Chapter 2

I turned to Sally as she sobbed quietly at the side. The corners of my lips twitched.

“What proof do you have that the baby you’re carrying is mine?”

The crowd abruptly fell silent. The people who held up their phones to stream the whole thing instinctively turned their cameras to Sally. They were waiting for her answer.

A flash of panic crossed her face, but she quickly drowned it out with another wave of tears.

“Proof? You’re asking me for proof? Don’t you remember anything that night at the hotel?”

“Which hotel and which night?” I calmly pressed as if we were talking about the weather.

“What’s the room number? Where’s the booking record? Or…”

I casually glanced at her belly.

“Can you produce anything that proves we had physical contact? Is there anything that shows I have a biological connection to the child you’re carrying?”

Right then, a trace of embarrassment crossed Sally’s face.

“How am I supposed to explain something like that? Isn’t the baby itself proof enough?”

William frowned and also thought that I had gone too far with my line of questioning.

“Chris, you’re being unreasonable! These are deeply private matters. How can Sally possibly provide concrete evidence for everything?”

“So, you can’t provide any evidence, huh?”

I raised an eyebrow and my voice. Then, I swept my eyes across the raised phone cameras.

“She’s saying that her claims are enough to decide who the father is.

“By that logic, I can point to any male student present or even you and claim that the baby is yours, correct?”

“Nonsense!” William exploded with rage.

I smirked and finally stopped holding back my own anger.

“Mr. Anderson, before you accuse me of being unreasonable, why don’t you stop and think for a moment? You’re forcing me to take responsibility for her claims without concrete evidence. Is that fair to me?”

As soon as I finished speaking, Sally added, “You want evidence, right? Fine!”

She took out her phone and showed us several screenshots.

“These are the tickets from when you asked me out to the movies. This is the receipt from when you took me out for food. And this is the record from the first time we booked a hotel room together…”

She paused for a moment and lowered her voice. However, everyone present could still hear her. “The baby I’m carrying came from the third time we booked a room. Honey, even at this point, you still won’t admit it?”

No wonder she had repeatedly asked me out since that meeting. It looked like she had planned to set me up all along!

I glanced at her so-called evidence, and the corners of my lips formed a cold smirk.

“It’s just a few random tickets and receipts, plus some booking records that anyone can forge. You expect me to be a fool and take the blame? No way.”

“My god! This guy is despicable! He’s the one who demanded proof. Now that she’s shown it, he’s still denying everything!”

“Trash! It’s clear that he’s trying to get laid and walk away scot-free!”

As the crowd’s opinion skewed completely, Sally’s tears began to spill again.

“Honey, how could you slander me like that?

“I understand that there’s a huge difference between our family backgrounds. You may think that I’m not good enough for you, but our baby is innocent!”

William stepped in front of Sally without hesitation, and his tone was heavy with disappointment.

“Sally’s a girl. Do you really think she would sacrifice her own reputation and dignity just to falsely accuse you?!”

William shook his head in anguish. It was as if he were looking at a hopeless case of fallen youth.

“I thought you were just young and afraid of taking responsibility. But now, it’s clear this is a matter of character. You can’t tell right from wrong, and you blatantly twist the truth. No university should ever tolerate a student like you!”

He took a deep breath, as though he had finally made up his mind.

“This is an extremely serious case. It’s no longer just a private relationship dispute. It’s a major violation of university rules, and it has damaged the university’s reputation. You are to offer Sally a sincere apology and take responsibility as a man at once. Otherwise, I’ll contact the university’s administration and pursue severe disciplinary action, including expulsion!”