Chapter 264 A Narrow Escape
When I saw Ronan’s excited expression, I realized that he had misunderstood what I said.
“Ronan, we can only be friends and can never be a couple. If you continue to act like this, I don’t think we can even be friends,” I told him.
While Ronan’s feelings and concern touched me, it did not mean that we should be a couple.
I had spelled things out to Ronan, so he should be clear of my decision. Although he then appeared sullen, he did not say anything. He just looked at me with disappointment.
I didn’t want the mood between us to remain awkward. Since Ronan was not going to say anything, I quickly asked him to leave. “If there is nothing else, you can go back first. I’m tired and would like to rest for a while.”
He looked at me for a long time before standing up and leaving dejectedly.
After Ronan left, I breathed a sigh of relief. However, I suddenly felt guilty toward him.
The days passed by quickly as Michael and Emma’s wedding edged closer. Soon, it was the day before their wedding, and I felt indescribable agony.
All this while, I had been shutting myself at home. Since the wedding was happening tomorrow, I felt terrible. I knew I would not stop overthinking if I remained at home alone.
Therefore, I decided to go out for a walk and get some fresh air, hoping it would make me feel better.
The scenery outside lifted my mood somewhat; however, I was still unhappy.
As I walked alone and aimlessly along the road, my mind could not stop recalling the times I spent with Michael.
Meanwhile, a car was following me from behind. Since I was distracted by my thoughts, I did not notice it.
When I walked onto the pedestrian crossing, that car suddenly rushed toward me.
It was a red light, so the car was supposed to stop. However, it continued to rush at me. I was shocked and too stunned to react.
Seeing that the car was about to hit me, I quickly dashed away and screamed in fright. I reacted by instinct because I could not let anything happen to me now that I was pregnant.
Although I dodged the car in the nick of time, it still brushed past me. As it sped, it stirred the air with a force so great that made me miss a step and fall to the ground.
I saw the car sped away and frowned in pain. At the same time, I tried my best to remember the car plate number.
Then, I felt a wave of pain in my abdomen and touched my belly fearfully. I was worried that something had happened to my baby. At this moment, what mattered to me the most was the baby in my womb. I could not let anything happen to it.
Therefore, I grabbed my phone in a panic and dialed the emergency number with shaky fingers. The pain in my abdomen filled me with fear.
Please don’t let anything happen to the baby! Please!
There were many people around when that car tried to knock me down. Many of them now came up to me. Someone tried to pull me up but I did not dare to move, fearing that any movement would put the baby in danger.
I felt an intense discomfort in my belly and began to cry. I was panicking—terrified that something had happened to my baby.
Then, I found Michael’s phone number. I thought of calling him and telling him that his baby was in danger. However, I kept hesitating and did not dare to press “call.” I remembered that he was going to marry Emma the following day, so I believed he would not want any problems at this moment.
The ambulance soon arrived and brought me to Ronan’s hospital, where I went through various medical examinations. All the while, I kept tugging at the doctor’s hand and asked if my baby was all right.
The doctor told me that my condition was not serious and I only had to undergo minor treatment to prevent miscarriage. That calmed me down slightly.
After a series of screenings, the doctor told me confidently that my baby was fine and I was not in danger of a miscarriage. Therefore, I could finally close my eyes to rest.
I fell asleep from exhaustion in the midst of receiving an intravenous drip. However, my dreams were uneasy. I kept dreaming of a car coming at me and of losing my baby.
I had no idea how long I was asleep before waking up in horror from yet another dream of losing my baby.
The first thing I did was touch my abdomen. The dream felt so real that I could not help feeling afraid.
“Anna, you’re awake.” A familiar voice came from beside me. It was Ronan. He was smiling at me but his brows were scrunched up, revealing how concerned he was.
I was glad to see Ronan here and quickly asked him about my baby, “Ronan, why are you here? How is my baby? Is my baby all right?”
“Don’t worry. The baby is fine. All you need to do now is rest,” Ronan said upon seeing my pale and frightened expression while holding my hand and looking at me seriously.
When I heard that the baby was indeed fine, I was finally relieved.
Seeing that I had calmed down, Ronan looked at me and asked urgently, “Anna, what happened? How come you were nearly knocked down by a car?”
Hearing his question, I suddenly remembered the car charging at me and broke out in a cold sweat.
I proceeded to tell Ronan what happened. At the same time, I suspected that the car was targeting me deliberately.
Ronan frowned deeply after hearing what I said. He seemed even more worried than I was. “This is too dangerous. You must not go out alone anymore, do you understand? I can’t imagine what would happen to you if the car had knocked you down.”
I felt that there was something more to this incident, so I informed Ronan, “I don’t think it was an accident. Can you investigate that car for me?” I then gave him the car plate number.
Ronan continued to frown and answered immediately, “Don’t worry. Leave the matter to me.”
He might be thinking that I was being paranoid. I hoped I was paranoid, too. However, for the sake of my baby’s and my safety, I needed to take extra precautions.
Ronan asked me a few more questions about that car and left. It was then that I found myself alone in the ward again.
One had to admit that Ronan was efficient. In the evening, he returned to the ward carrying a document with him.
He seemed solemn and troubled when he walked into the ward.
“How is it? Did you find anything?” I asked urgently the moment he sat down.
