Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 831

Hanging his head low, Howard said, "The doctor said that... she had a miscarriage."

As soon as he finished speaking, Grandpa lay straight on the bed.

"Grandpa!"

Howard shrieked in shock.

With his eyes closed, Grandpa waved his hand, indicating that he was fine.

In spite of that, Elaine could see Grandpa trembling slightly and his hands that were grasping the sheets. He was obviously suppressing his emotions that were about to erupt...

Howard opened his mouth, but nothing came out of it.

Eventually, Grandpa slowly opened his eyes and blurted, "I'm sure the baby is yours. She fell down in front of me on purpose because she doesn't want the baby to be born..."

Startled, Howard muttered, "Grandpa..."

"Someone sent her here. She never wanted the baby. She came because she wanted to tell me that the mistake that I committed back then has come back to bite me. Our family will extinct eventually..."

"Howard, I'm sorry. It's my fault that your child dies before he can see the world..."

Grandpa was getting emotionally distressed. "It's my fault. It's all my fault..."

As Howard comforted him, he thought of giving him another dose of sedative if he didn't calm down.

As for Elaine, she stood beside them in a daze.

The guilt swamped her mind and soul. She felt that it was she who had caused the Perkins Family to this miserable state...

She shouldn't have stayed here.

For the sake of the Perkins Family and Howard, she should leave.

Fortunately, Grandpa slowly calmed down and fell asleep after Howard consoled him for a long time.

Breathing a sigh of relief, he turned and saw Elaine standing in the corner with her head lowered, not knowing what was bothering her.

"Elaine?"

He called.

Slowly, she raised her head and muttered, "What's

wrong?"

Seeing her slightly red eyes, Howard was taken aback and quickly strode to her side. "What happened? Did you cry?"

Shaking her head, Elaine whispered, "I'm just a little sad. Grandpa was fine two days ago, but now he is in the hospital, and has an emotional breakdown..."

Howard's lips twitched. "Silly girl."

Looking up at him, Elaine asked, "Dr. Perkins, don't you think it's my fault?"

"Why did you say that?"

"If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have gotten into trouble with him, and there wouldn't have been so much trouble in your family."

"How can I blame this on you? If what happened to me and Grandpa was Vincent's doings, he should be to blame. He is the culprit!"

His remark only made her even guiltier.

Then, another doctor came over and informed them that Norissa's surgery was over and was resting in the ward.

Agitated, Howard cautioned, "Stay here and look after Grandpa. I'll be back soon."

"What do you want to do?" asked Elaine.

Howard sneered, "Doing some explanation." Norissa was lying on the hospital bed with tears in the corner of her eyes. She had been a few months pregnant, so she had developed feelings for the baby.

Caressing her flat tummy, the rims of her eyes turned red.

"You can cry? That's surprising."

A sarcastic voice came from the side.

Raising her head abruptly, she saw Howard leaning against the door, so she wanted to sit up but felt rather weak. "Howard, we lost our baby..."

Howard closed the door and walked in. "Our baby?"

Hearing the intimidating tone from his mouth, Norissa shrunk timidly. "Yes! The baby is yours. You have to believe me! I'm sad that we lost it..."

Howard interjected, "How did it happen?"

"I slipped..."

"You slipped? I think you did it on purpose."

"What are you talking about..."

In an instant, Howard came to the bed and looked down on her. "Grandpa is my only family in this world and you almost killed him. If anything happens to him, I will avenge him. Do you think I'll let you go so easily?"

Widening her eyes in shock, she rebuked, "What do you mean? He is fine, isn't he? Besides, I'm the victim here. How can you blame me instead of feeling sorry for me?!"

Howard sneered, "Why was he admitted to the hospital in the first place? If it weren't for you, none of this would have happened! Victim? I think you're the perpetrator! Tell me, who sent you here?! Is it Vincent?"

Aghast, Norissa stuttered, "I-1 don't know what you're talking about..."

Howard looked at her expressionlessly.

After regaining her composure, Norissa sensed that Howard didn't know anything, which was why he came to her.

He was obviously trying to get something out of her.

With that, she was no longer nervous and said in a gentle voice, "You're tensed up, aren't you? Since you haven't had much rest these days..."

Howard smiled. "Yup, I'm."

After a pause, he asked, "Did you read the news recently?"

"What news?"

"Something about me..."

"Y-Yes, I did."

"Then you should know that rumor has it that I killed my patient on the operating table..." He lowered his body and whispered, "Do you know how simple it is for a doctor to kill a patient?"

Picking up the needle of the IV drip, he flicked it and cautioned, "For example, I can simply inject air into this little thing when you fall asleep, and before you know it, you'll die quietly in your dream..."

His eerie remark brought goosebumps on her arms.

Widening her eyes in disbelief, she snapped, "What do you want to do?"

"Nothing. I just want to know why did you come to me."

Howard didn't sleep well for a few days. He had dark circles, and there were traces of blood in his eyes.

Expressionless, he looked exceptionally scary under his dark gaze.

Feeling frightful, Norissa blurted.

"Someone sent me to you. Something happened to my family and I needed money desperately, so I followed his instructions. He asked me to tell Grandpa that the retribution has come for what he did 20 years ago and that your family will extinct without offspring. When Grandpa heard what I said, he suddenly became agitated and wanted to know who told me these. I wanted to avoid his approach, but I fell by accident, and he fell too..."

Norissa sobbed, "That's all I know. I'm sad that the baby is gone..."

Howard remained expressionless. "What happened 20 years ago?"

"I don't know. That's all the man told me. He said that your grandfather wanted to kill him, so he swore that he will retaliate..."

Hearing this, Howard frowned.

Returning to the ward, Howard did not see Elaine. Grandpa fell asleep, but even in his dreams, he was frowning uneasily.

Just as a nurse came in, Howard asked, "Did you see the girl who came with me?"

The nurse thought of something and took out a piece of paper from her pocket. "She asked me to give this to you before she left, and asked us to take good care of the patient..."

Unfolding the paper, there was only a simple sentence on it, "Dr. Perkins, I'm leaving. Don't look for me."

As soon as he read it, Howard's mind suddenly went blank.

She left?

What did that mean?

Where was she going?

He immediately took out his phone and called her, but her phone was turned off.