"Tara… My stomach hurts," Anya gasped as she felt the pain in her stomach.

"Nadine, get out of the way. I'll move to the back." After wiping the blood on her hands with a wet tissue, Tara immediately climbed onto the back seat.

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Luckily, Tara's body was so flexible so she could move around very easily.

"Anya, Aiden is protecting you for you and the child in your womb. He even blocked the bullet with his body for you. You have to be strong," Tara told her to take deep breaths and massage her.

Anya didn't dare to think about Aiden. She closed her eyes and followed Tara's directions to inhale and exhale, trying to calm her heart.

For Aiden's sake, she had to stay calm…

For Aiden's sake, she had to take good care of their child…

After arriving at the hospital, Tara immediately took Anya to a gynecologist. Meanwhile, Aiden immediately entered the operating room.

Meanwhile, Nico and Harris waited outside the room.

Upon hearing what happened, Ivan immediately followed them to the hospital. He was very panicked when he saw the blood stains on Nico's clothes. "Nico, are you okay?"

Nico shook his head. "I'm fine. This is not my blood, this is Uncle Aiden's blood. He… He was shot…"

"How did this happen? Natali did not have an invitation to attend the event. How did she get into the event hall?" Ivan asked.

Harris answered calmly. "Someone must have given her an invitation. I'm still investigating it. As long as I can find out who gave that invitation to Natali, I will…"

"Do you still need to investigate? It's clear Keara gave that invitation to Natali to kill my aunt. She wanted to get rid of my aunt so she could get my uncle back!" Nico interrupted.

"Wasn't Keara also shot?" Ivan said.

"She deserves to be shot more than anyone. Natali is out of her mind. She couldn't tell the difference between my aunt and Keara. I heard her say that it was better for her to kill them both than to let go. So she chose to shoot both my aunt and Keara," Nico said angrily.

At the same time, Maria came hastily. "How is Aiden?"

"Mother, why are you here? Do you know what happened?" Nico looked at his mother anxiously.

Maria did not dare to tell Bima because his condition was not good ever since he found out what Imel and Heru had done behind him.

"I didn't tell your grandfather. I just said I went out to buy fruit."

"Don't worry, Sis. Aiden will be fine. He was shot in the stomach, but not his vital organs," Ivan tried to calm her down.

Harris stared at Ivan silently. Ivan had just arrived but he already knew Aiden's situation very clearly as if everything was in his hands.

If Ivan wanted to do something about Aiden and take over the Atmajaya Family, this was the right time.

Bima was sick and Aiden was injured. Meanwhile, Nico was still unable to take over the Atmajaya Group.

Would Ivan take this opportunity to bring down Aiden?

Maria breathed a sigh of relief and then grasped Ivan's hand tightly. "Ivan, father is sick and Aiden is injured. Nico is still not mature enough to take care of this family. Now, this family can only depend on you."

"Sis, don't worry. I'll let you know when Aiden is out of the operating room. Now go to Anya's place. She is pregnant. I'm afraid something happened to her," after saying that, Ivan looked at Harris. "Harris, please take Ms. Maria to Anya's place."

"Anya is pregnant?" Maria cried with joy to hear that. "I will go to her place now. You wait here. If there is any update, call me immediately."

Two years ago, Anya had a miscarriage and lost her child to a dirty trick. The incident made it difficult for her to get pregnant again.

However, a miracle finally came to their family. Anya was pregnant again!

How could Maria not be happy?

Harris accompanied her to a gynecologist and immediately found Anya's room.

The doctor had handled everything so that Anya didn't feel pain in her stomach. Currently, she was lying on the bed accompanied by Tara and Nadine.

"Mother, why did you come here?" Nadine was surprised to see Maria's arrival. "Is grandpa ..."

"Don't worry, your grandfather doesn't know," Maria said quickly.

"Auntie is pregnant, but she is not doing well now. Earlier on the way to the hospital, her stomach hurt," Nadine said anxiously.

Tara immediately got up and calmed Maria. "Don't worry. The doctor checked Anya earlier. He asked Anya for bed rest for the first three months. She is also asked to stay in the hospital to make sure that she will be okay. After that, she can be discharged and rest at home."

Maria patted Tara's hand and looked at her expectantly. "Tara, no matter what happens, you have to take care of the child in Anya's womb until it can be born safely."

"I will do my best," Tara didn't know if Anya's body was able to sustain the pregnancy. But she'd sworn herself to help her friend as much as she could.

She also wanted to see Anya happy.

"Anya, I am really happy to hear that you are pregnant. Just now, I got news about Aiden. The shot didn't hit the vital organs. Aiden will be fine," Maria comforted.

"Sis..." tears flowed back down Anya's face. She felt very relieved hearing that Aiden would be fine.

"Anya, remember my words. You have to take care of your health and mood. Don't cry," Tara immediately reminded her.

"Forgive me. I just feel so relieved," Anya tried to hold back her tears, but she couldn't.

"You know Aiden is a strong man. He could survive an explosion once, so what's a bullet to him? I'm sure it won't kill him." Tara pretended to be calm, but she was actually trying to cheer herself up.

"Why does Aiden have to go through all this? Why did all these bad things happen to him?"

Tara felt even more panicked. She wanted to comfort Anya, but no matter what she said, Anya would cry even more.

"Anya, listen to me. If you cry like this, your child will also cry. Aiden is fighting for his life in the operating room. For you and your children, you just have to wait for him to come out. After that, you can come back together," Maria wiped the tears on Anya's face. "Remember your struggle to get this child. You also have to try hard to keep it."

Anya nodded and wiped her tears.

She knew how hard it had been for Aiden to live.

Since childhood, he couldn't feel the love from his parents. He was pretty much neglected and had to survive alone. It was only after Maria's arrival at the Atmajaya Family that Aiden could feel how it was like to be loved.

With Maria and Nico around, Aiden could taste a little warmth of a family.

He spent all of his time abroad. Until finally, Ardan died and Aiden had to return to Indonesia to take care of the company.

But after that, he was kidnapped and injured by the explosion.

Sitting in a wheelchair without being able to see the world around him for a long time… That was how Aiden used to live.

With his own strength, he managed to get back on his feet and face the world.

Anya married Aiden because of coercion at first, but Aiden loved her so much.

Thinking back to their past, Anya felt so sad.

She felt that she didn't really love Aiden the way the man loved her. She was supposed to love Aiden more and showed the world that there was someone who truly loved Aiden with all their heart.

She should've appreciated Aiden's presence and stayed by his side more…

Anya could only hope that it was not too late.