Chapter 5

"Natalie, Seb has a high fever. Let Cassius take the call," Sabrina said over the phone. "That's perfect! Your son can just suffer from his high fever till he turns into a fool. Let me tell you something, Sabrina. I'm already pregnant with Cassius' child, and this baby will be the one to inherit Folane Pharmaceuticals. It would be perfect if your son’s fever shot up so high that it fried his brain!" With that, Natalie hung up the phone. Sabrina tried to dial the number again, but the call refused to go through. Watching Sebastian's fever worsen, Sabrina trembled all over. She swiftly called Linda. Linda answered uneasily, "Mrs. Folane, I can't help you. Mr. Folane has given the order that anyone who so much as brings you and Mr. Sebastian some water will be fired." Once again, the phone was hung up on Sabrina. Pain swirled in her eyes as she stared at her phone's battery indicator, which showed that she only had 5% left. In the end, she set Sebastian down and started throwing herself at the wooden door. When once wasn't enough to open it, she rammed it again and again. Even when her entire body ached terribly, she didn't stop. Finally, after several hundred attempts, she managed to smash the door open. Her arms were throbbing with so much pain that she couldn't even lift them, yet she still picked up Sebastian and sped outside. "Seb, hold on a little longer. I'm sending you to the hospital right now." However, she didn't receive a reply from the feverish boy, who had already fallen unconscious. Tears streamed relentlessly down Sabrina's cheeks. "Seb, I'll take you away from here, definitely!" She didn't know how to drive, and since none of the staff would help her, she could only seek help from Cassius. Hence, she ran straight toward the villa. Up the stairs she went with Sebastian in her arms, finally barging right into Cassius' room. The scene that greeted her was of Cassius cuddling with Natalie on the bed. A flicker of panic flashed past his eyes, but when he spoke, his tone was cold. "Nat had a nightmare, so she came over looking for comfort." At that point, Sabrina didn't feel anything anymore when she stumbled in on the two in such an intimate position. "Cassius, please send Seb to the hospital right away. He has a fever." Cassius apparently still had a sliver of conscience, as he immediately approached her. When he saw that Sebastian was genuinely ill, he moved to take the boy to the hospital. However, Natalie abruptly burst into tears. "Ms. Lirrel, how could you be so wicked and harm Seb like that? Did you have to let his fever develop to such a severe point so that Cassius would feel heartbroken?" Cassius' expression darkened when he heard that, and he shoved Sebastian back into Sabrina's arms. "Sabrina, you actually used our son so that I would soften my heart? Since this is all your doing, you can take Sebastian to the hospital by walking there yourself." Sabrina paled drastically at Cassius' refusal. "Cassius, I'll divorce you. Please, I'm begging you. Send Seb to the hospital right now. His fever is very high, so we can't wait any longer!" A flicker of confusion crossed Cassius' eyes. As far as he could remember, Sabrina had never been one to lose her composure. She was always eerily calm. Even during sex, when she seemed shy, that calm never left her. Just as Cassius was about to say something, Natalie suddenly gripped her stomach and cried out tearfully, "Cassius, my stomach hurts!" Cassius glanced at Natalie and placed his hand on her flat abdomen without any hint of reservation. "Nat, are you okay?" Sabrina tugged on his arm and urged, "Cassius, take Seb to the hospital, please! I can agree to anything, even a divorce. I don't want any of your assets. All I want is Seb!" At the mention of divorce, Cassius instantly became infuriated. "I'll never divorce you! Sabrina Lirrel, you're my wife, and that's a fact that will never change!" Nonetheless, he swept Natalie into his arms and strode out of the room. "Since you could handle the photo incident from before, surely you can handle our son's fever this time." With Sebastian in her arms, Sabrina chased after Cassius' car. "Cassius, please! Take Seb with you! Please take him to the hospital!" Her only response was Cassius speeding off in his car without a moment's hesitation. His stubborn resolve had Sabrina laughing bitterly. "I was wrong. This is my mistake. Seb, he's not worthy of being your father, nor is he worthy of my research achievements," she thought. Following that, she used the landline to call for an ambulance. "Cassius, since you won't take your son to the hospital even after I begged you, you'll never get another chance," Sabrina vowed in her heart. For the next two days, she was busy taking care of Sebastian. During that time, she had heard quite a bit of gossip. "Did you know? Mr. Folane booked out the entire floor of the ward where his wife is staying. He treats her like the most precious treasure of all." "Yeah, Mr. Folane is indeed quite the romantic. I heard that they've been in love for ten years." "But then what about that incident previously?" "No idea. That woman is probably a fake who just looks very similar to Mrs. Folane. At least, that's what's being spread on the internet." "That must be it. Mr. Folane is so madly in love with his wife that there's no way he would strip her in public. That impostor must have tried to seduce him, which infuriated him so much that he did that." Seeing as Sebastian's fever had gone down, Sabrina decided to head to the company and retrieve what belonged to her. She already had a rough idea of what Cassius' passcode was. After asking her friend to help her look after Sebastian, she departed for the company. However, on the way there, she was struck by a car and sent flying. Her entire body throbbed badly as she lay there on the ground, blood slowly seeping out of her. Eventually, she heard the sound of ambulance sirens before the paramedics arrived and began emergency treatment on her. In her daze, she thought she heard Cassius saying something. Then, someone replied, "Mr. Folane, are you sure you want to take one of Mrs. Folane's kidneys to give to Ms. Howe?"