"Mr. Kent, I'm not sure if it's good news for you or not. Actually, Miss Wallace's baby has died."

Wesley had drummed it into him so many times that he could even recite it backward.

However, Rowdy didn't buy what he said. He stared at the doctor intently with a vicious look on his face. "Are you sure?"

"Mr. Kent, please believe your eyes." The doctor handed the report to Rowdy again. "I might lie, but it won't."

Rowdy stared at the report silently.

Three examinations showed that Yuna's baby had died.

"Could I really have misunderstood her?

"Did she really not hide anything from me? Did she enter my study just to look for something unimportant?" he thought.

Seeing Rowdy's face becoming less sullen, the doctor said hurriedly, "Mr. Kent, I think you should be more concerned about the clot in her brain than her dead baby."

Actually, it was the point.

"Let's talk about it with her," Rowdy said. Before he opened the door of the lounge, it occurred to him that Emily thought Yuna's baby was alive, so he reminded the doctor, "Don't mention Yuna's baby in front of Emily."

The doctor had to follow Rowdy's instructions even though he wondered why Rowdy cared about Emily so much. "I won't." He nodded.

Seeing them, Emily ran toward Rowdy while Yuna sat still.

With a worried and expectant look on his face, Emily asked cautiously, "Could you tell me when Auntie Yuna will get better?"

That was the only thing he was concerned about.

The doctor finally understood why Rowdy asked him to hide the truth from Emily.

As Wesley had said, Emily was the only one who truly cared about Yuna here.

Emily would be inconsolable if he knew that Yuna's child had died.

The doctor smiled at Emily. "Well, let's talk about it later, okay?"

Despite being disappointed, Emily nodded obediently. "Okay."

The doctor was touched by the eager anticipation in his eyes.

Yuna stood up and met the doctor's and Rowdy's eyes calmly. She kept her nervousness well under wraps.

Rowdy looked sullen yet not furious.

Yuna assumed that things weren't as terrible as she had thought.

In other words, Rowdy didn't know that her baby was still alive.

Yuna looked at the doctor, whose expression was as calm as ever.

If the doctor had told Rowdy that her child was still alive, Rowdy would have been furious, and the doctor would have been pale with fright.

Since the doctor did not show any signs of being frightened, Yuna was almost sure that things were better than she had thought.

She exhaled in relief, squatted down in front of Emily and looked at him tenderly. "I'm a little thirsty. Can you buy me a bottle of water?"

Since her secret was not exposed, she assumed that the doctor would next talk about her illness, together with Rowdy.

She hated to let Emily know that there was little hope for her to survive.

Emily always thought she would get better as long as she saw a doctor.

In fact, no doctor, including the most brilliant brain surgeons, dared to operate on her.

If Emily were to hear this, he would be heartbroken. So, Yuna thought they had better not talk about it in front of him.

Even though Emily was still a child, he knew that her asking him to buy a bottle of water was nothing more than an excuse that Yuna used to send him away.

He was well aware that Auntie Yuna tried to keep something from him.

So, he held Yuna's hand and looked at her tearfully. "Can't I stay here with you?"

Yuna kissed him on his forehead and said in a soft yet firm tone, "Emily, you're a good boy, right?"

Emily blinked and then the tears flowed from his eyes.

He didn't want to leave, nor did he want to disappoint Yuna.

So, he nodded and left the lounge with Milo.

Yuna turned her softness into strength as if it would protect her from all the harm from the outside world like her armor.

After Rowdy and the doctor remained silent for a while, she said slowly with a smile on her face, "Go ahead. I've known it earlier, so it won't bother me to hear it again."

Glancing at Yuna, the doctor blurted out, "Miss Wallace, Mr. Kent showed me your last examination report. Your condition is... getting worse."

Shocked, Yuna looked at the doctor in disbelief. "Are you serious?"

"I'll never joke about my patient's health." The doctor handed the reports to Yuna with an upset look. He continued, "The clot is killing you. Check the reports if you don't believe me. But I should tell you that you must receive treatment at once."

Yuna stepped back suddenly as if she lost all her strength. She unfolded the reports in her hand.

She had undergone a lot of examinations, so there was a pile of reports.

On the top was the pregnancy report.

Yuna threw the pregnancy report onto the floor and read the brain report directly as if she didn't care about the pregnancy report at all.

But in fact, she glanced secretly at the pregnancy report before casting it aside.

She couldn't be more familiar with the medical terms on it. It showed that her baby was not alive.

As she had expected, her secret was not exposed. No wonder Rowdy and the doctor were so calm.

Yuna felt relieved as if a heavy weight had been removed from her heart. But she frantically flipped through the brain report instead of showing any signs of relaxation.

Suddenly, she stopped as if she was in utter despair. "What should I do?" she asked while looking at the doctor helplessly.

It was not until now that Rowdy relaxed his guard slightly.

Yuna entered his study without his permission, which aroused his suspicions about her again.

He suspected that Yuna lied to him about the baby thing.

If his guess were correct, Yuna should have been concerned about her pregnancy report.

The pregnancy report was on the top of the pile of reports, so she should have read it carefully if she cared about it.

However, she bypassed it and looked for the brain report as if she didn't care about the pregnancy report at all.

It turned out that he was wrong. He should have believed her as before.

He came over and held Yuna's hand. "Yuna, calm down and listen to the doctor."

"How can I calm down?" Yuna pushed him away agitatedly. "I thought you'd help me, but you've been suspecting me!"

Yuna, trained by Rowdy, had never been the submissive type. She flared up at him now.

"Yuna!" Rowdy shouted, trying to calm her down by being imposing. "I should suspect you. If it upsets you, I can apologize when we get home. But now you must calm down and listen to the doctor."

Seeming to be intimidated by Rowdy, she looked at the doctor and asked with a hint of self-mockery, "Why don't you tell me how long I can live?"

"Miss Wallace, please don't be so pessimistic." The doctor looked at her with confidence on his face. "You're getting worse, but I might help you."

Yuna was surprised and incredulous.

All the doctors she had seen before said she was a goner, so she wondered if the doctor was bragging.

Rowdy was more excited than Yuna. He grabbed the doctor by the arm and stared at him expectantly. "What can you do?"

The doctor paused, thinking about what Wesley had told him.

Wesley had told him that he must try his best to convince Rowdy and Yuna that he could cure her illness.

Then, Wesley would handle the rest.

So, the doctor decided to say what he had been told.

He met Rowdy's eyes with a confident smile. "I'll try my best to treat Miss Wallace. I can alleviate her illness even if I can't remove the clot in her brain."

"Good!" Rowdy was more excited than ever. He grabbed the doctor's shoulder and said, "As long as you can cure her illness, I will give you whatever you want!"

The doctor waved a hand and had a righteous look on his face. "Never mind. It's my duty to treat my patients, so the best repayment for me is curing them."

He didn't want to get anything from Rowdy. He knew Wesley and Brian wanted Rowdy's life, but Rowdy would by no means give it to them for Yuna's sake.

But anyway, Wesley and Brian would kill Rowdy sooner or later.

Suddenly, Yuna clutched the doctor's neck and scowled at him as she stared sharply at him. "How do I know that you are not lying?"

The doctor made a gesture of surrender to calm her down. "Trust me, I can help you."

Yuna scrunched her eyes shut and held his neck in a tighter grip.

She wondered if this doctor could really cure her illness.

But what she wanted to know was if he was on Wesley's side.

She had him in such a tight hold that he could barely breathe, and his face turned pale slowly. Instead of begging for mercy, he looked at her and said slowly, "I can save your life, and you will survive."

With a strange feeling surging in her heart, Yuna loosened her grip and stared at him for a while.

Rowdy assumed that Yuna did it because she doubted the doctor's ability.

In fact, Yuna was trying to guess if the doctor's words had a hidden meaning.

"Did he mean that he could cure me or help me escape?" she thought.