Chapter 5

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Sophia’s home was located not too far away from Rotary University. It was only a half-hour taxi ride away.

She stayed on campus from Mondays to Fridays and returned home during the weekends.

On Friday afternoons, someone would drive over to pick her up. It could be her father or her brother.

She would come home on time almost every week, and she had always been a good girl in the eyes of her family.

Today… was Friday.

She spent a lot of time in the hospital in the afternoon, and it was already five o’clock.

Only then did Sophia realize that she had to call her family. Otherwise, they would be anxious if they didn’t see her when they went to pick her up on campus.

But, who should she call?

It was impossible for her family not to know about such a big thing like a pregnancy, but if they knew, they would definitely be very anxious.

Her father, Carl Green, was a very strict man. He had high standards for his children. If he knew that his daughter was pregnant with a child out of the blue, he would be furious.

Her mother, Laura, was very timid and very soft-hearted. She would cry for a long time whenever there was any trouble at home. Once, her brother scratched himself when going after a thief with the police and she cried for several days.

Just as Sophia was hesitating and didn’t know who to call, her cell phone rang.

It was her brother, David.

“Sophia, I’m here. Where are you?”

“I’m at the hospital now.”

“At the hospital? What’s wrong? Are you not feeling well?”

Hearing her brother’s concerned tone on the other end of the phone, Sophia, who thought that she had calmed down, suddenly felt a lump in her throat and couldn’t help but burst into tears.

It turned out that the deepest feeling in her heart after learning that she was pregnant was fear.

She was only twenty years old and still a student. The sudden appearance of a life in her body, no matter what she would ultimately do with it, was an unknown she’d never thought of. She was extremely afraid deep down.

“What’s wrong, Sophia? Don’t be afraid. I’m coming. No matter what happens, I’ll be here for you.”

“I’m fine. It’s just that I’m homesick…” Sophia tried hard to hold back her tears, but she couldn’t stop sobbing no matter how hard she tried.

When David arrived at the hospital, Sophia had already washed the tears off her face. She sat on a chair in the lobby of the hospital in a daze. Her eyes were red and she looked very pitiful.

“Sophia!”

David jogged over.

“What’s going on?”

Sophia bit her lips, and the tears she had just stopped streamed out again.

“I, I’m pregnant.”

“What!?” David showed a shocked expression. “What’s going on?”

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“What the hell is going on here!?” The angry voice of a man reverberated along the little villa.

Sophia sat on the sofa, trembling in fear of her father’s reaction. She lowered her head and did not dare to say a word.

David, who knew it earlier, was relatively calm. He came to Sophia’s aid and said, “Calm down, Dad. You’ll scare Sophia.”

“Calm down? How can I be?! My daughter is suddenly pregnant with a child. She’s not married yet. She doesn’t even have a boyfriend! How can I calm down when she has a child now!” Carl was so angry that his breathing intensified and his face flushed.

He slammed his hand on the table, which shocked Laura, David, and Sophia.

“Tell me, what’s going on? When did this happen? Who’s the father of the child?”

“I don’t know who the father of the child is…”

“You don’t know? How can you not know?” Blinded by anger, he pointed at Sophia and shouted, “You don’t even know who you’re sleeping with?”

Sophia was embarrassed by the question.

“Dad, calm down.” David quickly stood up and patted Carl’s shoulder.

His mother, Laura, pulled the crying Sophia into her arms, and her eyes started to tear up.

She sighed with heartache, “My poor child, what happened? Did someone bully you?”

“I don’t know. I was drunk that night and didn’t know who that person was. I always thought that it was a dream, but I never thought that I would get pregnant. Mom, I’m so scared…”

“B*stard!” David gritted his teeth and shouted, “How dare he do this to my sister! I’m going to screw him up so bad if I ever catch that b*stard!”

Carl knew his daughter wasn’t a woman without any self-respect. After all, he was the one who raised her. He also did not believe that Sophia would fool around outside. But now that she was pregnant, and as news spread, nobody would care how she got pregnant. Although he felt sorry for his daughter, he still said coldly, “You have to abort the child.”

Sophia froze.

“What? Are you going to give birth to this b*stard?” Seeing Sophia’s reaction, Carl once again lost his temper..