"Guilt"

Sean called Arthur informing him what had happened to Irene. Soon he arrived with both Rose and Vivian.

Rose hugged him, asking what exactly happened. He told them how he has found Irene in bed but later realized she was bleeding.

"What could be wrong with her?" he cried.

"Don't worry let's wait for the doctor " Rose comforted him as they waited for the doctor.

He walked in later asking if they were family after he confirmed he explained the reason why Irene was like that.

"She has extrauterine pregnancy?" he said.

"What does that mean?" they asked.

As always it was only Arthur who knew about it, so he explained. "It means she's pregnant" he slowly said.

Sean seemed to have a light of hope when he heard, but Arthur continued, " In simple terms, it's not a normal pregnancy and it's dangerous to the mother's life since the baby is growing in the wrong place " he said.

"So doctor what do we do to correct that?" Sean anxiously asked.

"With her conditions now is past the medication stage so now the only option is surgery " he explained.

"Surgery, what do you mean exactly doctor?" Rose asked.

"The place where the baby was growing has ruptured and the only way to fix it and save her life is to do surgery," he said.

"Will the baby be safe too?" Vivian asked.

Both the doctor and Arthur shook their heads, "Am sorry to say but the fetus can't be saved " the doctor informed them.

Sean dropped to the seat feeling his head hurt and spin. Why was this happening to Irene, he looked up at the doctor who continued.

"And since your her fiance you have to make a decision," said the doctor.

Sean followed the doctor to sign the consent form after agreeing.

After two hours of waiting Irene was moved out of the operation room.

"The surgery went well, she will be taken to a private room for you to see her," said the doctor.

Sean made sure she was given VVIP treatment. He stayed by her side holding her hand with the others as they waited for her to regain consciousness.

Sean dozed off, Arthur left to go back to the company with Vivian leaving behind Rose.

She sat next to her on the opposite side of her bed, Irene finally woke up in the evening.

She looked around and found Sean and Rose next to her, "Hi " she said in a low voice.

Rose who wasn't asleep like Sean smiled to see her friend awake.

"You gave us quite a fright, bestie " She smiled.

"Am sorry "

Rose held her hand "It's okay your fine now "

Irene turned to the other side of her bed, Sean had fallen asleep next to her while holding her hand. She gently caressed his hair with a smile on her face.

"He's been watching you since you got out of the operation," said Rose.

"What happened to me?" she asked.

Sean woke up an hour later, Irene was watching something on the TV with a smile on her face. He got up, "Your awake?" he said.

"Yeah, Rose just left a while ago "

He stared at her for a while until Irene asked what was wrong.

"You won't ask what happened to you to be admitted here?" he asked.

Irene met his eyes her silence made him feel the pain she was hiding. He realized Rose had told her everything while he was asleep.

"I can't blame you for what happened since it was all my fault. I felt something was wrong but ignored it until I ended up here " she said.

Sean heard her voice crack, she was holding back her tears but his were already flowing.

"But I know even if I did come here early I would still lose our baby. It was just never meant to be" finally breaking into tears Irene cried out her pain and anger as Sean held her. They felt the pain of losing something they both wanted so much, it was sad and painful.