“That’s right! Who says I couldn’t? Well?”
Rhys retorted with a short laugh while wickedly looking at Stefan.
This show was more interesting than he had thought.
Stefan warned him with a sullen face, “Martha is my wife. I can’t believe Mr. Williams would be such a brass and tried to flirt with a married woman.”
Rhys shrugged like he didn’t care and said casually, “You’ll get divorced eventually.”
Stefan knew that was a provocation but his hands hanging at his sides were still clenched when he heard it.
Martha did want to divorce him but Rhys was definitely not the one to talk.
Besides, he wouldn’t let her go this time.
He would never divorce her!
“Don’t even think about it.”
“Well, it’s not up to you.”
Rhys said it still with calmness but those words really pushed Stefan’s buttons.
Stefan’s eyes got watery as he thought Rhys was right about that and Martha was the one to call the shots now.
But…
Staring at her standing right next to him, Stefan just couldn’t hold his anger at the thought that she was here for Rhys.
“You are gonna marry him?”
Martha took a peaceful glance at Stefan and didn’t answer with her lips pressed.
Did she have another choice except for accepting Rhys’ help?
But, marrying him… she just couldn’t do it.
She hated this situation right now as she felt that she was a plaything being fought over by two men.
Martha didn’t answer, so Stefan took her silence as a yes.
He then held his breath and tried so hard to swallow his anger while grabbing her wrist.
“Martha, I’m not gonna let you marry him. Leave with me, now!”
Then he turned and stormed out while dragging her.
Martha heavily got rid of him just after a few steps.
She gazed in the direction where Rhys was with confusion and hesitation in her eyes.
She had no idea if she should agree to marry Rhys but the only thing she knew was… she couldn’t lose Jimmy.
Rhys was an 8/8 HLA match for Jimmy and a done marrow transplant operation could be performed right away.
She wanted his son Jimmy to live longer.
Stefan turned around stiffly as he knew that she had made up her mind from the moment she broke free.
His face darkened. And he then said hoarsely and sadly, “That test report could be a fake one.”
Stefan was Jimmy’s father and even he wasn’t a match.
How could Rhys, a person unrelated to Jimmy, be a match? How could that be possible?
At this time, Rhys’ gentle yet potent voice rang out, “Why would I lie?”
He could do another matching test if they didn’t trust him.
Well, he didn’t mind.
Stefan frowned more deeply as Rhys’ condescending look did provoke him.
The aura around Stefan got surprisingly intimidating. He stared at Martha with mixed feelings in his brown eyes.
He wanted Martha to leave with him and stop listening to Rhys’ nonsense.
Stefan opened his mouth and tried to persuade Martha-
“We… we could try to have another baby.”
“Umbilical cord blood treatment is better than a bone marrow transplant. I’ll have my men keep looking for another donor while we’re trying to have another baby.”
Martha sneered when Stefan was in mid-sentence.
She turned around and looked at him, with disappointment and sarcasm in her eyes.
Rupert had said that Jimmy’s status didn’t allow him to wait for the umbilical cord blood of another baby.
She and Stefan both knew it by heart. But now… she couldn’t believe he would say that just to stop her from marrying Rhys.
Looking for another donor…
The perfect donor was here!
Why wouldn’t Stefan want Rhys to be the donor for Jimmy?
It was because of his stupid pride, wasn’t it?
Martha was completely disappointed in Stefan with perceivable aloofness on her face.
Stefan was hurt by the look she gave him. And he knew she must have misunderstood him.
But…
How could he explain himself?
He just couldn’t watch her marry another man!
At that moment, Stefan felt the excruciating pain that Martha used to suffer.
It was as if he had been put through a living hell, and there was nothing he could do about it.