Chapter 2

Seeing Alex about to push the door open, I panicked.

I frantically grabbed the crawling kittens, shoved them into Eleanor's arms, and whispered urgently: "Quick! Hide them in the trash can!"

Eleanor looked at me in shock.

But her hands moved faster than her brain, and she quickly placed all five kittens into the trash can.

Just as she finished, Alex pushed the door open.

He glanced at the unconscious doctor on the floor, then at my empty delivery bed.

His brows furrowed. "What's going on?" he demanded. "Where's the child you gave birth to?"

Looking at his scrutinizing gaze, I knew if I didn't give a reasonable explanation, I'd be buried alive the next second!

My heart was pounding in my throat, my mind racing.

In a flash, I took a deep breath, scrambled out of bed, and bowed deeply to Alex: "Mr. Thorne! I—I'm so sorry!"

Alex's face immediately darkened. "Tell me, what exactly are you sorry for?"

As he spoke, the bodyguards behind him already reached for their daggers.

I clutched my stomach, feigning extreme shame, my voice trembling:

"Mr. Thorne, what I fought to give birth to just now wasn't a child!"

"It was a massive, incredibly foul-smelling…bowel movement!"

"That's what made the delivery doctor faint!"

The room fell silent. The doctor and bodyguards stared at me in shock.

Alex's mouth twitched. He eyed my stomach suspiciously: "Who performed your prenatal check-ups?"

I quickly replied, "Dr. Davies."

"Mr. Thorne, I never got along with Sarah Miller when I first arrived, and Dr. Davies was Sarah Miller's lover. I suspect he deliberately misdiagnosed me, hoping to make me offend you!"

"It's all my fault for being foolish and believing his nonsense. These past few months, I've been eating whatever I wanted, and my belly just swelled up. That agonizing pain earlier wasn't labor—it was… a severe case of constipation!"

Dr. Davies was already dealt with, so there was no one to contradict me.

I could only pin the blame on him! Alex's face was ashen as he looked at me.

"So, I've been waiting outside for this long… for you to take a dump?"