Chapter 67
Before Hudson could react, Keith leaped forward, catching Emely’s shoulder as she fell backward onto the couch.
Keith quickly laid Emely down on the couch, which thankfully was long enough to accommodate Hudson’s b*dy and Emely’s who lay across it.
The doctor, who was now on his knees and trembling, said with evident fear in his voice, “Mr. Amery..”
Hudson held one hand up, silencing him. As much as he wanted to question him, he still needed to know about Emely’s
condition.
Keith placed two fingers against her wrist’s pulse point while looking at his watch and finally said after some time, “She should be fine, but let me get my medical kit from the car.”
As a doctor, he always had his medical kit in his car for emergencies.
Hudson nodded, allowing him to take his kit.
Finley, who had been kept in the dark and was confused as hell, looked at Hudson, the–doctor, and Emely before he decided to follow Keith.
Keith reached into his car, retrieved his doctor bag, and returned to the villa, with Finley following him like his shadow.
“Keith, what’s happening?” He stepped closer and whispered the question to his best friend.
Keith was looking grim. He noticed Emely’s reaction when she saw the doctor before fainting. If his suspicion was correct… He shuddered and thought Emely was even crueler than he had thought of her.
“No matter what you hear later on, don’t react, don’t ask questions, and most importantly, keep everything a secret,” Keith told Finley.
“Why? What’s wrong?” Finley became anxious. There was a doctor, and Emely had fainted.
No matter what he had witnessed during the engagement banquet and how repulsive he felt toward Emely, she had been close to them ever since they started knowing Hudson and Luis, and he still cared about her well–being.
“Is Emely sick?” Finley asked as they hurried back toward the living room.
“No,” Keith replied tersely. “Just remember what I said.”
Finley had no choice but to nod his agreement and keep quiet as he sat on one of the single couches, not getting in Keith’s way when he checked on Emely.
Keith crouched beside Emely, took a small flashlight from his bag, and examined Emely’s eyes.
“She’s fine,” he said as he returned the flashlight to his bag. “Just getting the shock of her life.”
Hudson frowned, and his eyes collided with Keith. When he saw Keith’s grim expression, he whipped his gaze to the doctor, then Emely, then back to Keith.
Being best friends for many years, they didn’t need to speak to know what each other was thinking.
Hudson felt a chill down his spine as he realized Keith’s suspicion about Emely and the doctor.
“Can you wake her up?” Hudson asked, his voice devoid of any emotions.
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Finley was about to open his mouth and asked his best friends if it’d be better to wait until Emely woke up naturally or even get her to the hospital, but he closed his mouth as he remembered Keith’s warning.
Keith rummaged through his doctor’s bag, pulled out a small bottle of liquid, and put it close to Emely’s nostril.
“Smelling salt, he explained to Hudson.
Emely groaned as she smelled an unpleasant and strong odor. Her eyes opened slowly, and she blinked before jolting up when she remembered what had happened.
She looked at Keith and couldn’t see any trace of gentleness he usually exuded; then she looked at Hudson, who wasn’t event looking at her. Instead, he was looking at the shivering doctor kneeling on the floor between the b*dyguards.
“Hudson. I-
Hudson held up his hand. Looking at how cold his demeanor was, Emely knew better than to speak further.
She hoped the doctor would not spill their secret. But even if he did, she would deny it as there was no evidence. With that thought, her racing heart began to slow down.
“Speak,” Hudson said with an icy calmness, his word directed at the doctor.
“I’m sorry, Mr. Amery,” the doctor blurted out in panic when Hudson asked him to speak. “I didn’t mean to keep it a secret, but Ms. Emely gave me five million dollars to say that she miscarried”
Emely went pale as what she had dreaded happened but quickly regained her composure.
“What do you mean?” she asked in a small voice. Her expression made it look like the doctor had wronged her, and she looked like her usual pitiful self.
“Quiet, Emely,” Hudson snapped at her for the first time they had known each other, shocking Emely into silence.
“Explain,” Hudson said in a one–word order to the doctor.
“When she was brought to the hospital, I ran some tests and found out she had taken an abortifacient,” the words rushed out from the doctor’s mouth.
The room became chilly as Hudson radiated a cold aura.
“I asked Miss. Emely about it, but she said not to tell you,” the doctor continued. He was so scared of Hudson that he just wanted to tell the truth and hopefully get out of his place in one piece.
“But then she told me not to tell you and to temper with the examination result, changing it to become a case of miscarriage.”
And you helped her with it.” It wasn’t a question but a statement from Hudson.
“I had no other choice. She threatened me! She said if I didn’t do it for her, then she’d find another doctor and bribe the doctor to tell you that I could’ve saved the fetus but gave her the wrong medication, which led to her miscarriage.”
“She threatened you with malpractice,” Hudson stated coldly.
Emely felt her world was falling apart. “No, you are lying.” She shook her head fervently. “I never asked you to do it.”
“I have evidence!” the doctor said, fumbling to take something from his pocket.
Emely felt herself going pale. Evidence? How could he have evidence? She had never texted him anything and had asked someone to deliver the cash to hing. After he agreed, they never contacted each other anymore.
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“I asked Miss. Emely for ten minutes to think about it, and because I was afraid one day you’d find out one day when I went back to see her, I recorded our conversation.”
Emely stood up instinctively and wanted to snatch the phone away from him, but a pair of arms locked around her middle again, immobilizing her. She knew it was Keith who had stopped her, just like at the banquet,
“Hudson…” her voice shook badly, She wanted him to stop the doctor from playing the recording, but Hudson didn’t even spare her a glance.
The doctor scrolled through his phone with shaking fingers and tapped on it. Emely’s weak voice was heard from the phone’s speaker.
“Have you thought about it? Would you rather be stripped of your medical license and let Hudson Amery go after you for killing his child, or would you rather help me with the simple task of altering the medical result?”
Emely struggled with all her might against Keith’s strong hold. She couldn’t let Hudson hear the rest of their conversation. “No, no, no,” she kept chanting, hoping Hudson would ask the doctor to stop playing the rest of the recording.
“Quiet, Emely, and stop struggling, or you’ll make it worse,” she heard Keith’s calm voice, which was as cold as Hudson’s.
She had never heard Keith talk to anyone with this tone before, and it sent shivers down her spine. She looked at Finley, trying to find an ally in him since he was always encouraging about her and Hudson’s relationship when everyone thought she had broken off with Luis
But when she saw the disbelief and disgust in his eyes as he looked at her, Emely knew she had lost this battle. She stopped struggling, and her head bowed down, tears streaming down from her eyes.
“If I do this for you, can you promise me Mr. Amery would not find out? And you won’t use another doctor to frame me?” the doctor’s voice sounded from the phone.
worry about Hudson. You just need to tell him I miscarried because of my fall and leave the rest to me. He trusts me unconditionally and won’t question me. But just in case, I’ll give you five million dollars. You have to move and stay in a remote country for a few years. And no, I will not frame you”
“Alright. I’ll do what you say,” the doctor said. Then there were sounds of the door being opened and closed, and then the recording stopped.
“I swear I tried to tell her off, Mr. Amery, but she threatened me!” the doctor cried.
“Taking bribes from patients and altering examination results will result in the medical board revoking your doctor’s license,” Keith said coldly,
He hated this type of doctor. So what if he was being threatened? That doctor could come to him and tell him about all of these, yet he preferred to be a coward.
Please don’t, Director,” the doctor pleaded, but Keith wasn’t having any of it.
“Take him to a hotel, and don’t let him leave the room until everything is resolved,” Keith ordered the guards, who obliged him.
They hurled the doctor up to his feet and dragged him away, with the doctor still begging Keith not to tell the medical
board.
Hudson closed his eyes as he tried to calm the swirl of emotions he was feeling: confusion, anger, and disappointment toward Emely.
“You can release her, Keith, Hudson uttered.
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Keith released her and moved to sit on another couch.
When Hudson opened his eyes and looked at Emely, his eyes had turned bloodshot.
“Why?” he asked, his voice cold with a tinge of every emotion he was feeling.
Emely opened her mouth and closed it again, not knowing where to start, afraid to say anything wrong that would make Hudson even more furious at her.
“Why did you abort the baby?” Hudson’s voice was gruff.
“I–I didn’t mean to,” Emely sobbed. “I never wanted to, but I was scared of being a single parent. You know how much I love Luis. I would never abort his child if I had a choice.”
“But you had a choice, Hudson stressed out the words. “You knew I promised Luis to take care of you and the baby.”
“I didn’t want the child to be called a bastard,” she sobbed even harder. “If I’d known you’d marry me, even only on paper, I wouldn’t abort it.”
Then why blame everything on Cherise? Why sent all those vile texts and lied to her that we slept together and made it seem like we were in a relationship? Why taunted her?”
Finley, who had broken free from his shaken state, couldn’t control himself and sneered. “What other reasons did she have other than wanting you and Cherise to divorce so she could marry you?”
Emely’s heart beat fast in her ch*st as Finley accurately stated the reasons for everything she had done to Cherise.
“No, no.” Emely shook her head. “I was scared you wouldn’t go through with your promise and leave me all alone with the child.”
“Is that how you think of me, Emely?” Hudson’s voice dipped dangerously low. “After the many years we’ve known each other, you think I would break a promise I made to a brother I loved? A promise I made when he was dying?”
“No, I didn’t mean that!” Emely cried. “Please, believe me, Hudson. I love Luis and the child. But that night, you left. You left me alone at the hotel while I was grieving about Luis, and it was all I could think about, so the next morning. I took the abortion pill, but then you came to get me, but it was already too late.”
Have you ever thought about Hudson’s situation?” Keith asked. “He had a nightmare. He needed to see me that night. Even f he didn’t come to see me, he had a wife. You and he weren’t married or engaged or anything, and you expected him to tay with you instead of going home to his wife?”
He kept saying he hated Cherise!” Emely cried again. “So I thought taunting her a bit and blaming her wouldn’t be a problem. I didn’t want him to hate me.”
She was my wife, and you demeaned her and let her think we had an affair!” Hudson lost his composure and roared, his fist lammed down hard against the table, making Emely jump in fear.
I’m sorry. I’m sorry,” she sobbed. “I was pregnant, Luis had just died, and I was hormonal; I didn’t know what I was doing at hat time. I didn’t know how much it’d affect you. I never meant to make you divorce Cherise,” she blubbered up any excuses nd lies she could think of at this point.
‘inley snorted. If she didn’t mean to get Cherise and Hudson divorced, she wouldn’t have sent all those disgusting texts to
Cherise.
You took the abortion pill and created trouble so Cherise would push you, making it seem like she was the one who caused ‘our miscarriage, and then let Hudson believe it and blamed her for it as well?” Keith asked.
lefore Emely could open her mouth to deny it, she heard Hudson growling out a warning, “Don’t lie.”
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She had no choice but to tell him half of the truth. “Yes,” she said with her head bowed, not daring to look at him or even Keith and Finley.
She couldn’t tell them she only took the abortion pill after she arrived at the villa and saw Cherise. The abortion pill acted fast, so after she took it, she deliberately made sure Cherise would push her so she could blame her for her ‘miscarriage
Hudson took a deep breath, which calmed him down a bit.
“The baby… Was it Luis?” he asked as he remembered the photos of Emely with many different men.
