[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride":3,"chapter-the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-496":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Alpha's Unwanted Bride",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1496770,1945,"Chapter 496: A DEAD BABY","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-496",496,"\u003Cp>Nanny Nia didn’t move. She stayed kneeling by the bed, her hand still loosely clutching Jasmine’s, though it felt like she was holding a ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silence stretched between them like a thick fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine didn’t blink. Didn’t flinch. Her chest rose and fell so faintly, Nanny Nia feared she might drift away again, this time for good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she didn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sat there—empty, motionless. As though her soul had gone somewhere far, far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I should have protected you,\" Nanny Nia whispered, more to herself than anyone else. \"I should have done more. I should have known.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still no response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny Nia was appalled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worried that Jamsine had lost her entire being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny Nia gently got up from her knees and walked up to the chair she had been sitting on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She picked up the wrapped up towel and gently walked over to Jasmine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps if she brought the dead child, then Jasmine would feel something at least.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn’t want to do anything with her... with it,\" she whispered. \"I told them it was your decision. Not mine. Not Marie’s. Not even his.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She brushed the edge of the towel, her hands trembling. \"It still here, sweetheart. If you want to see ... I can—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The word came out cracked and dry, but firm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly stunning Nanny Nia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine didn’t look at her. Her gaze remained fixed on nothing but some invisible place only she could see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jasmine.\" Nanny Nia whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she remained unmoving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for a long while, neither of them moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world outside went on, morning unfolding into a new day. But inside the room, time stood still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a broken girl and the woman who refused to leave her side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Nanny Nia realized that there wasn’t going to be much difference from Jasmine, she very gently placed the wrapped up towel on her laps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine flinched, but retracted and remained frozen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny Nia stood hoping for change but Jasmine didn’t react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny Nia felt perhaps she needed time alone so she stepped away from the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll give you some time alone.\" Nanny Nia said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she was at the door about to leave, she thought she heard a smal voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\" Nanny Nia said turning around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I said what was it?\" Jasmine hoarse and croaked voice asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was a girl.\" Nanny Nia said responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine remained unmoving for a while and then nanny Nia watched as she gently reached over the wrappings of the towel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then what seemed like a tear dropped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then more came and Jasmine gently pulled it to her and began to weep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She screamed and wept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny Nia now relieved that she was finally letting her emotions out hurried to her side. She pulled Jasmine to her arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All two of them along with the wrapped up towel being clung to her chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine wept so much Nanny Nia could feel the tears sticking against her dress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she didn’t mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She only held unto Jasmine as she wept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while of weeping Jasmine gently let go of Nannh Nia and held unto the wrappings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She went quiet as she sniffed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then soon she broke the silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I knew it was going to be a girl.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny Nia gave a weak smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny Nia brushed her hair and gave her a kiss on her forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine was quiet once again for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can I bury her?\" Jasmine asked her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course you can.\" Nanny Nia urged. \"It’s your right to.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny Nia started to hear some noises at the door and she frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is everything alright?\" Jasmine asked her face still pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course.\" Nanny Nia said coming down from the bed. \"Just give me a second.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with that Nanny Nia rushed out of the room and once she shut the door behind she turned to face who the noisemakers were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have no right being here.\" Fiona snapped at Erik.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s going on?\" Nanny Nia interrupted the two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was tension in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just came to see Jasmine.\" Erik stated turning to Nanny Nia. \"And she won’t let me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course I won’t. What? You came to finish the job?\" Fiona retorted her hands on her waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You act like I’ll ever hurt Jasmine.\" He stated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well you didn’t have to. Not directly at least. Always happen to be there when things go bad. Too much of a coward to say anything.\" Fiona snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny Nia felt that there was more amiss here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey hey hey.\" Nanny Nia stopped her. \"The tow of you stop. Enough!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then she grabbed their arms and forced them down the hallway away from the bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she was sure that they were all out of earshot, she glared at them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is wrong with the two of you?\" She demanded. \"Acting like children. Jasmine is going through a hard enough time as it is without you two making her any worse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned to Fiona. \"You have no right to turn him away from seeing Jasmine. He didn’t put Jasmine in the cell.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erik grinned and then Nanny Nia turned back to him. \"You didn’t support her and that’s enough to show where you stand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was now Fiona’s turn to grin at Erik.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really what is wrong with the both of you?\" She demanded. \"Making it about yourselves. She just lost her child for the goddess’s sake. She is distraught already.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just want to know she is okay.\" Erik stated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And I understand that.\" Nanny Nia replied. \"But I don’t think she would like to see you or anyone right now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erik sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand. I’m sorry.\" He apologized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know.\" Nanny Nia nodded. \"But it’s not me you should tell that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all went quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door had now spring open and they turned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Jasmine standing in her blue chemise Nanny Nia had worn for her after her surgery, with the folded towel in her arms.\u003C\u002Fp>",1002,"2026-06-06T04:22:13.102Z",1,"novelbin.me","a87794a0423a7be8883ac254bd157de0bcf8aaa68c60a40ce6a68567f8f19ca2","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-497","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-495",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]