Two Times the Charm novel Chapter 1

"Ms. Calloway, right this way."

The driver opened the suite's door for her, bowing politely.

Clara Calloway stood at the entrance, looking at the darkness inside the room. Every fiber of her screamed to turn around and bolt! But the check that was clenched in her fist made her straighten up; she forced herself to walk in.

The door was closed behind her, blocking out the last shred of light! Clara, like a frightened bird, frantically searched for a light switch, only to find there were none in the room.

Suddenly…

She felt someone approaching from behind!

Just as Clara was about to scream, a pair of large hands suddenly covered her mouth!

"Quiet. I don't like noisy women."

The voice was deep and frightening, laced with a hint of annoyance.

The next moment, she was abruptly lifted and roughly thrown onto the soft bed!

"Hold on!" Clara pressed against his chest with her voice trembling. "I want to know. Why me?"

"You don't need to know why."

She wanted to ask more, but his lips had already silenced her...

Even now, Clara still remembered that man's icy voice, his cold hands, and his rough, seemingly endless actions, until she lost consciousness...

...

Ten months later, outside a villa in a suburb overseas, a dozen black Bentleys were waiting at the gate. They were waiting for the birth of the youngest offspring of the Melendez family.

Inside the villa, Clara was in a battle with death!

Hearing the baby's cry, the half-unconscious Clara weakly lifted her hand, "Give it to me... I want to see him..."

The doctor held the baby, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "I suggest you don't look. I'm a mother too, so I know looking will only make it more painful."

With that, she handed the baby to two men in black suits standing outside the door.

"No, don't, I... I want to see him just once!"

But the men in black had already left with the baby. She could hear the sound of the car engine starting.

The doctor looked at her expression and sighed. Just as she was about to disinfect Clara, Clara suddenly clutched her stomach and groaned.

"It hurts. It’s starting to hurt again!"

"Still hurting?" The doctor was taken aback, immediately checked her. "Oh my God, there's another baby in your belly."