"What if your wife wants a divorce after finding out?" another voice asked.
"Divorce? Where could she go? She's just an orphan."
When I came out of surgery, I saw over a hundred missed calls.
I returned one of them. The call was answered instantly and I spoke first.
"I need someone to marry me right away. Are you in?"
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Outside the ward, I heard the doctor and Michael speaking softly, their voices drifting in and out.
"Mr. Coldsworth, the wound on Mrs. Coldsworth’s abdomen is too deep. She may never be able to conceive again."
"How is Regina? She was very emotional last night. Could that affect the baby?"
The doctor paused, surprised.
"Miss Wilde is physically healthy. Her previous surgery was successful. She's fully recovered from infertility. She’s a healthy woman now."
Michael let out a breath of relief.
"Good ... That’s good."
"Elizabeth doesn't need recovery. If she can't get pregnant again, that's ideal. I will never forget seeing my sister lying in the morgue."
He let out a cold laugh.
"Even if I didn’t have azoospermia, I would never let someone like her carry a child from the Coldsworth Family."
A tear rolled down my cheek. A voice on the phone brought me back to the moment.