My smile faltered as I subconsciously turned toward John and said, “John, even Summer could understand the theory. Stop living in a world of your own.”
He pressed his lips together and didn’t respond.
As a normally quiet person, Hannah never spoke much either.
After the meal, when we moved to have tea in the yard, Summer pestered Hannah to look at the flowers at the rear of the house.
As I sat across John, I decided not to beat around the bush. “When do you plan to hold the wedding?” I asked.
He furrowed his brows. “What wedding?”
“Your wedding with Ms. Anne, of course. Are you planning to get a marriage certificate after she has given birth?”
He shrugged nonchalantly and replied, “I don’t plan to get married. I do want the child since it’s mine, but I have no plans to marry her. After the delivery, I’ll give her a sum of money and transfer the guardianship of the child under you. It’s the same thing as when Summer was transferred to you.”
Had it not been because the tea in my hands was scalding hot, I would have splashed it right in his
I already feel sorry for Summer, yet you’re planning to let your child be born into a single-parent family? Moreover, what’s so bad about Hannah? She’s elegant and magnanimous. The only reason you could degrade her this
She gives birth to my child, and I give her money in return—is that not taking responsibility? Besides, I’m sure you’ll dote on
I—
dreaming! I won’t raise
attempt to suppress my anger,
been a long time since I last got that agitated. Bumping into Ashton, who had just come down from
I answered furiously, having
I’d calmed my emotions,
at
John and Ms. Anne?” He
missed it, he’ll never find it again. Rather than cherishing the gem he has, he’s decided not to get married.
you mad
minute when I glanced up into his fervent gaze. It took a while for me to find my voice and said, “His feelings for me aren’t romantic but like siblings. It’s just that he’s yet
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