This was a far cry from what he’d imagined would happen.
Annie Lawrence was less than three months pregnant, the time when the fetus is most unstable and most easily harmed.
If what the police officer said was true, and she had really been fighting so fiercely, it would have been very dangerous.
The child in her belly could easily be miscarried.
David Benington had just been busy comforting her and dealing with Linda, and hadn’t had time to think about this issue.
Now, looking at her pretending as if nothing had happened, he couldn’t help but feel a touch of doubt.
"Are you really okay?" He squinted his eyes, looking at Annie with a complex gaze, "Are you sure you don’t need to go to the hospital for a check-up?"
Annie’s heart "thumped" inside her chest.
She looked up only to meet David’s probing and suspicious eyes. Her heart "thumped" again. She realized that he was doubting that there might be something wrong with the baby in her belly.
She stiffened, feeling a sudden chill in her hands and feet under his gaze.
After a long silence, an awkward smile crept upon her face; she averted her gaze from David and said, "I ... I should be fine. I’ve been protecting my belly, taking good care of the baby. Moreover, I believe our baby is very strong, not as fragile as you think".
Seeing her evasive gaze and her unnatural expression, David was filled with more and more doubts...
Every time he and Annie had been together, he had always used protection.
Only that once, when Annie had seduced him by the bay window at his home, he hadn’t had time to grab a condom.
But that day was Annie’s safe period.
Moreover, when it came down to it, he had not finished inside her.
From this standpoint, the likelihood of Annie being pregnant was very small.
But it wasn’t completely impossible either.
That’s why, when Annie said she was pregnant with their baby, he had never doubted her.
Of course, Annie later showed him the pregnancy test report, which indeed confirmed she was pregnant.
But at this moment, David suddenly had doubts.
Annie’s pregnancy occurred too conveniently.
It wasn’t long after he had started discussing marriage with Joanna Lawrence that she got pregnant.
Then, Joanna found out about their affair.
And then, he broke up with Joanna and got together with Annie because of the baby.
As his thoughts veered towards a certain possibility, David’s face darkened.
"David, what... what’s wrong?" Annie glanced at him nervously, her heart filled with apprehension.
Had David... found something out?
David looked at her with somber eyes for a while. He slowly raised a corner of his mouth, patted her head as if everything was back to normal: "Nothing. I just feel we really should go to the hospital for a check-up to put my mind at ease.
"Otherwise, I’ll be worried about you."
Thinking about it, the pregnancy had always been Annie’s claim.
She had indeed shown him one pregnancy report.
And he had believed her without question.
He had no idea why he had been so easily convinced by her before.
Now that he had doubts, David figured he could use this opportunity to take Annie to the hospital for a check-up.
If Annie had been lying to him...
His hanging hand slowly clenched into a fist, a flicker of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.
Annie seemed to guess that David was doubting her. He was planning to take her to the hospital for a check-up to confirm whether she was really pregnant.
If that’s the case, she had nothing to fear.