Chapter 167 - Dilemma

Fernando stood frozen behind the wall watching Viona and Andrew talking in front of the ICU. Jealousy was burning inside his chest when he saw his wife was talking to the man he hated the most. Earlier, Fernando woke up from his sleep and he couldn't find his wife's whereabouts, he still didn't think of anything until his servants told him that Viona had left for the hospital at four in the morning.

Without breakfast, Fernando immediately rushed to the hospital to confirm the truth of his servants' report. When he arrived at the hospital, his emotions rose when he saw the wife he was looking for was talking to Andrew. Fernando glared at Andrew from behind the wall, his breathing was filled with indescribable emotions. After Andrew left, Fernando walked quickly to Viona's private room.

"You have to explain all this, Vio," Fernando said as he continued walking towards Viona's private room which was opposite Professor Frank's room.

Fernando immediately went into Viona's room which was not locked, he was ready to bombard Viona with various questions, but he was forced to postpone his intention because he could not find Viona in that room.

Fernando then sat on the sofa waiting for Viona's arrival while playing with his cellphone to get rid of his boredom. After waiting for twenty minutes, the door to Viona's private room finally opened and Viona entered the room with a wet face, her long hair was tied in a ponytail style but it looked very messy.

Viona continued to walk slowly towards her chair behind the table without noticing the presence of Fernando who had been staring at her without blinking from the sofa, she grabbed the glass filled with water on the table and started drinking it slowly.

"Is there something you want to tell me, Vio?" Fernando asked suddenly and it startled Viona.

Viona, who was holding a glass filled with water, immediately dropped the glass on the floor and made the water in the glass soak her clothes.

"Stupid!!!" shrieked Fernando as he got up from his chair and approached Viona who was standing there with wet clothes.

"What are you *coughing, coughing*..." Viona couldn't finish her words because she was choked by the water she just drank.

"Drink first!!!" Fernando said coldly as he handed over the mineral water bottle that was on the table to Viona.

Viona quickly drained the water in the bottle that Fernando had given her, soon she managed to regain control of herself and she was able to breathe normally. Viona turned her face away from Fernando, she was still annoyed at what Fernando did last time on the bed.

"You still don't want to talk to me?" asked Fernando curtly.

"Hey!!! I am your husband, look at me when you are talking to me and answering my question!" Fernando snapped as he pulled Viona's hand hard so that Viona's body turned towards him.

Viona's eyes filled with tears at Fernando's harsh words, her voice caught in her throat, making Viona unable to speak. Viona's chest felt so tight that she was not unable to speak a single word.

"Can you talk without crying huh?" Fernando snapped back in front of Viona's face.

"Do you know why I haven't said anything?" Viona asked haltingly.

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Fernando immediately fell silent to hear Viona's words which sounded very soft.

"I-....I am thinking, secondly because I'm trying my best to understand, and third because I'm not feeling okay at all. Do you know that, Fernando? I'm not a woman who came from a rich or respected family, my parents dumped me when I was a baby because they didn't want me but I still have pride and feelings, Fernando. You can't play with me as you like while on the bed.

I am a human being not a doll to satisfy your lust, do not equate me with the women in your past, Fernando. And if you still want to live such a lifestyle, I will not stop you but I want a divorce ...." Viona couldn't finish her words because Fernando's big hands had flown to her cheeks and made her cheeks feel hot in an instant. 

Viona never expected that her husband would slap her at that moment.

"Watch your words, Vio. I'm your husband. Do you think it's appropriate for you to talk like that to me?" Fernando scolded her emotionally, he didn't like hearing Viona bring up his past life.

"Then, do you think it was okay for you to do those things to your wife?" asked Viona while covering her face which just got hit by Fernando.

"Aren't you enjoying it too, Vio? You don't have to be a hypocrite, I saw you close your eyes like other women when I stimulated you," said Fernando harshly.

"And you need to remember one thing, Viona. All of your siblings in the orphanage work as prostitutes so it's not right for you to discuss this matter, you should be grateful you can be my wife ... the wife of Fernando Gray Willan," added Fernando arrogantly.

Viona's tears suddenly stopped flowing after Fernando stopped talking, her heart felt so painful after hearing everything Fernando just said. Then, her teary eyes stared at Fernando.

She did not expect to hear such harsh words from Fernando, her heart ached suddenly so that Viona chose to sit on the floor to maintain her balance after nearly staggering and falling. Seeing Viona bent on the floor made Fernando annoyed, he then chose to leave Viona alone in her office without saying a word back.

After Fernando left, Viona tried to get up and walked slowly to head to the door to close it because she didn't want anyone to see her crumbling down that way. When she managed to close the door to her room, Viona's tears broke out again. Everything that Fernando had said to her suddenly flashed in her memory when she was almost able to control herself and manage her emotions, she felt nauseous and quickly ran to the bathroom in her room.

Viona vomited all the food she ate this morning in the cafeteria to the point where it was exhausting, when she was rinsing her mouth with running water, Viona suddenly realized something she had never thought of before.

"My last period was three weeks ago…. but it's impossible that I'm… " Viona couldn't finish her words and recalled a little lesson about female reproduction.

Viona's face turned pale instantly and she became more like a lifeless doll after she realized that she might be missing things. With slow steps, Viona walked to her table then opened one of the drawers and grabbed the test pack that was inside it with trembling hands. After looking at the test pack that she was holding for a long time, Viona then got up from her chair and walked to the bathroom to prove her suspicions.

Viona sat limply in the closet when she saw that her urine had been successfully collected in a clean place. With trembling hands, Viona put the test pack that she had opened. A few seconds later, two red lines appeared on the test pack that Viona put in the place containing her urine, Viona's tears broke again seeing the results shown on the test pack.

"Why ... why does it have to happen like this, God?" Viona sobbed softly in between her cries,

"No, Fernando shouldn't know about this…. I also have to prove it once more by doing a more accurate test," Viona said, trying to comfort herself. She quickly wrapped the two-line test pack back into the wrapping paper.

Viona then walked to the mirror and looked at herself who already looked like a corpse, she slowly smeared her lips with a light pink lipstick to make her face look fresh. She also added a cushion to her face to disguise the mark of Fernando's palms on her flushed face. After she felt that she had put on enough makeup, Viona then took her bag and walked slowly leaving her room gracefully.

She tried to look as normal as possible in front of other people so that no one was suspicious of anything.

"Nurse, I have some stuff I need to take care of, please ask Doctor Cecilia to replace me temporarily," Viona said quietly to Nurse Chloe, her new personal assistant.

"Okay, Doc," Nurse Chloe replied quickly, since she was appointed as a permanent employee by Fernando, the way Nurse Chloe acted had changed completely.

"Thank you, Nurse Chloe. I'm so sorry for the inconvenience," Viona said while trying to smile.

Nurse Chloe nodded slowly in response to Viona's words, she then followed Viona's order by contacting Doctor Cecilia. Viona then walked slowly leaving Nurse Chloe's table to the exit, she was hoping that she wouldn't meet either Fernando or Professor Frank, she didn't want to face those two annoying brothers.

After successfully leaving the Global Bross Hospital, Viona immediately called a taxi and went to a place she wanted to visit. Shortly afterward, the taxi carrying Viona arrived at a small clinic. She quickly got out of the taxi and entered the clinic for mother and child. After registering, Viona sat in the waiting room patiently to wait for her turn with several pregnant women. Viona was anxiously waiting for her turn to be called by the nurse until finally her name was mentioned after she had waited for almost thirty minutes.

"Congratulations ma'am, even though your fetus is not clearly visible, it is certain that you are already pregnant for one week," said Doctor Victoria to congratulate Viona.

"But I had my period on time, Doc," Viona added more private information to ensure the result was accurate.

"Your last menstruation was three weeks ago and you had sex right after the menstruation even though you were not at your fertile period, so it's still very possible for you to get pregnant, even when you still had your period on time, ma'am," replied Doctor Victoria while showing a calendar to calculate the fertile period.

Hearing the explanation of Doctor Victoria made Viona speechless, she had indeed heard of cases like this before where women got pregnant even though they had not had their menstruation. However, she did not expect to experience such a case. Not long after that, Doctor Victoria explained what Viona could do and what she should avoid because the fetus was still one week old. Doctor Victoria also gave a lot of warnings to Viona to take care of herself as a new pregnant woman.

Viona tried to smile while hearing the entire explanation from Doctor Victoria even though her heart was very chaotic today.

"Okay, maybe that's the only way to solve this problem," Viona said quietly when she heard the explanation from Doctor Victoria about the things that could cause miscarriage.

To be continued