a miscarriage. Although she didn’t know what happened to her, it was definitely not what they thought because she had just had her period two weeks ago. Maybe because of her grandfather’s death, her hormones were different than normal, causing her to have her period early.
She wanted to explain, but no sound came out when she opened her mouth. But whatever was going on was becoming more and more painful. She was even a little confused now, gripping someone’s hand tightly. Though she saw that it was Travis’s hand, she didn’t dare to let go of it at the moment.
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When Arianna awoke at the hospital, she had no idea how she got there. Finally, someone said, “Gentleman, please get out.”
Her abdomen was so sore as she lay on the bed. The doctor kept asking her, “Did you know that you had a uterine cyst?”
Arianna still couldn’t make a sound, but she simply nodded. The doctor in the other hospital had asked her to do monthly examinations, but she completely forgot about it when her grandfather’s condition worsened.
“The cyst has ruptured. Immediate surgery is recommended; otherwise, this can become very dangerous for you.”
Again, Arianna simply nodded instead of speaking. Only minutes after, her bed was being pushed out of the room and into an elevator. Her mind was becoming more and more blurry, but she could not fall unconscious. She still felt the pain and squeezed her eyes shut.
Seconds later, she was surrounded by many voices. One voice, in particular, was very clear. It was from an elderly female doctor with a bad attitude.Material © of NôvelDrama.Org.
She was yelling at Travis, “Why didn’t you get her here sooner? Who the hell are you? Do you want her to die or let us do the surgery? She will never be able to get pregnant if we don’t start operating in time! Get out of my way!”
Arianna did not hear Travis’s voice as the doctor kept yelling. Perhaps her mind had blocked his voice out, but the doctor was clearly talking to him.
With a lot of difficulty, Arianna pulled on the doctor’s scrubs and whispered, “This gentleman… was just a bystander who sent me here…”
The minimally invasive surgery began soon after. She was injected with an anesthetic but still felt the pain. Cold devices pierced through her skin, forcefully drilling holes… the feeling was unforgettable.
She wanted to tell the doctor that she didn’t receive enough of the drug, but it worked on her face and lips. She could only weep quietly.
Arianna had never had a serious injury or illness in her life. She remembered she cut her face once when she was five and got two stitches on her jaw. And there was the time she broke her leg. Her whole family and even the servants came to support her in the hospital. The number of people that came to see her was overkill, but she would never have the chance to be surrounded by family members like that again.
She was alone even in her dreams nowadays.
During the operation, the doctors removed her intrauterine device, causing Arianna to weep a little harder.
Arianna should not have been so hard on herself. On the day Travis brought up pregnancy to her, she immediately felt a sense of crisis. She knew that he would do anything to get what he wanted, so she went to the hospital and had the intrauterine device installed, just in case.
She opposed abortion. She believed no one had the right to decide who lived or died, so she could never let herself get pregnant with a child she did not want. There was no alternative for her.
The installation of the intrauterine device was simple yet humiliating. It meant that she was willing to have a long-term affair with Travis Cooper. She thought by burying her dignity, she could keep her grandfather in this world for a few more days. However, it seemed to backfire and worsen her condition.