Chapter 2

The car sped onto the highway. Every sudden brake slammed me uncontrollably against the trunk door.

I shielded my pregnant belly, trying to let other parts of my body take the brutal impact.

My water had already soaked the entire trunk, and now, blood was mixing with it.

"Liam! Liam! Get me to the hospital, I'm bleeding!"

My voice was weak, and cold sweat drenched me.

But Liam wouldn't even glance at me. He just pressed harder on the accelerator.

"Chloe landed half an hour ago! If you hadn't hung up, would she have to wait this long for me at the airport? And now you expect me to take *you* to the hospital first?"

I painfully clawed at the back of the seat, struggling to lift myself enough to beg him to look at me.

"Liam, please, I'm dying. If we don't go to the hospital now, both the baby and I will die."

Liam slammed on the brakes, stopping the car abruptly on the emergency shoulder.

Ignoring the speeding traffic on the highway, he got out, walked to the back, and opened the trunk.

The moment it opened, a foul stench overwhelmed him. Liam frowned deeply and covered his nose.

"God, you're disgusting! You're a grown woman, can't you control your bodily functions?"

Tears and sweat streamed down my face. I desperately crawled towards Liam, whispering my plea.

"Liam, I'm in labor, I'm in so much pain. Please, can you take me to the hospital?"

Liam looked down at me, a cold sneer on his face.

"You're in labor, but you still have the energy to be jealous and hang up on Chloe? You seem perfectly fine to me. Stop putting on this pathetic act!"

Seeing him about to close the trunk again, I desperately grabbed his jacket, clutching onto one last sliver of hope.

"I really didn't mean to. Please, it's *your* baby in my belly. You can't do this to me."

My words made Liam hesitate for a moment, but then his phone rang again.

"Liam, what's taking you so long? I've been freezing out here, I think I'm catching a cold."

It was Chloe.

"I'm so sorry, Chloe. Ten more minutes, I'll be there soon. Find somewhere warm, don't catch a cold."

With that, Liam ignored my pleas, slammed the trunk shut, and sped off towards the airport.

Pain and terror enveloped me, slowly suffocating me.

Soon after, the car stopped. Liam got out, and the door slammed shut.

He must have reached the airport.

Liam will pick up Chloe, then he'll take me to the hospital, right?

I just have to get through this, make it to the hospital, and the baby and I will both survive.

I silently cheered myself on, completely unaware of the growing pool of blood beneath me.