"This is no concern of yours," Adi said coldly. "All you need to know is that you can see your mother only after you get pregnant."
Nadi was taken aback and immediately clutched Adi's wrist. "What have you done to my mother!"
Her eyes widened, resembling a startled and furious cat.
Adi and Nadi were very close to each other. He unexpectedly realized that Nadi was an exceptionally beautiful woman. Even when she widened her eyes and made big expressions, she was still pretty.
This just confirmed the saying: the more beautiful something is, the more poisonous it is. A beautiful woman is highly toxic, and her heart is usually dark.
He stood up and casually threw out a sentence, "It depends on you."
Nadi looked at Adi's ruthless back and clenched her teeth as she grabbed the vase on the bedside table.
Just as she was about to throw it, Adi turned his head with a look of contempt. "Do you dare?"
Nadi didn't dare!
If she touched Adi here, whether her mother lived or died would become uncertain.
Adi had an expression that said "I knew it all along," and the disdain in his eyes became more intense.
Nadi stared at Adi's receding figure and pressed hard near her heart and stomach. She could no longer tell whether it was her heart or her stomach that was hurting.
Enduring the pain, she hastily took out her mobile phone and repeatedly called her mother.
No one answered.
With no other choice, she called the hospital, and they told her that her mother had been discharged just an hour ago.
"Buzz buzz." As soon as the phone rang, Nadi quickly answered it.
"Nadi," it was Fati's voice, and she spoke with a smile in her tone, "Don't worry, Mom has already arrived at the sanatorium you arranged for me. You focus on your work."
From this short sentence, Nadi realized that Adi had taken her mother away under the pretense of her name.
She didn't dare to expose this lie; she didn't want her mother to worry.
Nadi said, "Okay."
"You silly child, actually I could just stay at an ordinary hospital. I heard from the nurse that this sanatorium is very expensive. It costs a lot of money. Your money..."
"It's enough," Nadi wiped away her tears and tried to make her voice light and cheerful. "You stay there with peace of mind. Money is not a problem. Didn't I tell you? I'm drawing pictures for people and earning a lot of money."
Fati kept saying "good" on the other end, happy like a child.
But Nadi couldn't be happy. After hanging up the phone, she collapsed on the bed weakly and covered her eyes wearily.
Why was it so difficult to have an ordinary life without harm?
In the following week, Nadi was locked in here by Adi. For a whole week, only Nadi lived in this large place. Adi left and never came back, and the entire villa had no trace of human presence.
Though Nadi was physically out of prison, it felt as if she were still in one. Now here had become another prison!
A week was enough for Nadi to realize that Adi had never intended to set her free. He got her out of the Sura Bay City Police Station just to further humiliate her, torture her, and make her have a child!
Nadi could hardly hold on.
Residing in a villa named after Aisha and being confronted with Aisha and Adi's wedding photos daily was driving her insane.
But she didn't dare to give up, she didn't dare to go mad. If something happened to her, what would happen to her mother?
"Squeak." Nadi, who was painting in the living room, heard the sound from outside. She looked up towards the sound.
Ryan came in with a strange man in a white coat.
"Madam, Mr. Rahman has arranged for a doctor to come and check your body." Ryan said expressionlessly.
Nadi sneered. "To check if I'm pregnant? No need. Disappoint him. I'm not pregnant."
Ryan: "Madam, don't make things difficult for me. This is Mr. Rahman's order. Whether you are pregnant or not, this examination must be carried out. Moreover, Mr. Rahman asked me to inform you that you can't afford the consequences of angering him."
Yes, Nadi couldn't afford it. She could only passively endure the beating.
She hated herself for being so powerless.
With a heavy body, Nadi got up and walked towards the small medical room on the third floor.
After walking a few steps, her stomach began to ache convulsively again.
This time the pain was more severe than before. Her vision went black for a few seconds, causing her to miss a step and step into thin air on the stairs.
Nadi was ready to roll down the stairs. Unexpectedly, she collided with a chest mixed with the smell of disinfectant.