My Mirror Image by Maybe Not (Candice And Alex’s)

Chapter 0465

After returning to the villa, Candice was still in a daze, unable to shake off the faint smell of disinfectant from the hospital in her mind.

Nausea.

Fear.

Various emotions entangled and surged up, making it difficult for her to breathe.

Alex's name on the registration book handed over by the nurse at the reception desk couldn't help but enlarge in her mind, and finally everything in front of her was rendered black.

Her mind filled with the cries of children and the sobbing of women.

Candice woke up from suffocation, and the daylight outside the window was still bright. She sat on the edge of the bed, her mind blank for a moment, and realized that it was only four o'clock in the afternoon.

When Hanley brought her back, it had already been around noon. Her mind had been a mess, and she had gone upstairs without saying anything and fell asleep in a daze.

She pressed her temples and got up to go downstairs.

To her surprise, everyone was downstairs, including Nadia and the others, even Yana and Jackson had come over.

Hearing her coming downstairs, everyone raised their eyebrows.

Yana looked at her, the pain in her eyes was genuine. "What's wrong? How come you've lost so much weight since last year?"

In fact, Yana's condition wasn't that good either. She was clearly thinner than before, and the dark circles under her eyes were very obvious.

She was too busy looking at Candice and completely forgotten about her own situation.

"Candice." Jackson's gentle voice sounded, and he asked with concern, "Are you feeling uncomfortable? Hanley said your mood was very bad this morning."

They all knew about the problem with the first prenatal screening. When Hanley brought Candice back in the morning, both of them looked worse than each other, so they didn't dare to ask too much.

When Candice heard Jackson's words, her body stiffened slightly. To be honest, she didn't know what to say.

But inevitably, she thought of the scene in the hospital again, and her body couldn't help but tremble lightly.

Yana clicked her tongue and directly pulled Candice to sit down. "Let me tell you, that hospital is no good. My aunt had surgery there before. It was clearly appendicitis, but they kept saying it was gastroenteritis.

"Listen to me, tomorrow I'll take you to another hospital. Let my cousin give you a check-up personally. She's an obstetrician and gynecologist, absolutely no problem!"

Yana had always been full of energy, as if these things were nothing to her.

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Sieg walked into GT bar casually, stopped at a booth, and threw the car keys on the table. "No, why did you ask me to check those things for you? What's the matter with the hospital? I'm not familiar

with it. If you want to check this, shouldn't you find Jackson? His family has many acquaintances in this area."

Alex sat there, looking very gloomy.

A wall lamp lit up above his head, which should have made his expression clearer, but now it seemed to highlight the tranquility and desolation of his dark eyes, as if covered with a layer of mist of a cold winter.

The loneliness in his eyes couldn't be ignored.

The casual expression on Sieg's face disappeared when he saw this.

He sat down opposite Alex. "What happened?"

Alex's eyes lifted slightly, his gaze cold as he asked Sieg, "When will there be results?"

"In three days," Sieg replied.

"Good." Alex nodded. His black eyes seemed like an abyss, carrying emotions that others couldn't see through. "No matter who did it, you have to tell me. Even if it's them, the same applies."

Sieg was stunned. Alex's meaning was clear; he already had a suspect in mind.

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Yana said she would schedule an appointment for Candice at another hospital, and she acted quickly. That evening, she directly arranged for her cousin to do a check-up for Candice.

Candice hadn't even had time to react. She just heard Yana telling her the time, and subconsciously touched her belly.

Her abdomen was actually still very flat, completely different from other pregnant women with visible baby bumps.

"There's no use in over-thinking. One thing for sure is that you can't bear to part with this child." Naida patted Candice's arm. "Be more open-minded. Maybe things aren't as bad as you think."

However, before Candice could go for another check-up, an unexpected person came looking for her.

Daniel invited her to meet over the phone.

His words were concise and unquestionable.

Candice treated his invitation with caution.

Unlike Helen's sarcasm, Daniel was very profound, decisive in his actions, exuding accumulated dignity and solemnity.

During the years Candice worked at Aether Corporation and for the Elysian family, unless necessary, she rarely had contact with Daniel.

When she arrived at the agreed place with him, she found that he was already there, accompanied by someone who looked like a secretary.

Seeing Candice, he didn't beat around the bush.

He pointed directly at a medical report on the table and said, "Your child is deformed. Do you plan to keep it?"

She raised her eyebrows in astonishment and looked at him.

Daniel's expression was solemn. "I don't want to waste time, and you should know my purpose. Abort the child and leave Dorrington City."

He still had the same commanding tone. Candice didn't even have a chance to speak.

She looked at the report on the table, which was her prenatal screening result. Even after checking the data again, she still felt a heavy constriction in her chest.

But she tried hard to calm herself down. "Mr. Elysian, I don't know what you're talking about."

"Since you yourself said that the child is not Alex's, then don't keep it, especially since it's an unhealthy child." Daniel looked at Candice with eagle-like eyes, bringing a heavy sense of oppression. "You're still young, and you have a great future ahead. There's no need to waste time on this matter, right?"

His words seemed like persuasion, but there was always a subtle pressure in his tone as an authority figure.

Candice's hands slowly clenched. She took a deep breath before slowly saying, "Mr. Elysian, since you know the child is not Alex's, you have no right to interfere, let alone tell me what to do."

Daniel frowned impatiently, a clear expression of annoyance. He looked at Candice sternly. "Risk avoidance is the instinct of every businessman. Perhaps you should learn it too!" He signaled to the secretary beside him.

The secretary placed a copy of a contract in front of Candice.

Looking at the date on the contract, it was from several years ago, just two months after she arrived at Aether Corporation.

Candice's eyes twitched.

She opened the first page of the contract. Gradually, her face started to pale abnormally, until finally, her eyes widened. At first, she looked dazed, then transformed into disbelief.

Daniel seemed quite satisfied with her reaction. A hint of disdain gradually appeared in his eyes. NôvelDrama.Org content.

"Have you learned?” he asked. “With this contract, as long as I want, I can make you stay in prison forever without any hope of getting out!" He pointed to the report on the table, his tone chillingly cold. "The court subpoena, or the deformed child in your womb. As long as you're not stupid, you know how to choose."

His voice was grim and full of implications.