“As much as I am sorry to hear your condition, it has nothing to do with me.” His deep voice was indifferent.“It is exactly the fact that the baby has nothing to do with you that makes me willing to meet. I want nothing from you. Don’t worry. The only thing I want is this baby.” Her chest heaved, her hands clasping the edge of the table to support her body.Sunlight shone through the floor-to-ceiling windows behind her. It looked as if she was coated with a soft yellow halo. Her hair that cascaded down on both sides of her cheeks gave a touch of beauty to her.The sight tugged at Mark’s heartstring. There was a slight emotional disturbance in his eyes. When he spoke, his icy voice softened a bit this time. “What if the child belongs to another man?”“I will still keep the baby. I'd prefer the baby to belong to another man rather than you.”Her reply startled him slightly. He narrowed his eyes and swallowed. This time, his voice became bitter again. “Why is that?”“It will be far

“She said she would be back with her fiancé in two days,” Yvette said.Mark clenched the file in his hand and walked forward, his expression becoming normal again.“Where are you going, Mark?” Yvette looked at him from behind, wondering if he could still not forget Raine Valentine.He paused and turned around with his eyebrows raised. “The washroom.”“Your aunt has something to say to you: it is time to settle down; you are not young anymore,” Yvette said after eyeing him.Mark looked calm, not revealing his emotions. “Let me go to the washroom first, Mom.”As soon as he was inside the washroom, he forced his fist on the marble basin countertop, his eyes piercingly bitter. He sneered.‘Damn you, Raine!’He took out his phone with his bruised hand. With that bitter smile on his face, he dialed the number that he had ingrained in his mind.‘The call you have dialed is busy. Please try again later.’The line was busy?He narrowed his eyes and threw his mobile phone on the basin

It was only right for Cerys to leave now. But before that, she did not forget to encourage Summer and the young man to contact each other by phone to get to know each other better.So now Mark and Summer were the only people here. As always, Mark still had no expression on his face. “So this is what a blind date looks like, eh?”Summer said nothing, just biting her lip, waiting for her opportunity.“Did you leave your phone number to every man you met on a blind date?” Mark frowned and felt curious.She took a deep breath, as she could no longer stand this anymore. “I am going to the ladies’ room.”But Mark extended his hand to stop her and then glanced down at the luggage with his piercing eyes. “Why do you need to bring the luggage to the toilet?”She froze and did not want to pretend anymore. “I will not agree to an abortion. Absolutely no!”“Do you think you can defy me?” He threatened her.He hit the nail on the head. She lowered her eyes and gritted her teeth. “You are a

The phone rang for a long while before a drowsy voice picked it up. “Hello?”“You have five minutes. Either you come down, or I go up,” he frowned and said with a no-nonsense voice.He disliked waiting, but today was an exception. He had been waiting for over half an hour, and his patience had run out.Summer was jolted out of her sleep. She gasped in fright. ‘How... how could it be him?’“Five minutes. If you agree, bring your things and come down quickly. If you disagree, we will go to the hospital. Now, there are still four minutes left.”He reminded her again and hung up before she could say anything.He raised his eyebrows, wondering if he was really so frightening to her that she had to gasp in horror at hearing his voice?With one minute left, Summer appeared in front of the black Land Rover. She gritted her teeth and opened the car door.Her hair was pointing everywhere, and there was a stain on the corner of her mouth.Her appearance startled Mark, but just for a seco

After a moment of hesitation, as if she had been through a bloody struggle with herself, she lowered her head and solemnly put down her signature.This simple procedure changed their relationship tremendously.They went from slightly above strangers to becoming a couple who slept together.It was 8:30 am when they left the Civil Registry Office.The salt grain-like snow had turned into flakes, covering the ground in white.Cold air rushed into her nostrils as she took a deep breath. She could not help shivering.The temperature had dropped so low overnight.But the thought of her going from being single to married overnight made the changes in weather seem to be not much of a surprise.Many things could change overnight.While her mind ran wild, Mark was walking out of the Civil Registry Office with two staff members. They followed him from behind and were very respectful when they spoke to him.Mark opened the car door and motioned for her to get in.She still could not get