My Husband Watched Quietly While His Sister Attacked Me in the Maternity Ward — Part 2

Previously: When heavily pregnant Hannah was brutally attacked in the hospital hallway, her husband stood by and watched. The dark family secret he was hiding was about to destroy everything.

A Web of Dark Secrets

Within minutes, hospital security arrived and pinned Courtney to the ground. She was screaming hysterically, spitting threats at Hannah as they dragged her away. Dr. Gregory immediately helped Hannah onto a gurney, his face grim. "We need to get her to the delivery room now," he ordered the nurses, who had finally snapped out of their paralysis. Throughout the entire commotion, Julian remained motionless, his hands casually slipped into his pockets.

Once Hannah was stabilized in a private room, the physical pain of her contractions was entirely overshadowed by the agonizing betrayal burning in her chest. Julian walked into the room, his demeanor still eerily calm. Dr. Gregory stood guard by the door, his arms crossed, glaring at the husband with undisguised disgust.

"How could you?" Hannah sobbed, clutching her belly. "Your sister tried to hurt our baby, and you just stood there! Why, Julian? Why didn't you do anything?"

Julian let out a cold, cynical sigh. He didn't step closer to comfort her. "Because she's right, Hannah," he said, his voice devoid of any warmth. "You don't deserve this child. And honestly, neither do I. But Courtney... Courtney was supposed to have a family. You knew she couldn't have children, yet you rubbed your pregnancy in her face every single day."

Hannah stared at him, horrified. The truth was far more sinister than mere jealousy. Over the past year, Julian and Courtney had been secretly plotting to take Hannah's baby. Courtney’s mental state had deteriorated, and Julian, driven by a twisted sense of guilt over his sister’s infertility, had promised her that they would raise Hannah's child together after staging Hannah as an unfit mother. Courtney’s sudden hallway attack was a desperate, unplanned outburst of impatience, ruining Julian's carefully calculated timeline. He had watched calmly because he wanted Courtney to succeed in traumatizing Hannah enough to force an early, stressful labor.