Deceiving Her Ears: Ignoring Your Call-Chapter 112: Aborted?

Natalie turned back to look at Jessica, her gaze as cold as a piercing wind, raising a stinging sensation like needles pricking the skin.

Jessica, feeling uneasy under her stare, licked her dry lips.

"I heard someone throwing up. Wasn’t it you? It seems like there are only the two of us here."

As her voice fell, a flushing sound of "swoosh" was heard.

The door of another stall opened.

A woman staggered out with the smell of alcohol, her mouth still visibly soiled with vomit.

She walked to the sink, turned on the faucet, and bent down to rinse her mouth directly under the stream.

Both Natalie’s and Jessica’s gaze fell on her; she noticed and straightened up, looking at them in the mirror, her tone unfriendly, "What are you looking at!"

Natalie turned away coldly and left.

Jessica frowned, hesitated for a few seconds, then hurriedly followed out.

Natalie ran into Isaac as soon as she walked out.

"Why are you here?"

The men’s and women’s restrooms were in different directions here.

Isaac smiled and extended his hand to her, "To pick you up."

Natalie chuckled.

With a "pop," she slapped his palm, not giving him her hand, "Am I a child?"

Isaac was quicker, grabbing her hand as she retracted it.

The two of them held hands and looked at each other, smiling.

Isaac saw Jessica walking out from the restroom behind them, and his smile instantly faded.

Jessica’s heart tightened, and she lowered her head, stepping past them to leave.

*

Later, Natalie and Isaac were invited by the bride and groom to join a private banquet.

The table was filled with young people, chatting while dining.

Jessica was also present.

From the moment she sat down, she was silently observing Natalie.

She didn’t know what exactly she was trying to confirm.

But there was a thorn in her heart.

Natalie didn’t touch the wine by her side and chose only mild-flavored dishes to eat.

At this time, a dish of smoked fish was served.

Jessica noticed that Natalie seemed to frown slightly.

But it was only for an instant.

A fleeting moment.

So Jessica wasn’t sure if she had seen it wrong.

The smoked fish received unanimous praise.

The bride was very happy, instructing for another portion to be served.

A new smoked fish was brought up.

Jessica suddenly spoke up, "Miss Kendall seems to have not tasted it yet."

As soon as she said this, everyone’s attention naturally turned to Natalie.

Nowadays, Natalie is the chairman of Beckett Group, her status extraordinary.

The bride, with a mind to please, thinking she might have been negligent, quickly said, "This is freshly served, Miss Kendall, see if it suits your taste."

Natalie met Jessica’s gaze, her eyes cold and deep.

She raised the chopsticks that she had already put down, picked up a piece of smoked fish, and put it into her mouth, slowly chewing.

After she swallowed, the bride asked, "Miss Kendall, how does it taste?"

"It’s delicious," Natalie said to the bride.

The bride breathed a sigh of relief, a happy smile appearing on her face.

Seeing this, Isaac picked up another piece of fish and placed it on Natalie’s plate.

"I know a restaurant that makes really good smoked fish, I’ll take you there someday."

Natalie turned to look at him, saying softly, "Okay."

But until the end of the banquet, the piece of smoked fish Isaac placed on her plate remained untouched.

Before leaving, Isaac noticed this.

His expression darkened.

But he only thought Natalie was full and couldn’t eat anymore.

After they returned home that night,

Isaac made a phone call back to the bedroom, but didn’t see anyone, only heard the sound of what seemed like vomiting from the bathroom.

He hurriedly walked towards the bathroom.

But the door was locked from the inside.

"Knock, knock."

"Little Ear, are you okay?"

After a while, Natalie opened the door.

Seeing her looking unwell, Isaac grabbed her arm, "What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell somewhere?"

Natalie rubbed her stomach and said, "I must have eaten something bad."

"Come on, let’s go to the hospital."

Isaac immediately wanted to take her to see a doctor.

But Natalie said no, she was already feeling much better.

"Are you sure?" Isaac looked at her with concern.

Natalie nodded, softly saying, "Really much better."

——

The next day, as Isaac passed by the pantry, he overheard two female employees chatting.

"Earlier I saw you get nauseous at the sight of fish, are you pregnant?"

"Keep your voice down! Don’t let anyone hear!"

"You really are pregnant? I thought so! I saw you vomiting the other day too, but you said you had a stomach bug."

"I’m not even three months yet, so I don’t want anyone to know. Don’t you dare tell anyone."

Suddenly an idea flashed in Isaac’s mind, so fast he almost couldn’t catch it.

He took a step forward and before he realized it, he had already pushed open the door to Natalie’s office.

But she wasn’t there.

Just then, the assistant came over, "Vice President Vaughn."

"Where is your chairman?"

"Miss Kendall had something to attend to and went out."

"Where did she go?"

"Miss Kendall didn’t say."

Isaac felt even more unsettled.

He nodded to the assistant, indicating that he understood.

After the assistant left, he closed the door and dialed Natalie’s phone.

Once there was no answer.

Twice there was no answer.

When the third time also went unanswered, he could no longer remain calm, bursting out the door and heading straight to the underground parking lot, driving directly to the hospital.

He should have realized it earlier.

The piece of smoked fish that wasn’t eaten.

She was vomiting in the bathroom. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Always unable to get up in the morning, staying in bed for too long.

Thinking of these, Isaac’s heart ached deeply.

"Damn it!"

He hit the steering wheel hard, remorseful for his carelessness.

He reached the hospital as quickly as possible.

After asking the service desk for the specific department location, he headed straight there.

The obstetrics and gynecology department was crowded with pregnant women, along with family members.

Isaac searched face by face, but did not see Natalie.

"That young girl earlier, tsk, tsk, looked barely over twenty, kept crying, crying before the operation, it was so heartbreaking. I told her, if you can’t bear it, then keep it, don’t go through with it."

"Did she go through with it in the end?"

"She did. She said the child shouldn’t have come, couldn’t keep it. Alas, such suffering."

"Poor thing."

Listening to the conversation of two nurses passing by, Isaac staggered violently.

Face pale, he rushed forward and grabbed one of the nurses.

"Hey! What are you doing!"

"Person, where is the person?" Isaac’s eyes were bloodshot, his voice rough like a broken drum.

The nurse frowned, trying to pull her arm out, "What person?"

"The surgery, the girl who just had surgery..."

"Are you family to that girl?" the nurse realized.

Isaac, head blank, nodded.

The nurse admonished with a frown, "Why did you come so late? Such a surgery and you didn’t accompany her? So irresponsible! It’s a matter involving both, yet you let the girl suffer alone. What kind of family are you?"

Isaac’s hands clenched into fists, his mouth opened to speak, but no words came out.

Suddenly, his phone rang.

The caller ID showed three words: Little Ear.

He hurriedly answered with trembling hands, "Little Ear..."