Delayed Regrets: He Regretted Only After Her Death-Chapter 173: Shocking! Tiana Linden Is Pregnant!!

Chapter 173: Chapter 173: Shocking! Tiana Linden Is Pregnant!!

When Aiden received the note Tiana had secretly given to the doctor, he was lying in bed, hooked up to an IV.

At that moment, he was as angry as a beast, ignoring the needle in his hand, he pulled it out fiercely and went downstairs without even putting on a shirt to find her in the snow, where she had written Hector’s name.

Hector’s name had already been erased by Tiana.

But Aiden’s heartache couldn’t be erased, blood was running down his hand, and he didn’t feel it at all.

Even though he was about to fall ill, he still stood there tall and imposing.

With burning hands, he grabbed Tiana’s wrist forcefully, his face twisted in rage.

In the wind and snow, a searing kiss landed.

The woman in front of him had always been his from the very beginning, when did she become so devoted to Hector?

It seemed that only when he kissed her, could he feel her presence.

A man’s strength is naturally powerful.

Even as a patient, the hands encircling her slender waist and cupping the back of her head, held her tightly before him, still strong and forceful.

No matter how much Tiana pushed, she couldn’t break free.

Until the taste of blood, both metallic and salty, spread between their lips, Aiden still didn’t let go.

Tiana bit down hard once more.

Desperately pushing him away.

In the snowstorm, looking at Aiden who was pushed away, lips bearing her teeth marks, bleeding heavily, she shouted in anger.

"Aiden, you’re nothing but a lunatic."

"You’ve become so unfamiliar to me. You never used to force me like this, never used to be this obsessive."

"Why can’t you understand, we can never go back?"

She couldn’t see that he was bleeding.

Nor could she see the drops of blood dripping from his hand onto the snow.

She automatically ignored his condition, only perceiving the strangeness and madness in his eyes, "Aiden, I’m really starting to not recognize you anymore."

Not recognize?

Once they were the most familiar and intimate lovers in this world.

Aiden disregarded Tiana’s resistance, and despite bleeding, he carried her from the snowy ground back into the house, tossing her onto the soft, big bed.

His tall and imposing figure pressed down on the soft and tender person beneath him.

With a large palm, he tightly clasped Tiana’s slender hand, pinning it to the bed.

"Aiden, you’re shameless, let go of me."

"Didn’t you say you didn’t recognize me? Let me remind you again how close we once were."

His large hand landed on her waist, pulling on her trousers with the intent to strip them down.

Slap!

Tiana slapped Aiden hard.

The crisp sound of the slap echoed throughout the bedroom, startling the snow on the branches outside the window to fall softly to the ground.

Indoors, there was only a brief pause.

In the next instant, the storm grew even more violent.

Tiana clamped her legs tightly, refusing to let Aiden remove her pants.

In the midst of the struggle, a severe pain ripped through her lower abdomen.

Until Aiden felt something wet, he reached out and saw blood, Tiana was bleeding.

Blood stained her trousers, soaking the dark sheets beneath.

"Tiana, what’s wrong with you, don’t scare me."

Tiana’s forehead was covered in cold sweat.

A wrenching pain in her abdomen completely knocked her out.

When she awoke, she was still lying in Aiden’s bed.

Near her ears were the voices of Uncle Carter and Mrs. Walsh speaking with Aiden.

"Mr. Grant, is Tiana all right?"

"Mr. Grant, say something, what’s wrong with Tiana?"

Their voices were filled with urgency.

But Aiden’s voice was deep and heavy, "She’s pregnant."

On the bed, Tiana completely woke up.

She slowly climbed up, looking at Aiden sitting by the bed, his face full of complex emotions, "Are you saying I’m pregnant?"

Aiden didn’t respond.

With a gloomy, painful, and yet tender gaze, he watched her.

She laughed, tears of joy and complexity within her smile, "Am I really pregnant, carrying Hector’s child?"

She never expected that after only one night as Hector’s spouse, she would surprisingly conceive his child.

"Am I really pregnant?"

Joyful tears fell.

Hector, always alone, had never experienced the feeling of being loved.

If she was truly pregnant, it would be Hector’s flesh and blood, she could finally bear a child for Hector.

She could finally let Hector experience real, warm familial love.

Daisy was also looking forward to the arrival of this sibling.

Fantastic!

But the next instant, she looked at Aiden, full of fear and tension.

Aiden remained silent for a long time, gazing at Tiana’s tear-stricken face.

He had never seen her so happy, not even when they were dreaming together about having a baby, was she ever this excited.

But upon learning she was carrying Hector’s child, she was this overjoyed.

It was undoubtedly a dagger in Aiden’s chest.

His gloomy and complex gaze fell upon her lower abdomen.

That was Hector’s child.

The look he gave her seemed to pierce through her abdomen, causing Tiana to tense up completely.

On instinct, she protected her belly, her eyes now firm and resolute:

"Aiden, if you dare harm this child, I’ll die right in front of you."

A dull pain throbbed in Aiden’s chest, "You want so badly to bear Hector’s child?"

Tiana didn’t answer, simply repeated, "If you can’t accept the existence of this child, I will truly die before you."

Those resolute words, carrying her coldest attitude, seemed to immediately drag Aiden into hell.

His hand reached toward Tiana’s tightly protected belly.

The next moment, having heard it all at the doorway, Daisy, just back from kindergarten, ran to the bed and bit down hard on Aiden’s arm.

Daisy wouldn’t allow this man to touch mommy’s belly.

Seeing the tiny Daisy, Aiden was bitten, feeling pain, yet he didn’t move at all.

He had deep bite marks from Tiana on his right arm.

Twenty days had passed, and the scars were still visible.

Now Daisy left two deep little bite marks on his left arm.

He felt no pain at all.

He allowed Daisy to bite him without loosening her grip.

Not until an angry, anxious Daisy looked up, did he gently rub Daisy’s head, "Rest assured, daddy won’t hurt mommy or the baby in mommy’s belly."

The doctor said she was pregnant and showing signs of miscarriage.

At that moment, he had the thought to terminate this pregnancy.

But he couldn’t bear to let Tiana endure the pain of a miscarriage.

If he had taken this child away without telling her, she wouldn’t know she had been carrying Hector’s child.

He didn’t do it.

This was Tiana’s flesh and blood, he feared that once she knew, she’d experience even more heartache.

How could he bear to hurt her like this?

The expression on Daisy’s face finally softened, "You really won’t hurt the little baby in Mommy’s tummy?"

That was the brother or sister she had hoped for such a long time.

Daisy really hoped Mommy would have this baby.

Daisy also knew that this was Daddy’s baby, not the baby of the man in front of her.

She looked at Aiden Grant with concern.

"Daisy also likes this baby very much, right?" Aiden gently stroked her head, "Let’s help Mommy have this baby, and we’ll take good care of it together, okay?"

For the first time, his daughter didn’t shy away.

His hand, even gentler and more cautious, brushed over her little head, tears welling up in his eyes.

It was his first time being so close to his daughter.

His daughter was finally not avoiding him anymore.

"Daisy, Daddy will definitely be a good father and raise you and the baby well."

Daisy didn’t speak.

She was afraid that this man was lying.

What if he wanted to hurt the baby in Mommy’s belly?

She buried her head in Mommy’s embrace, "Mommy!"

Tiana Linden held Daisy tight, looking at Aiden Grant, "You really won’t hurt the child in my belly?"

Aiden’s pained gaze slowly swept to Tiana’s still flat stomach.

There lived a small life.

He dreamed of Tiana bearing him another child.

But Hector Chaucer’s child came to her belly first.

He was cuckolded.

This humiliation could only be swallowed hard within him.

He took a deep, suffocating breath and exhaled heavily, saying, "Rest assured, you like this child, I will treat it as my own. Just like I cherish Daisy."

Tiana knew Aiden Grant was a man of his word.

But she still couldn’t feel at ease and, with a cautious yet fierce gaze, glared at him, "If you dare to think about harming this child, secretly causing me to lose it, I’ll really die right in front of you, leaving you with nothing."

"Mommy, don’t die." Daisy tightened her grip on her mother’s arm, tears falling, "Mommy, I don’t want you to die."

Daisy had already lost her mother once.

She didn’t want to lose her again.

Her tears, large and pitiful, fell like raindrops.

Tiana’s heart was breaking.

She held Daisy close, "Daisy, don’t be afraid. Mommy will definitely protect you, protect the little baby in the belly. You’ll be a big sister soon."

Daisy wiped away her tears and said, "If Daddy knew you were having a baby, he’d definitely be very happy."

Aiden Grant clenched his molars tightly.

He wanted to sternly warn that he wouldn’t let Hector Chaucer know about this news.

But thinking about how Tiana had just fainted in pain and only just woke, and considering how fragile Daisy’s little heart was, he said nothing.

While the mother and daughter chatted, he quietly left the suffocating room.

Mrs. Walsh stayed behind to look after Tiana.

Uncle Carter followed him out, "Mr. Grant, you haven’t finished your IV."

Jesse also stepped forward, "Mr. Grant, let me have the doctor redo your IV."

The next moment, Aiden, who had been feverish for a week without relenting, collapsed heavily onto the dark carpet like a severed tree branch.

Tiana had medical training.

She showed signs of miscarriage.

Her pants were stained with blood, not as exaggerated as a period, but bleeding still occurred intermittently.

She knew that she needed absolute bed rest at this time.

But now she was lying on Aiden’s bed.

Aiden’s room was right next door.

She planned to get up and slowly move next door.

As she got up, feeling something flowing out from beneath her, she got scared thinking she might lose the baby, and quickly lay back down again.

Soon, Carter arrived with a female doctor to the bedroom, "Madam, this is the doctor Mr. Grant arranged for you to help with pregnancy preservation. Mr. Grant fainted just now, and the first thing he said upon waking was to have someone arranged to help you preserve the pregnancy with care. He constantly thinks about you and never wanted to harm you."

Tiana did not respond.

The female doctor administered pregnancy-preserving medication to her.

Worried, she sniffed the medication to ensure it was safe—it was magnesium sulfate and progesterone injection, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Carter knew she had studied medicine, and seeing her so cautious, he advised, "Ma’am, Mr. Grant said he would keep the child and treat it like his own. He won’t go back on his word. You should trust him."

It was only then that Tiana replied, "If he wakes up, thank him for me."

At least he hadn’t thought of making her miscarry.

But that wasn’t a heartfelt thanks, just a polite gesture.

Carter nodded and, after walking out, called over his parents, who also worked for Aiden—one was Uncle Carter, the other Mrs. Walsh—by his side.

"Dad, Mom, stop trying to help ma’am leave here."

"It’s also a good thing if Mr. Grant and ma’am reconcile and reunite."

"Besides, Mr. Grant is pitiable too."

He’s so ill, yet still caring about Tiana all the time.

A man like this is worthy of forgiveness.

Mrs. Walsh was clear-minded, and she gave her son a heavy knock on the head, "If he’s pitiable, isn’t Tiana pitiable too?"

Carter rubbed his head where it hurt from the hit and said seriously, "In any case, stop causing trouble, or Mr. Grant will truly get angry. And Mom, don’t forget who pays your salary."

Mrs. Walsh: "I’d rather lose this job than do something against my conscience."

Carter: "Anyway, Mr. Grant told me to watch over you two, and it’s not just me but also that blue-eyed Jesse, so you two better not provoke Mr. Grant."

The fainted Aiden finished a bottle of IV.

When he awoke, the nurse replaced it with a new bottle, speaking to him in the island’s rare dialect:

"Mr. Grant, you need to rest well."

However, Aiden didn’t listen. The first thing he did was pick up the freshly replaced IV bottle, walk to Tiana’s bedroom door, and peek inside.

Seeing her resting well for pregnancy preservation, he felt relieved.

Evening.

After finishing the IV, Aiden’s fever subsided, but still weak, he immediately brought dinner to Tiana’s room.

Tiana was asleep.

She was in a dreamy haze.

In the dream, she called out Hector Chaucer’s name, her brow furrowed tightly.

It seemed like a nightmare.

"Hector Chaucer, be careful!"

In the dream, Hector was being hunted by The Chaucer Family.

A gun was pointed at Hector’s back, scaring Tiana into a cold sweat.

Waking up in shock, she found Aiden already sitting by the bed, and she was still unsettled.

Bitterness consumed Aiden’s heart.

He had been sick for a week, and this woman didn’t care at all; even in her dreams, she was worried about another man.

Yet he could only endure it, and patiently brought the fish porridge from the nightstand, spooning a portion to her, "The doctor said the embryo in your belly is just forming and has already dropped, so you need absolute bed rest now. Just lay down, and I’ll feed you."

Tiana attempted to sit up, "I’ll do it myself."

A broad, warm palm gently pressed her shoulder, advising, "You should know what absolute bed rest means, right?"

With her medical training, Tiana naturally knew, and she had to lie back down.

The spoonful of porridge, steaming with fragrant warmth, reached her lips, "Be good, have some porridge."

Tiana tightly pressed her lips together, turning her head away, "You can put it there; I’ll eat it myself."