Chapter 4 I Won't Love You Anymore Skylar patted Thea gently , but his voice sounded a little distracted . " You're not putting me in a difficult position . She's not worthy of bearing my child . " Thea looked up at him , touched . She said gently , " Sky , thank you for not despising me . Back when I was abroad , I thought I'd die there in humiliation . " As she finished speaking , she rose slightly on tiptoe , wanting to press her lips to his . But in that instant , he turned his face away . He wrapped an arm around her as he led her out . " You're tired . I'll take you back to your ward to rest . " The leaned obediently against him . As they reached the hallway , she glanced toward the operating room at the end of the corridor . An almost imperceptible smile played on her lips . Inside the operating room , Elaine was pinned to the table . She struggled with all her might , but her limbs barely twitched . Her chest burned with a stabbing pain . Combined with her fever from being soaked in the rain , she no longer had any strength left to fight Just before the anesthetics were administered , she heard two doctors talking . A doctor entering the room said softly , " Mr. Frey has instructed that the fetus is not to be kept . Proceed directly with the abortion . " The lead surgeon sounded displeased . " Dr. Wood , you've seen her test results . This woman's uterine wall is so thin that it's practically a miracle she conceived at all . If we proceed with the abortion , she'll lose the ability to have children in the future . And besides , she wants to keep the baby . I'm A doctor , not an executioner . " The doctor who had just entered sighed . " Dr. Xander , I understand , but this is Mr. Frey's instruction . He said that under no circumstances should the baby be kept The lead surgeon said in a low voice , " Even so , we can't just Elaine suddenly lost the strength to resist . She cut the lead surgeon off , " Proceed with the surgery . It's my own choice not to keep the baby . The lead surgeon let out a sigh and said nothing more . She gave a signal for the anesthesiologist to proceed . On the operating table , blinding white light shone down as Elaine's consciousness gradually faded . Once again , she dreamed of that night . She was feeling weak from a cold and hadn't eaten all day . In the middle of the night , she pouted and clung to Skylar's arm , saying that she was hungry . Skylar actually got out of bed to cook her favorite seafood pasta . But after eating it , she vomited and dry heaved for a long while . Both of them got so excited that they rushed to the hospital in the middle of the night for a pregnancy test . However , it turned out she had simply caught a cold . Although he was clearly disappointed , he still pulled her into his arms and softly comforted her as she scrunched up her little face . He said , " Giving birth is very painful . You're still young . You won't be able to bear that pain . Our baby loves you so much . That's why they've decided to wait a little longer before coming to us . " Back then , Skylar must have taken her for Thea How laughable that Elaine had fantasized he might love her , even just a little . She couldn't help but think , " Skylar , our baby finally came , but you killed it with your own hands . " Her consciousness gradually returned when she was being transferred onto a gurney . Skylar's bodyguards wheeled her out of the operating room . The gurney passed the ward she had just been in and continued forward . Elaine felt a growing sense of dread and asked weakly , " Could I rest for a while in the ward I was in before ? " One of the bodyguards replied coldly , " Ms. Lancelot feels sorry for you . She wants to see you . " Elaine's lips twisted into a bitter , self - mocking smile . Tears slipped down her cheeks . She had just lost her baby . Did she have to be paraded in this utterly broken state just so Thea could watch and saver her misery ? The gurney was wheeled into another hospital ward . Skylar sat with his back to the door . He must have heard them come in , but he didn't turn around . He was peeling an apple with a fruit knife , and his hand trembled ever so slightly . However , that single tremor didn't escape Thea's eyes . tout of bed but didn't have the Elaine lay on the gurney , her face deathly pale - almust translucent . Seeling her , Thea looked as if she wanted to get o strength . She said softly , " Sky , I can't get up . Can you help me over to see Ms. Shelton ? " Skylar didn't react at first . It wasn't until The called hun again that he seemed to snap out of it . He carefully got up to help her out of bed Elaine's eyes were tightly shut . From her figertips to her earlobes , her entire body was drained of color . If the white blanket draped over her were pulled up just a little higher , she would look no different from a corpse about to be wheeled into the morgue . Tha's hand trembled as she grasped Elaine's , her voice full of guilt and unease . " Ms. Shelton , it's all my fault'in so sorry . You must be in so much pain . i Tears streamed down her face . She sobbed so hard her breath hitched , as it she were mourning at a funeral . Skylar pulled Thea into his embrace , his voice gentle . " Enough . Don't look at her anymore . Alter how she's hurt you , even letting her live is mercy moudi She's nothing but an eyesore . " The choked on her sobs . " Sky , I'm so scared . I'm going to have an abortion too , but it looks so painful . I Skylar felt his heart shatter . Without hesitation , he promised , " Don't worry , The . I won't let you suffer like that . You're going to carry this child to term From now on , this baby will be my own flesh and blood - the true bloodline of the Frey family . " Elaine's fingertips trembled weakly . Inside , she could only let out a sorrowful , bitter laugh . Nothing could be more agonizing than this . Skylar had killed the child in Elaine's womb , his own flesh and blood , himself and would rather raise the bastard in Thea's belly Elaine had poured her heart out into loving him all these years , only to realize now how terribly wrong she had been . A stand - in was nothing but a stand- in Skylar had never loved her , not even a little . From beginning to end , all he had ever loved about her was her face that resembled Thea's A sharp spasm of pain seized her chest . Elaine finally lost all her strength and gave in to exhaustion , falling asleep . When she woke up again , it was already the next day . Daylight streamed in brightly . She lay in her bedroom at Birchwood Estate , the sunlight filtering like golden dust . It felt like a different lifetime . Birchwood Estate was her and Skylar's marital home . She'd chosen it herself two years ago . Elaine reached out and felt the warmth beside her . Did Skylar sleep here last night too ? She tried to get up . But the moment she moved , a searing pain surged in her chest . Clutching her chest tightly , she coughed violently and struggled to the edge of the bed . She reached for the bedside table , pulled open a drawer , and swallowed a few pills dry . People said half a year was a short time to live . But for Elaine , it meant enduring nearly 200 more days of this torment that felt worse t than death The pills caught in her throat , scraping her now as she forced them down . She gently placed her hand on her belly , now flat and empty . A tiny life had vanished without a trace . Her heart went cold as she whispered , " Skylar , from now on , I won't love you anymore … " Chapter & Sewing Him for the