Now, Tilda could say whatever she wanted.
Originally, he had thought of many confessions and sincere words, but at this moment, he was left with only this sentence.
“You can’t accept it. And then what?”
Tilda didn’t want to bring up those things, but he insisted on entangling himself, and she had no choice.
“As long as we don’t break up, I’ll agree to anything you say, okay?”
“But I just want to break up with you.” Tilda didn’t look at him, turning her back to Johnny.
“Tilda, since I’ve been with you, I haven’t fooled around. It’s only Caroline that I truly had no knowledge of! If I had known Caroline was pregnant with my child, I would never have let that child be born.”
Tilda sneered.
“What’s the use of saying these things now? The child has already been born, and she is your daughter!”
“I can disown her. I can give Caroline some money and have her take the child away. Will that do?” Johnny raised his hand, making a solemn vow. “I swear to God, I will never see them again! From now on, my eyes and heart will only have you.”
In the past, Tilda might have been moved by these words, but now she remained unaffected.
“It’s quite boring, Johnny.” She frowned, adjusting her emotions before looking into his eyes. “By doing this, the villain will be me! It seems like it’s me who won’t let you see your child and forcibly separates you from your daughter. Have you ever thought that when your daughter grows up, what will she think of me then?”
“I… I won’t let her know who her father is!”
“Don’t joke around. You can’t hide the truth forever.” Tilda didn’t want to play the role of the villain.
Although she hadn’t experienced a life without parents since childhood, it wasn’t hard to imagine that those days must have been difficult.
The more difficult the child’s days were, the more resentment would grow in the child’s heart. There would definitely be troubles in the future.
Tilda didn’t want to get involved.
“So tell me, what do you want? I’ll listen to you! I can also take the child away from Caroline and have my parents raise her so that she won’t resent you! Or… or… she actually…” She had a serious heart condition.
But Johnny couldn’t bring himself to say the rest.
He couldn’t wish for his daughter’s death.
Even though he had just found out about her existence.
“Johnny, like I said, I won’t be a stepmother.” Tilda’s attitude was resolute. “My parents wouldn’t agree either.”
“I admit that on that day outside the hospital, I wanted to give us a chance to reconcile. But at that time, I didn’t know about your daughter! These past few days, I’ve thought about it a lot. It’s not like I haven’t considered accepting this reality, but in the end, I couldn’t convince myself.”
Tilda took love seriously.
Even if they didn’t promise each other a lifetime together as a couple, at least there shouldn’t always be a third person involved!
Caroline would always be a special presence.
And the older their daughter grew, the stronger this special presence would become.
How would she handle it then?
When the child was seriously ill and needed him as a father, could she keep stopping him from going?
Tilda couldn’t bring herself to do it, but it would also make her uncomfortable.
Whether it was selfishness or lacking compassion-whatever it may be-she simply didn’t want to do it.
“You can leave now. Let’s pretend we never met.”
After saying this, Tilda was about to leave.
Suddenly, Johnny grabbed hold of her sleeve and looked at her with red eyes. “What about our child?”