On the day of the caesarean section, my husband suddenly called off the operation and replaced the caesarean section expert I had hired with his childhood sweetheart.

“Vera, Chloe’s internship score is not high and she is at risk of being expelled. If she can perform this operation smoothly, she will have a chance to be admitted as an exception! Just think of it as doing Chloe a favor! It’s okay for her to perform a caesarean section, which is not difficult! Or do you have to wait for another male doctor to see you naked before you are happy?”

I shook my head in protest and refused to let the unprofessional Chloe perform my caesarean section.

But my husband had already signed the consent form for the operation and threatened not to use anesthesia on me if I didn’t agree.

In the operating room, Chloe deliberately forgot to give me anesthesia and I fainted and woke up in pain.

Chloe, the surgeon in charge, was leisurely picking her nails with a scalpel. “You can’t stand it? Who told you to compete with me for Herman? This is a lesson for you!”

I shouted for help to get the experts outside to come in and save me, but Chloe held the scalpel to my neck. “You just can’t stand me and don’t want me to be a regular employee? If you shout again, I will strangle your child to death?”

I was quiet for the sake of the child, but Chloe wrapped the umbilical cord around the child’s neck due to improper operation, causing the child to suffocate to death.

I fainted in despair.

After waking up, my husband regretted it like crazy, but I was relieved.

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“I don’t agree! I waited in line for five months to get an appointment with Doctor Blanton! He is the most professional doctor who performs cesarean sections! Besides, I spent a full 27,000 dollars to invite Doctor Blanton to this private hospital to perform the surgery! You can change it if you say so?”

The severe pain in my abdomen made me sweat profusely, but I still held Doctor Blanton’s sleeve tightly to prevent him from being kicked out.

Herman stood aside, his eyes somewhat impatient.

“Money, money, money, is 27,000 dollars important to Chloe’s future? This hospital is also the best private hospital in the city! If Chloe is fired, which hospital will dare to hire her in the future? What about Chloe’s dream of becoming a doctor? You always only think about yourself!”

I stared at Herman in disbelief. “Herman! I am your wife! The baby in my belly is your child! How dare you hand our lives over to Chloe, who can’t even pass the internship assessment!”

Doctor Blanton also said solemnly, “Your fetal position is not correct and the baby is at risk of the umbilical cord around the neck. If it is improperly operated by unprofessional people, it is very likely that one fetus will die.”

The door was thrown open heavily and Chloe, who had been wearing surgical gowns and waiting at the door, looked like a wounded little rabbit at this moment, with red eyes but a firm face looking at us.

“Yes, Doctor Blanton, you are very powerful in the industry, but can you casually criticize my unprofessional medical skills? And Vera, I know you have always disliked me, but I cannot accept you venting personal grudges on my evaluation of my profession. This is an insult to me! Since you all don’t want me to do this operation, then I won’t do it. At worst, I will leave this hospital and go to another hospital to be a nurse. It will be more comfortable than being casually framed by you!”

After that, Chloe raised her hand to take off her surgical gown.

Seeing this, Herman held Chloe’s hand and said worriedly, “Chloe, what are you talking about! Stay in this private hospital, as an investor, I can at least protect you. What if you go to another hospital and get bullied? You are so upright; you are only suitable to stay under my umbrella. Be good, I will always protect you, don’t listen to their nonsense.”

As soon as Herman raised his hand, several security guards behind him carried Doctor Blanton out on the left and right.

I immediately supported myself and sat up, wanting to get out of bed. The operation performed by Chloe was equivalent to killing me and I would never agree to it.

But Herman looked at me with a look that I could not understand. “Vera, stop making a fuss. It’s just a caesarean section. There are so many poor people giving birth on the street. You are already the best treatment for having a caesarean section. Why are you so squeamish? I have never heard of anyone having a failed caesarean section!”

I sneered, “Aren’t you a shareholder of this hospital? Does the person you protect need a special operation to become a regular employee? Can’t you just send her a regularization document?”

Hearing this, Herman’s eyebrows softened unconsciously and he sighed. “I want to, but Chloe…”

Chloe clenched her hands tightly, tears falling from her eyes.

“Herman said that I could be the director directly, but I refused. I want to win everyone’s respect openly! I want to become the top obstetrician and gynecologist step by step with my own strength! Vera, although you are an open-minded woman in a big city, after all, you have to strip naked for a caesarean section. You don’t want to be seen naked by men other than Herman, right? Especially since you specifically asked Doctor Blanton to perform the operation; what would outsiders think of Herman? Herman is generous and doesn’t mind, but as Herman’s friend, I have the right to redress his grievances!”

Speaking of this, Chloe’s voice became much louder. “I have been determined to study medicine since I was a child, just to help women no longer bear these gossips one day! But I don’t understand, I am obviously the only female doctor in this hospital and you can obviously choose me, but you still insist on letting Doctor Blanton perform the operation. What secrets do you have that cannot be seen by others?”

I looked at Chloe in disbelief, trying to understand what she said, but the more I thought about it, the angrier I got and my stomach suddenly twitched.

Seeing my face suddenly turn pale, Herman ran over to check my condition with worry and then arranged for medical staff to clear the area without further explanation.

“Wife, you are about to give birth. If there is anything, wait until after you give birth! Listen to Chloe first, she won’t hurt you! The safety of mother and child is the most important thing now!”

After saying that, Herman turned around and wanted to leave.

I used up my last bit of strength to hold Herman’s hand and said with a weak breath, “Change doctors. Doctor Blanton is not okay, any other doctor is fine, but it can’t be Chloe.”

Herman clenched his fist, broke away from my hand and raised his hand to sign the consent form for the operation. “Vera, I know you have always had opinions about Chloe, but what Chloe said just now makes sense. She is the only one who is suitable to perform surgery on you. I, Herman, will not allow my wife to be seen naked by other men. If you delay it any further, not only will you and the child be in danger, but Chloe’s surgery will also become more difficult. I won’t let you find ways to delay it. If you still don’t agree to Chloe’s surgery, then you can’t use the anesthetic in the operating room.”

My throat was sore and I was speechless for a moment.

Herman knew that I was the most afraid of pain, but he actually threatened me with not giving me anesthesia in order to pave the way for Chloe.

My heart was numb and I felt that the person in front of me was so cold that I felt unfamiliar.

While Chloe was in a daze, Herman quickly dismissed all irrelevant personnel and gave her a loving hug. “Come on, do it boldly. I will always be behind you to support you!”

The two of them embraced each other affectionately and I fainted due to the pain.

Before I fainted, I heard Chloe’s charming voice. “Herman, can I make a request? I don’t need an assistant for this operation. I want to do it alone! Because…”

Herman stretched out his index finger to seal Chloe’s mouth. “Chloe, you don’t have to explain to me. You must have your reasons for your choice. I will do it unconditionally.”

When I woke up again, I was awakened by the heart-wrenching pain.

What caught my eye was the snow-white ceiling of the operating room and when I looked down, it was a shocking red.

I was tied to the operating table and a huge slit was cut open on my stomach, just like that and I could faintly see the placenta struggling in the pool of blood, trying to break away from my body.

Just the movement of the baby involved my wound and I curled up violently and my vision was briefly dark because of the severe pain.

Only then did I realize that Chloe had cut open my stomach, but did not give me anesthesia!

“Chloe, what are you up to! Why didn’t you give me anesthesia? It hurts! Anesthesia…”

The instinct of survival made me soften my tone to Chloe and I kept begging her to give me anesthesia.

At this time, Chloe was sitting on the operating table with her legs crossed, casually picking her nails with a scalpel!

I shouted several times before she slowly stood up, frowned and scolded me, “Don’t make noise, the chorus is coming soon!”

I just realized that she actually brought Bluetooth headphones into the operating room and was listening to music intoxicatedly at this moment!

I tried to move with difficulty, but I didn’t dare to move rashly because of the wound. I could only shout with all my strength, “Help! Doctor Blanton! Help!”

Chloe impatiently took off the headphones and slapped me in the face. “What are you shouting? Shut up! Do you want to call everyone in? Aren’t you deliberately looking for trouble and don’t want me to become a regular employee? I tell you, now both of your lives are in my hands. If you don’t listen, I will strangle your child now!”

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath to relieve the pain. I just felt that everything in front of me was ridiculous. “Chloe, didn’t you say that your dream since childhood was to save the dying and help women? Didn’t you always want to prove yourself? If you kill my child, your dream will be destroyed by your own hands!”

Chloe laughed with her mouth covered as if she had heard a joke. “Vera, you believe everything I say! If I don’t say this, how can Herman be assured to hand you over to me? And I said this just to find an opportunity to torture you openly. Who told you to marry Herman, to destroy the relationship between me and him and even to have a child for him!”

She continued, “The person Herman cares about the most is always me. You are just feeling fresh and you actually want to hang him with a child? Dream on!”

I felt a cold sweat rising on my back.

“You wanted to kill my child from the beginning?”

“Of course not. If the child dies, Herman will blame me, right? I have already thought of a way, you wait and see. After today, Herman will abandon you like a worn-out shoe, hate you like chaff and will never look at you straight again, so if you are smart and take the initiative to divorce Herman, I will let you suffer less and let your child be born safely.”

But now it was no longer the situation where she, Chloe, had the final say.

Mother and child were connected by heart. I could feel the baby’s heartbeat getting weaker and weaker and the amplitude of the struggle was getting smaller and smaller.

“Chloe, I agree with whatever you say. Save the child first. Doctor Blanton said that the child’s umbilical cord is around the neck and there is a risk of suffocation. It will be too late to wait any longer! Save the child!”

“Shut up!” Chloe scolded, “Doctor Blanton again. I hate old antiques like them the most. They think they are so great after performing a few operations! Is what he said right? Did he see the child? He said nonsense! Isn’t it just to belittle me openly or secretly? I won’t listen to him! There is no such thing as an umbilical cord around the neck. I see that the child is very healthy and has fallen asleep comfortably!”