Just then, Maria walked into the room. She looked surprised to see me still conscious. With a smug smile, she handed the full bags of my blood to the doctor.
“Take them now and run your tests while they’re still fresh.”
After that, she turned to me and looked straight into my eyes.
She asked me mockingly, “So, how does it feel to lose your grandmother and your child?”
My eyes filled with rage. In fact, I wanted to rip her apart with my bare hands. But she looked pleased with my pain and kept going.
“Don’t think that giving your blood to Angelo for years means you matter to him. You’re nothing but a joke.”
“You’re pathetic, Sophia. I’ve done everything I can to torture you over the past five years, but you still act like a dirty dog that won’t leave this place.”
I let out a cold laugh and looked at her with disgust.
“If Angelo truly felt nothing for me, you wouldn’t be trying so hard to hurt me or push me away.”
“And you, Maria … you’re just as pathetic. You knew that Mrs. Lombardi was the one who caused the Rossi Family to go bankrupt and yet you still follow her granddaughter like a lost puppy. So, who’s the pathetic one?”
Maria’s face twisted with anger. She raised her hand to slap me, but I grabbed her wrist and slapped her first. For the first time in all these years, she was the one who got hurt. She looked shocked and furious.
She went wild, screaming and kicking me hard in the lower stomach.
“You disgusting woman! I’m going to kill you!”
She pulled me by the collar and slammed me against the wall.
One of the doctors nearby dropped the blood bag and rushed over, clearly scared.
“Stop fighting! This is the blood transfusion room! If someone from outside walks in, our entire plan will be ruined!”
Maria slowly calmed down. She then messed up her hair with her hands and even slapped herself twice to make it look more believable. When she finally opened the door to the blood transfusion room, she looked like she had been badly beaten.
She cried out in a pitiful voice, “Angelo, Sophia refused to give me a blood transfusion and she even said she wanted to kill me!”
Angelo was filled with rage when he saw how miserable Maria looked. Without a second thought, he kicked me hard and I fell to the ground in pain. He pulled Maria into his arms and held her gently while giving me a cold and hateful look.