Chapter 315

Victor's dark eyes narrowed, his lips curling with a hint of disdain. "So you're telling me to just pretend nothing happened? Do you really think that's possible?"

Isadora turned away, refusing to meet his sharp, piercing gaze. Instead, she fixed her eyes on a patch of windswept reeds outside and asked quietly, "And what, you think you could ever marry me?”

Victor's brow furrowed. For a moment, he said nothing.

Isadora let out a soft, bitter laugh. She'd expected as much.

What was the point in seeking out humiliation?

Trying to sound casual, she went on, "Don't get the wrong idea. I'm not planning

to use this baby to force your hand. The minute I walked off that operating table, I knew exactly what I wanted. I'll raise this child on my own."

At that, Victor let out a short, derisive laugh.

"So you're just cutting the dad out of the picture?"

"Isadora, you really are something, aren't you?"

together. "Victor, I only kept my pregnancy

get messy. But now that you know, I'm asking me go, for old times'

can't you let

stone-faced and silent, so she tried again. "With your family name, if you wanted a child,

and tossed his pack of cigarettes aside. His gaze flicked to her midsection, his tone sharp. "Why ask me? You should be asking the baby. I'm just the guy whose name goes on the birth

Isadora fell silent.

couldn't exactly answer

word-I'll never bring the

to get annoyed. The more she spoke of raising the baby alone, the more it sounded like she was trying to cut him out of her life

like he was dead? Like he never existed, just so she could be

all figured out. Maybe you should get a medal for being so

he so

would ever accept

paths with Mrs. Fitzgerald before, and she knew the woman wasn't the type to back down easily. Now that

face. After a long moment, brows drawn, he murmured, "If you ever want

“Victor, there's no point forcing this. The baby was my accident, not ours. I don't want it to

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into the night, merging seamlessly with the dazzling city

car, a

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