Chapter 93. Can We Leave This Night

Adeline’s POV

“What’s that? Please don’t scare me with another bad news,” I said to Rosa, my voice already shaking from everything I had heard and everything I feared was still coming.

“Well… you just have to take it like that, Adeline,” she replied, her tone soft, but heavy—too heavy.

“Just tell me. What is it?” I asked again, this time more firmly.

She didn’t rush. Her eyes fell to the desk for a moment before she lifted them back to mine.

“After she was bleeding, and once I was able to stop it, I ran some tests on her,” Rosa said, “I realized the drug injected into the cake was very powerful and…”

“Wow!” I gasped before she could finish.

“Yes. Iris had injected it with some abortion pills. Strong ones. And I’m certain she didn’t even bother with the dosage because the quantity in it was far too much. I was sure a nurse wouldn’t have taken something like that willingly, so I asked her if she was pregnant. She said no… and instantly,