Chapter 46

There weren't many people at the private hospital that night. Charisse found a nurse she knew and explained it wasn't convenient to check in officially. The nurse arranged a bed for Sophia to rest in temporarily and said the doctor would run tests when they were on shift the next day. Charisse sat by the bed and asked, "If your health's okay, are you really sure about going through with the surgery?" Sophia nodded without hesitation. "Yeah. There's no way I'm keeping this baby." "But have you thought about what might happen if Vincent finds out..." Charisse pressed her lips together. "I mean, you can't avoid him forever. He's bound to track you down. And once he knows you ended the pregnancy, who knows what he'll do. I'm just worried he'll take it out on you in a worse way." Sophia let out a cold laugh. "So what if he knows? It's my body. He doesn't get to decide what I do with it. If he wants a baby so bad, he can go have one himself." "That's not what I meant. Just—people can totally