Upon arriving at the hospital ward's door, Raegan inadvertently caught the doctor's words from inside.

"The decision of whether to keep or terminate the pregnancy lies solely with you. I hope you consider it carefully.”

Raegan stood frozen in shock.

It was not until the doctor walked out that she entered. At this moment, she met Nicole's gaze and asked in a voice tinged with disbelief, “Nicole... Are you pregnant?"

Nicole's expression wavered, and she asked in surprise, "You heard it?"

Raegan nodded and took a seat.

"Whose child is it?"

Nicole hesitated for a moment before saying a name.

"What?" Raegan exclaimed in utter shock.

"How could it be? How could you and Jarrod..."

Nicole buried her face in her hands and, with tearful eyes, looked up at Raegan.

“Raegan, will you look down on me?"

Nicole had kept this secret bottled up for so long, feeling no one to confide in or understand her.

She felt engulfed in darkness and burdened by a weight too heavy to bear alone.

Deep down, she wished she had never met Jarrod.

Raegan wrapped Nicole in a tight embrace, her nose tingling.

"I won't judge you. I know you wouldn't intentionally destroy someone else's relationship."

After being friends with Nicole for years, Raegan knew Nicole all too well. Raegan was certain Nicole would never intentionally meddle in another's relationship, no matter how strong her feelings were toward that person.

There was only one explanation. Jarrod had forced Nicole into this situation.

Nicole cried on Raegan's shoulder for a long time and recounted the events following Jarrod's return.