Chapter 184 Rose’s anxious day
Rose received another MMS after the 30 minutes mark.
The new MMS showed Lydia’s naked torso.
It sent shivers down her spine.
Immediately, Rose looked into all her accounts. Including all FDs, and everything, she barely had 200 million dollars.
She knew Lydia’s accounts had already been emptied during her altercations with Liliana before.
Rose immediately went to the bank and requested for all the money to be withdrawn immediately.
When that did not work, she called Lester’s lawyer. After a lot of begging and blackmailing, he finally pulled some strings and she was allowed to withdraw the money in non-traceable cash.
Then she sold all her jewelry and all the shares that she owned. Finally, she came close to 450 million dollars.
By then she only had half an hour left. She had already received two more MMS showing Lydia’s tied-up naked frame from the front and the back.
Left with no choice, Rose sold all of Lydia’s jewelry, and cars to make up a total of 500 Million dollars.
Although Rose knew that she had been cheated and she had barely gotten 60% of the actual cost of the things and shares, she was desperate and did not have time to bargain.
Finally, she was ready, and in time too as her two-hours-mark was up.
When she received another call from the kidnapper, she frantically said that she had everything and not to hurt her daughter.
The kidnapper threatened her again to not involve anyone and gave her an address.
Halfway through, Rose realized she was being tailed.
Her car was stopped in the middle of an abandoned road without any surveillance and some brusque men in masks took away all the cash and her car. They threw a naked and unconscious Lydia from their car and left.
Rose did not even have time to curse them. She hurriedly pulled her own clothes and covered Lydia.
Thankfully, Rose had managed to hold her purse with her, and she still had some loose cash and phone.
She immediately called Romeo and asked him to pick them up.
Then she proceeded to wake Lydia up.
Lydia, however, remained unconscious.
Romeo arrived not long after and took Lydia to a hospital. She was merely unconscious after ingesting some sleeping pills but otherwise had not been harmed.
They were told to take her home, and wait for her to wake up. Since there was nothing wrong with her, Rose took her back home to avoid any scandals.
Later in the evening when she had her tea and wanted to take a nap, Rose received a call from the hospital.
They asked her if she wanted the reports to be sent home since she had left in a hurry and had not shown up after.
Rose’s nerves which had finally begun to settle were frayed again.
She rushed to the hospital but she was already beginning to feel dizzy.
Thankfully, the gynecology section was almost empty since the consulting doctor’s working hours were over.
The doctor had been waiting for Rose since Rose had begged and bribed.
As suspected by Rose, she was pregnant.NôvelDrama.Org content rights.
While the doctor congratulated her and started talking about the risks involved given her age and complications from prior pregnancies, Rose interrupted and asked her to abort it right away. The doctor looked awkward which made Rose squint at her suspiciously.
“Mrs. Aprice, are you sure? I understand you must be scared, but I advise you to think things through. If you are concerned about the risks, please get a second opinion and we can discuss the next steps,” The doctor assumed that Rose was agitated due to the risks involved and cautioned her.
That made Rose relax her vigilance as she asked for an immediate abortion since the pregnancy was unplanned and unwanted.
The doctor looked uneasy but the patient was a consenting adult, and given how much Rose paid her, she could only prep for the abortion.
She called her assistant for some tea and poured a cup for Rose before taking one herself.
They sipped tea as the OT was being prepared and the doctor continued reviewing her files.
Rose was feeling dizzy and sleepy which she thought was the result of exhaustion, stress, and pregnancy.