Chapter 59
I looked at him seriously and said, “I’m not playing around Everything I said is the truth. If you don’t believe me, you can check.”
Irvin met my serious gaze, and at first, it seemed like he couldn’t believe I was actually lying so confidently. Then, a surge of intense anger flashed in his eyes.
“Emilia, you made me sign the divorce papers when Lianne was in danger. I already signed it, and now you’re still doing this? Do you want her to die that badly?”
He thought I was lying. He believed that after I got him to sign the divorce papers, I was suddenly backing out and refusing to donate blood.
He had always thought that the three months I spent in the hospital were just a tantrum , that I hadn’t really been
hurt.
If someone didn’t love you, how little must they care about you?
We had known each other for eight years, been married for four, and even worked side by side on our careers with such great harmony.
Yet, he firmly believed that I, someone who hated going to the hospital, would suddenly cause a scene in a hospital for more than three months for no reason.
I didn’t try to explain anything to him anymore because it wouldn’t make a difference. When I was in the hospital, my condition, my medical records, were right there in front of him, and yet he still didn’t believe I was really hurt.
How could I expect him to believe me now?
Besides, I did bring this on myself. I knew my body wasn’t fit to donate blood, but I used it as a way to push him into a divorce.
Ignoring his anger, I turned to Mom and asked, “Mom, do you think I can donate? If I can, tell the nurse to draw it right away.”
Mom’s face shifted from one expression to another. She knew how serious my injury was. For a moment, she had forgotten that I was still recovering from my wounds in her desire to help Julianne.
Thinking back to how I had just received so much blood from strangers and had been taking so many medications, I didn’t know what kinds of things might be in my blood.
Even if Mom didn’t care that I had just been injured and that my body was too weak for a transfusion, she would never let her precious Julianne risk receiving my blood.
She quickly looked at me with a pained expression and said, “Millicent, you’re truly vicious! I couldn’t believe you’re so determined to make Lianne suffer!
“Even if you want to donate blood, I won’t let her use your blood! Who knows if you’d purposely take some harmful medication just to prevent donating blood to her, trying to hurt her!”
As she spoke, Mom pulled my brother forward. “Jeremy, you’ll donate blood to Lianne! Want to kill Lianne? Not a chance!”
Jeremy looked at me with a sorrowful expression as well. “Emi, I’m very disappointed in you! How did you turn out like this?”
I couldn’t be bothered by their expressions of pain and disappointment. I stood up and looked at Irvin. “Since you don’t need me to donate blood, I’H get going first. Also, there’s no rush. Once Julianne’s condition stabilizes, we
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can schedule a time to go to the courthouse.”
With that, I left.
However, a large hand suddenly grabbed me tightly.
I frowned, turning back. “Mr. Sawyer, is there something else?”
Irvin’s gaze turned dark and cold as he looked at me. “Emil, do you think I am someone you can easily manipulate?”
“What do you mean?” I asked as I felt something bad was going to happen.
“Since we agreed that I’d sign the divorce papers and you’d donate blood, then regardless of whether Lianne needs your blood or not, you will have to donate as much blood as she needs! Otherwise, the divorce agreement is void!”
I was taken aback.
I was really badly injured. One could say that all of my blood had been replaced. Surviving for over three months after that, not only was I still in pain everywhere, but I was also severely anemic.
Just yesterday, I had fainted from anemia.
In my current condition, if several pints of blood were drawn from me, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that I could be at risk of losing my life!
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