Chapter 2 The loss

Inside the gym, there was a handsome man with boxing gloves on his hands, standing in front of a punching bag, throwing heavy punches and making his body sweat. He took off his gloves and set them aside, then grabbed a water bottle to hydrate himself.

Regan was extremely angry. Losing billions of money due to theft was unacceptable; there must be consequences. He took out his phone to make a call, but the number wasn't reachable.

"This idiot never answers his phone!" He muttered angrily to himself, but at that moment, his phone started ringing. It was his sister calling. He relaxed his face and smiled before answering.

"Hello, sis! Oh, I was actually waiting for your call. So, has the party already started or is it still unclear?"

"Everything is great, but we've changed the time; it will be in the evening now. Do whatever you have to do and leave work early because if you're late, I'll be very upset."

"Don't worry, everything will be fine, and I'll arrive on time, as always."

Regan finished his call and hung up, then headed to the bathroom to take a shower to continue with his duties as the company's CEO.

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As time slowly passed, heavy rain started pouring, waking Stacy up from a deep sleep. She found herself lying by the roadside, not outside the gate. After fainting, they had taken her and dumped her there. She slowly got up, holding her stomach, which was in severe pain. She began to shuffle across the road, unsure of where she was going because darkness had already fallen, and she couldn't understand where she was.

Meanwhile, Regan was in a hurry, driving fast to get home for the party. Being the elder brother, he felt the need to arrive early. The traffic was getting on his nerves, as it was wasting his time.

"If I'm late, I won't hear the end of it. Let me take a shortcut," Regan muttered to himself, turning the car onto unofficial shortcut routes, which seemed abandoned.

He maintained his speed, unwilling to slow down. Suddenly, he was surprised to see someone crossing the road. It was a woman who seemed to be walking unsteadily, her right hand on her stomach. She looked disoriented, like a drunkard.

He suddenly hit the brakes to let the woman pass, but before she finished crossing the road, she fell and lost consciousness. This surprised Regan greatly.

Regan remained watching the woman, unable to understand whether she was drunk or had some other issue afflicting her. He couldn't find answers to the questions swirling in his head, but eventually, he got out of the car and slowly approached the woman.

"Now, what was this woman doing in a place like this? It's so quiet and eerie!" Regan said to himself as he reached the woman.

"Hey Miss, Hello, can you hear me!?" Regan called out, but the woman remained silent, unable to respond or move. She was none other than Stacy.

Seeing that the woman didn't respond, Regan moved closer, knelt down, and placed his hand on her nose to check if she was breathing. Fortunately, she was breathing, but she had lost consciousness and was unresponsive.

"Now, what happened to this girl? Why does she look like she's not drunk!?" Regan wondered. Eventually, he began to examine Stacy, but was surprised to see her covered in blood in her private areas, making it hard for him to understand what had happened to her.

As he continued to observe and ponder, suddenly Stacy regained consciousness, but she didn't have the strength to do anything more than open her eyes, which was a struggle. She managed to see Regan, who was contemplating how to help her.

"If I leave her, she might lose her life. Let me rush her to the hospital and then I'll hurry to my sister's party, no problem," Regan decided finally, and he picked up Stacy, who was aware of everything happening but unable to do anything.

Stacy looked at Regan and smelled nice cologne emanating from his body, but eventually, she lost consciousness again for the second time. She couldn't recognize what was happening until she woke up and found herself on a hospital bed with a drip in her right hand, administering blood into her body.

She couldn't understand how long she had been there, but she remembered being carried by a man last. However, she couldn't recall what happened after that. While she was pondering, a nurse arrived, responsible for watching over her.

"Nu... nurse, I'm sorry, but I need to know about my health, and I need to know how my pregnancy is progressing!?" Stacy asked, filled with anxiety.

"Oh, I'm really sorry, my dear but the truth is, you no longer have a pregnancy. I mean your pregnancy has miscarried," the nurse didn't want to hide the truth from Stacy, but Stacy couldn't believe it.

"No... no, nurse, you must be joking. My pregnancy can't miscarry so easily. Please, test me again and give me the results, please," poor Stacy spoke with tears streaming down her face because if her pregnancy had indeed miscarried, she wouldn't be able to bear a child for the man she loved.

"No, madam, there's nothing like that because our equipment cannot make mistakes in tests. But if you want to believe it, you can look at these results," the nurse had to provide Stacy with the results, who remained looking at them, unable to comprehend.

She had no choice but to believe it, but now, what would she tell Caspian about the miscarriage? It was true that Caspian was the reason for losing the pregnancy, but she didn't want to blame him. Instead, she felt like the one responsible.

"Okay, nurse, no problem, but how long am I going to stay here?" Stacy asked.

"Oh, you're already feeling better, you can go now. But before you leave, there are some clothes that someone brought for you, so you can use them," the nurse handed Stacy a small bag, which, upon opening, contained new clothes and shoes.

This surprised her greatly. How could the man be so kind? She found herself curious to see him, if only to thank him, but it wasn't possible. Even when she tried to ask the nurse, she didn't get the answer she wanted.

"He just brought you here and said we should provide you with services, then he paid the bill and left. But the truth is, he didn't say if he would come back here," the nurse replied before leaving, leaving Stacy with many questions about the man who saved her.