Irene Nadine’s POV
I didn’t know how many cigarettes he had smoked. The smell of cigarettes in the car was very strong. When we were together before, he seldom smoked, because he knew that I was pregnant and didn’t like the smell of cigarettes. He had always paid attention to this problem. Even if he couldn’t help but want to smoke, he wouldn’t smoke in front of me. When he saw me, he would immediately put out the cigarette.
But now he was still smoking elegantly. Although the smoke was a little choking, it was not as bad as other cigarettes.
I glanced at him. He didn’t mean to say anything.
Perhaps it was because I felt very depressed to stay alone with him in such a small space, I broke the silence first. “… if you have anything to say, just say it. It’s late.”
Ryan Campbell took a deep drag on his cigarette and slowly stubbed it out. Then he turned to look at me.
“Not bad.” He looked me up and down and said indifferently with a hint of mockery in his tone.
I looked at him and didn’t know if he came to scold me or humiliate me. I had never been afraid of him before, even if he was angry or so. Now he said nothing and his tone was not too heavy, but my fear was accumulating with the passage of time.
“Are you doing this just to leave me?”
I lowered my eyes to avoid his sight. I leaned towards the car door and tried to keep a distance from him. I pursed my lips and said lightly, “can you let bygones be bygones? Anyway, we are living a good life now, aren’t we?”
Hearing that, Ryan Campbell laughed and said, “I don’t care. You are the only one who is having a good time, aren’t you? You have so many men around my daughter. Aren’t you very simple in front of me?”
I was so sad, but I just pretended to be calm and said, “so please let me go. I promise I won’t appear in your sight to disgust you again.”
“Let you go?” Ryan Campbell grinned hideously and bit the words, looking fiercely. He got closer and closer , said word by word, “do you know how I have been through these years?”
“I put all the blame on myself. I thought I didn’t take good care of you and your daughter and told myself that I deserved it. But what about you?”
“What about you? When I was blaming myself for my child’s death, you tried every means to divorce me, and even told me that my child was dead. A woman like you didn’t deserve to be my child’s mother at all!”
The more Ryan Campbell said, the more excited he became. He didn’t mean to treat her like this when he knew that the child was still alive, but when he saw that she was with another man and was so indifferent to what had happened in the past, he couldn’t control his emotions.
It was probably his first time to feel cheated by the most trusted person.
Every time he thought of this over the years, he would feel that it was his fault. If he took good care of them and if the child was still alive, would she not divorce him?
But now he realized that it was all wrong. Her leaving had nothing to do with the life and death of the child, and she had even hidden the child for so many years secretly under his eyes.
If the child didn’t look so much like him, would she keep this secret for the rest of her life?
I raised my hand and tried to get rid of his hand. When my cold hand touched the back of his hand, Ryan Campbell suddenly came to his senses. Then he heavily shook off my face, as if he didn’t like me at all.
I don’t want him to treat me as he used to do. I don’t dare to make him angry now. I just hope that he won’t take my child away from me.
I wanted to have a talk with him, but when i saw that he was going to eat me up at the moment, I swallowed the words on the tip of her tongue.
I didn’t know where to start, but I was afraid that i would say something wrong to make his mood worse.
Maybe he doesn’t care about the baby very much. He just can’t feel relieved because I lied to him in the past.
Looking at her cautious look, Ryan Campbell’s heart softened. Then he announced coldly, “I won’t give you the child, and my descendants won’t be given to a woman like you.”
Hearing this, my heart suddenly jolted. I looked at him anxiously and said in a begging tone, “you can ask me to compensate for anything, but please don’t take the child away.”
“Compensation?” Ryan Campbell sneered, “what compensation can you get?”
I froze and said, “I can’t live without Theresa. I apologize to you for what happened that year, okay? You can pretend that you don’t know us from now on. I won’t take Theresa back to see you. It won’t affect your life. You…”
Before I could say anything, Ryan Campbell grabbed my chin so hard that my face turned pale.
Looking at her tearful eyes, Ryan Campbell frowned. Tears finally fell and fell into his hands along her cheeks. He thought she had grown up, but why did she still like to cry so much?
Irritably, he moved his hand away and threw the tissue box. Then he took out the cigarette box, opened the window on both sides to the maximum and began to smoke again.
I lowered my head and took out a piece of tissue to wipe my tears. Still, I didn’t give up. I lowered my head and said to him, “Theresa grew up with me. She is still young. I’m afraid that she won’t get used to living in another environment. Besides, you are going to get married, aren’t you? It will be inconvenient for Theresa to pick you up. On the contrary, you will have your own child in the future. Just take Theresa as gone.”
Ryan Campbell looked out of the window and said nothing. He didn’t ask her how she knew he was going to get married? He didn’t explain or ask anything. He needed to suppress his anger in case she cried again.
Seeing that he didn’t say anything, I thought my reason was not enough to persuade him. I looked up at him carefully, took a deep breath to adjust his breath and emotions, and asked, “… Is that okay?”
A cigarette was quickly ignited under the fierce puff of Ryan Campbell. The window was open, and the smell of smoke was not strong. I timidly looked at his every move. All my willfulness and arrogance towards him in the past were gone, and now I want him to put down those misunderstandings and not to compete with me for Theresa.
That’s my only wealth and always my support.
If he insists on taking Theresa away from me, then to me, it’s like taking away the only backbone of my world.
Ryan Campbell found that time had really worn away some of her edges. At least, she was not as reckless as before. She just wanted him not to compete with her for Theresa, but she never thought of bringing Theresa back to him. he could see how important Theresa was to her. At the same time, she could also see that he had no place in her heart anymore.
If he agreed to leave Theresa to her, she would probably take Theresa away and never appear in his life again.
This was not what he wanted. Whether she had fallen in love with someone else or she had completely forgotten him, all these were not what he wanted.
In order to let her think about it in another way, Ryan Campbell said indifferently, “you only know that the child is very important to you, but what about me? Do you think I don’t care about the child?”
I was stunned and replied sulkily, “… You will have your own child in the future.”
Ryan Campbell found her answer more ridiculous. ” I know her existence, so I won’t let her go.”
I lowered my eyes and didn’t say anything. I didn’t expect him to be so firm.
Time seemed to stop in an instant. i lowered in distress and looked at him without blinking.
, “… Can you give us some time? At least let the child adapt to it first, okay?”
Did she agree? Seeing that she struggled for a while and gave him such a result, should he be moved? But the expression on Ryan Campbell’s face was getting worse and worse.
She would rather give up the child than remarry him?
As far as I’m concerned, if Ryan Campbell wants this child, I can’t compete with him for anything. It’s better for the child to slowly adapt to the future life, accept a strange father, and get used to the life without me in the future. Besides, what Ryan Campbell has done is right. Theresa is the child of the Campbell family, With the blood of Campbell family, how can you live a dark life with me?
Ryan Campbell would give her a better environment to grow up.
Without waiting for his answer, I thought it over and asked, “… Do you want to go back and ask your girlfriend’s opinion first? If she doesn’t agree, you can leave Theresa to me, okay?”
“Irene Nadine!”
Hearing his roar, I suddenly shut up and looked at him timidly, not daring to breathe heavily.
I didn’t know if i had said something wrong. Anyway, he was so frightening now.
“Have you ever mentioned me to the child?” Ryan Campbell asked after a long pause.
I looked at him and shook my head cautiously. Ryan Campbell took a deep breath, as if anger had been accumulated in her heart. Then she asked me, “who did you tell her that is her father?”
I just shook my head. I don’t know what it means.
Ryan Campbell guessed that she must have been scared to death, just like a frightened kitten. He said in silence, “go upstairs and take the child down.”
“… she is asleep.”
“I’ll pick her up tomorrow. Pack up your things.”
My whole body froze, and the emotions that had just been stabilized became a little panic. “Can you give me some time… It’s too sudden, which will frighten the child.”
“Then how long do you want?”
“Let me explain to the child first, okay?”
“Explain it clearly? You haven’t known that you have a father for four years. How can you explain it?” He didn’t forget the scene that she was sitting in the man’s arms and joking with him.
If he hadn’t run into the child by accident, would he keep the lie for the rest of his life?
Ryan Campbell didn’t have the heart to hurt her and her child. She knew that she had to take it slow. Not only the child couldn’t accept it, but also she couldn’t adapt to it.
Even if he was angry, he would not want to take revenge on this woman in a vicious way.
“Okay, I’ll give you some time. But don’t try to play any tricks. I’m not that patient and I’m not as kind-hearted as you think.”
I nodded thoughtfully. I didn’t want to play any tricks, but because of his grace, I said, “… Thank you.”
Ryan Campbell was stunned for a while and then heaved a sigh of relief. “See you tomorrow.”
I got off the car in a daze, turned around and walked into the building.
Ryan Campbell didn’t drive away immediately. Instead, he raised his head to look at the tall building. A few minutes later, the dark window on a floor was turned on. Thinking that she and the child were here, his heart seemed to be filled with joy.
There was no news that could surprise him more than the child was still alive.
Although he was angry, the child was still alive as if he had been reborn.
Thinking of the baby, Ryan Campbell couldn’t help smiling. Although they only spent a few minutes together, she was a smart child.