"Don't cry, honey. You know what they say, it's all about fate between parents and their children..."

"Really?"

Sherilyn's tears momentarily paused. Could it be because her intentions were impure? Did the baby know it was brought into this world to save its sister and thus, resisted? Even if it came into existence, it refused to stay in her womb?

"Ah..."

Sherilyn closed her eyes in pain, "My baby, my child... Mommy is so sorry... I couldn't keep you..."

Bang! The door to the hospital room burst open!

Gilbert, tall and imposing, stood at the entrance, unmovable.

"Gilbert..." Sherilyn was stunned, unable to believe her eyes. How could he be here? Wasn't he supposed to be thousands of miles away in London?

He had returned?

But hadn't he said it would take at least a week?

And yet, it had only been a few days?

Gilbert, with a stoic face, fixed his gaze on Sherilyn, stepping closer until he stood right in front of her.

His eyes, unblinking and stern, bore into hers without any pleasantries, "You just said something about not being able to keep the child. What did you mean?"

taken

"Nothing to say?"

your properties and shift your assets to Crestwood? What's up with that?" Shock

How did he

and Sherilyn's expressions and

"Huh."

London, I kept wondering, what could possibly make you

"Sherilyn, don't tell me, you were

Sherilyn could respond, he gripped her shoulders tightly, "Look at

"The truth?"

already low spirit broke entirely, her eyes reddening, "You already know everything, don't you? What more do

"!!"

by lightning, freezing on

was indeed planning to leave

how compliant and affectionate

haha..." Gilbert laughed

"So, these past

been putting

my guard down, waiting for the right moment to leave me, to leave

Sherilyn held her chin high, meeting his gaze head-on, her answer

"You!"

hitched, shock and pain evident, "Fine,

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