Chapter 23
He suddenly let go, and I was free again. I did not open my eyes and just laid there on the couch like a dead fish.
After a long while, he took me in his arms and held me close. Leaning against his chest, I could clearly feel the beating of his heart. Thump, thump, thump. It was strong
“How much longer do you want to pretend?” His deep, magnetic voice reached my ears.
He raised his hand and pinched my cheek, but I still did not move.
“How could you in your right mind decide to end the life of the child? Are you not ashamed?” The tone of his voice was a little low, but it was
obviously not as angry as before.
My heart skipped a beat. My eyelashes fluttered, but I still did not open my eyes.
With a barely audible sigh, he carried m
e and gently placed me on the bed.
an unusual emotion in me. For the first
odno
leave, but he still stayed in the room. He even called Mason over to check on me. Come to think of it, it was not easy to be Mason. Coming from a lineage of doctors, he
was so tired that I
my daze, I could
voice. “Since you cannot make both happen, you will have to give
did not seem to want to hear this
was too sleepy to continue hearing what they were saying
tried very hard to open my eyes, but my eyelids were as heavy as stone. I
was no longer in the villa. I guessed
on the sofa last night were no longer
had wanted
was not around, I could not do anything except
on my plate, and I would need to slowly clear my work
jobs were basically on track, and the most crucial task at the moment was to select an ambassador. The product launch was just around the corner. Theo had assigned me this task, so I
would be the
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