Chapter 490 The Devil Inside
"Hey!" Hailee took gradual merry steps toward the window as she talked to Vincent.
"Hello, darling. I just wanted to hear your voice before we left Hillside Lake. We are soon to set out."
"Okay. I am waiting for you to come home as soon as you can. I have a surprise for you!"
"What is it? You're up to with something again, huh? But I can't wait to see it."
From the other line, Hailee giggled, and it warmed his heart.
"I missed you so much already. I want to kiss you now and hold you tight," said Vincent.
"I missed you too. I can't sleep without you beside me." Hailee purred like a kitten.
Vincent's heart fluttered, listening to his wife's flirty sweet voice. His head is always filled with her charming face.
And it made him anxious each day after he learned she had nightmares every time he was away. He was even more worried about her than before.
"I can't have a proper sleep thinking if you are resting well."
"Hmm… Don't worry. Mom Hilda is taking care of me. She ensures I am well fed and comfortable. Besides, your children are also well behaved lately."
"Oh." Vincent chuckled at hearing that. "Are they playing football only occasionally now?"
Hailee laughed at Vincent's remarks. It was really crazy when the children kicked here and there inside her womb.
Their dad would always comment if they were playing football. It looks like he'll teach the boys this sport.
When she was being Vincent's fake mistress, Hazel told her he was actually a good football athlete. However, his mom wanted him to focus on his academic lessons and fewer outdoor activities than necessary.
"Please take care and have a safe flight, hubby. Come back soon."
"I will finish the necessary work fast to be with you and the children. I want to join you in your next ultrasound."
"We'll wait for you, daddy!" said Hailee with glee.
"I love you, Mrs. Shen. You are the best thing that ever happened to me."
"Vincent…"
Before Hailee could reply, she heard a loud explosion, followed by gunfire.
"Vincent? What is happening?"
"Hello?"
"Answer me!?"
When the sound of the explosion was too close to the person on the other line, Hailee became hysterical. Vincent is not answering; instead, the call was cut off.
"Vincent!?"
All the girls in the room were startled when Hailee started screaming on the phone. They rushed toward her with worried faces.
"Hailee, what happened?" Madison is the first one to join her side, followed by Cassandra.
Hailee's eyes flooded with tears. She opened her mouth, but no word would come out.
"Why are you crying? What happened to Vincent?" Cassandra queried as she reached for Hailee's hand and took the phone.
"I… I heard an explosion, then gunfire! Vincent stopped talking to me! He… He… Aahhh!"
Hailee cried at the top of her lungs when a piercing pain struck her belly. She pressed her baby bump with her fingers as the pain was unbearable. It felt like a part of her body was splitting up.
"Aahh!" Hailee cried again. Her body wobbled. She is panting violently, chasing air to fill her lungs.
"She's bleeding!" Someone screamed.
Hailee is wearing a white maternity lace maxi dress, and the fabric suddenly is stained with red color.
"Hail, calm down!" Madison held Hailee tight and supported her to not fall to the floor. With Cassandra's help, they helped her sit down while shouting, "Please, someone call for the doctors!"
The other girls panicked. They didn't know what to do. Gratefully, Kelly is the first one to snap herself out of her daze. She ran to the door and called for James.
"James! Called Hector! No! Your mom and Doctor Dave should summon fast!"
James, busy typing on his laptop, sprang to his feet, and the gadget dropped on the floor, which he cared less.
"What happened?" James hurried to pick up the extra phone from the coffee table and browse the gadget's apps.
"Hailee is bleeding!" Kelly cried, tugging the guy's shirt.
James was startled. He anxiously tapped the emergency button that would notify Hailee's knights all over the world instead of dialing Hector's contact.
"Shit!" Now his phone was bombarded with queries.
"Hurry, James!"
Kelly pulls James's sleeves when Alex, Andre, and Tom appear in the corridor, catching their breaths from running the stairs. They were just one floor away. Using the elevator was the last choice that came to their minds.
"What happened, James? Why did you send out the emergency alert notification?" Andre queries as he gets closer to James and Kelly.
Tom didn't wait for James to answer and rushed inside. He is worried not only for Hailee but also for Gigi, who is in her second trimester. He could hear the girls' crying, and their voices were in a hysterical state.
In the meantime, Alex hurried to Kelly's side when his fiancee didn't stop wiping the tears on her face. Alex helped Kelly dry her cheeks and queried, "What happened, love?"
"Hailee… She's bleeding!"
Upon hearing it, Andre dashes into the tearoom. Hailee was attended by Cassandra, Madison, and Jennifer, while Vera, Gigi, Janise, Tiffany, and the other girls were on the phone.
"Hailee! Breath… Come on, breath! Stay with us!" Cassandra teaches Hailee how to breathe correctly when she seems to lose consciousness from the pain she is experiencing at the moment.
"Cassie…" blurred with tears in her eyes, Hailee looked at Cassandra. She grabbed her wrist and asked in a weak, trembling voice, "Tell me… Vincent isn't dead yet… Right? Please, tell me… He cannot die!"
Cassandra and Madison looked at each other. The two women both have panic in their hearts. The incident where they did everything to prevent it is still happening.
'Does five years only go down the drain? Did we fail to change the course of Hailee's fate and this world?' Madison thought helplessly. 'No!'
She shook her head, bit her lip, and pulled herself together. She must not lose her composure in front of Hailee, who was completely panicked. Burying deep down in her heart, the dread feeling lingering in her chest, Madison smiled and comforted Hailee.
"Don't think about that, Hail. I'm sure Vincent would not let death win but fight over it even toward hell! Let us have faith, Hail."
Although she kept reminding herself to calm down, still, Madison could not stop the tears from escaping her eyes as she continued to pray silently.
She gave up so many things. Including her life, just to prevent everything from happening. It would cause great chaos in this world.
'Not today! Vincent must live!'
They cannot let the devil inside Hailee wake up!
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On their way to the hospital, James had a hard time calming everyone, and he could not stop himself from being furious while replying to everyone's query about their encrypted Group Chat.
His carelessness in accidentally tapping the special emergency button on his phone causes so much chaos to Hailee's knights living in every part of the world.
"Should I send my Royal Army?"
"Tell me if you need my assistance. I will pull the string to get the help of my nation's Naval infantry, taking a base in the west Asia archipelago."
James is stressing out over the phone. He wanted to dig a pit.
"Stop, you guys! We are not going to war!"
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