Chapter 12

His expression stiffened slightly. "Given the situation last night, I was afraid something might happen to her. You know lan was his parents' only child.

Now, Jewel's baby is their entire hope. If anything were to happen..."

I understood his unfinished sentence.

"So, from now on, anything related to her will always be your priority, right?" I asked coldly.

Chris was silent for two seconds. "Things will be different once the baby is

born."

I started to laugh. As I turned, the newly risen sun stung my eyes.

"Chris." I looked at him. "There will be other problems after the baby is born. The baby might get sick or have accidents. As long as you use this child as an excuse, you and Jewel will always be in some kind of entanglement, and I will always be the one you abandon."

Chris fell silent at my words.

I made my stance clear. "Chris, if we get married, I don't want my husband to be taking care of another woman every other day."

give me some time. I'll sort this out."

if she needs care, you shouldn't have to take it this far. And..."

"Because I was

remorse after lan's death, I asked, "Chris, did you do something to

my name coldly. "Do you really have

affecting me no... I pressed my lips

wife, let's break up.

to be torn between me and Jewel. Besides... you're not interested in me. Why

I realized how deeply his words from that day had

After a moment, he coldly asked, "Do you

sure,"

stated before he turned around and threw the

the

I stared at the discarded white roses, my

had told me not to

revealed his true

was why he felt he

Chris and me had fallen apart, I was

now, my work included wrapping things up and handing over

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