I Forgot I Ever Loved You (Zoe and Hayden) novel Chapter 224

After Zoe finished throwing up, her face was completely drained of color.

"Director Lynd, are you alright? Are you feeling sick?"

Zoe looked awful.

"I'm fine."

She forced herself to push through the intense physical discomfort and accompanied them to complete the debugging.

For two solid hours, they worked until the robots were finally functioning perfectly.

The two engineers watched in awe as Zoe rapidly inputted code with practiced ease, even rewriting entire sections on the fly to patch several bugs right in front of them. Their respect for her skyrocketed.

At the same time, they couldn't help but feel a deep sense of pity.

Why would a brilliant, beautiful, highly educated woman waste her life chasing after Mr. Thorne, deliberately playing the role of the other woman in his romance with his ex-girlfriend?

Hayden and Sienna's legendary love story had a legion of die-hard fans.

Everyone wanted to see the star-crossed lovers finally get their happy ending.

Zoe was undoubtedly the biggest obstacle in their fairytale. The more aggressive fans even painted her as the ultimate villain, actively rooting for her downfall.

What a waste of potential.

Completely engrossed in her work, Zoe had no idea that her two subordinates had already mentally scripted the tragic downfall of her life.

When they finally wrapped up, they handed her bottles of water, their eyes filled with sympathetic pity.

Zoe found their expressions incredibly odd.

But she took the water, offered a brief thank you, and rode the company car back to Sterling Group.

She barely managed to get through the night. By the next day, she felt significantly worse.

"You want another termination. Do you even know how many pregnancies you've terminated over the last few years? Do you not value your own life? Do you have parents? Is this guy who never shows his face your boyfriend or your husband?

Does his family not have any daughters or siblings to lean on, that they have to torment you like this? Do you seriously not care about your own body at all?"

Dr. Lambert was furious, unleashing a sudden, blistering tirade on Zoe.

All Zoe wanted was to end a pregnancy that shouldn't exist. Why was Dr. Lambert so outraged?

Had she actually had abortions for Hayden during those missing five years?

"Forget it. It's impossible. I am absolutely not performing another termination on you. Your uterine wall is paper-thin. If you go through with it again, your life will be on the line.

If you want to end your life, go do it somewhere else and leave my hospital out of it. Given your current condition, your only option is to carry this baby to term. There is zero alternative. Go home and have a serious conversation with your boyfriend, your husband, or your family.

One of them needs to take responsibility for your actions. You're not a child anymore—you're twenty-five. Why are you still acting like some naive teenager making reckless, impulsive decisions?"

Dr. Lambert practically chased her out of the office.