They had already witnessed my cruelty, but now my words shattered the last of their illusions. A man could be this ruthless, refusing to save his wife, and now rejecting his own child.
“Sevi, are you insane? My sister is carrying your child, and you actually told the doctor to abort it?”
Simon seized my collar, his bloodshot eyes burning with fury as though he wanted to tear me apart.
“Amirah is already insane. How could she possibly be fit to be a mother? Rather than let the child be born to suffer, it’s better to end it early, once and for all,” I said calmly.
“Bastard!” Simon’s fist crashed against my face.
“You beast!”
Even Nikolai lost his reason, but before chaos could break out, the doctor stepped in.
“This is a hospital. Please control yourselves. Who is the child’s father?”
“I am,” I replied.
“Then please come with me.”
“Sevi, don’t you dare make a decision you’ll regret for life,” my mother cried, fear filling her voice as if she knew I truly didn’t want the child. “You’re a man, you must shoulder the responsibility of a husband and a father. Amirah may not remain insane forever; her condition might improve one day. I remind you, you’d better choose carefully.”