Chapter 3 - The True Donor
A tall, incredibly muscular man dressed in dark tactical gear rolled smoothly across the hospital floor amidst the shower of broken glass.
Before the corrupt lawyer could even aim his weapon, the mysterious stranger kicked the pistol out of his hand with blinding speed.
The lawyer yelled in pain as the stranger delivered a brutal, precise strike to his jaw, knocking him completely unconscious.
Eleanor screamed in genuine terror and stumbled backward, hiding behind her stunned, motionless son.
The stranger slowly stood up, dusting the glass from his shoulders as he turned his piercing blue eyes toward me.
"Are you and the baby harmed?" he asked, his deep voice radiating a strange, comforting authority.
I shook my head frantically, clutching my son so tightly that my knuckles turned completely white.
Julian finally snapped out of his shock and aggressively stepped toward the intruder.
"Who the hell are you, and what are you doing in my wife's room?" Julian demanded loudly.
The stranger looked at Julian with an expression of pure, unadulterated pity.
"She is not your wife anymore, Julian, and that child certainly does not belong to you," the man replied calmly.
Eleanor's face drained of all remaining color as she finally recognized the man standing in front of her.
"Arthur Sterling," Eleanor whispered, her voice trembling with a fear I had never heard her use before.
The name sent a massive shockwave through my exhausted, overwhelmed brain.
Arthur Sterling was the legendary, reclusive billionaire CEO of the rival corporation that was supposed to inherit the Vance empire.
"You recognize me, Eleanor," Arthur said, taking a slow, menacing step toward the terrified matriarch.
He explained that he had recently purchased the corrupt fertility clinic to investigate their illegal genetic market.
"I discovered that you stole my highly classified biological material to create an heir that would secure your fraudulent control of the company," Arthur stated.
I gasped loudly as the unbelievable, impossible truth fully settled into my mind.
The man standing in the delivery room was the actual, biological father of my newborn son.
"You stole my future, Eleanor, and you violated this innocent woman's body to do it," Arthur growled, his fists clenching at his sides.
Julian looked back and forth between his mother and his lifelong corporate enemy, completely losing his mind.
"You used the Sterling bloodline to save our company?" Julian asked his mother, disgusted by her extreme hypocrisy.
Eleanor tried to run toward the door, but Arthur easily blocked her path with his massive frame.
"The police are already surrounding the hospital, Eleanor," Arthur warned her.
He turned to me, offering a gentle, reassuring smile that completely contrasted with his intimidating appearance.
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"I am going to get you and our son out of here right now," Arthur promised softly.
But as he reached his hand out to help me off the bed, a deafening explosion rocked the entire hospital wing, plunging the room into absolute darkness.
