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"Why shouldn't I dare? This child will only hinder her progress, become her burden. Moreover, if Kevin Cliff finds out the child is yours, do you think he'll let her go? Let go of the child in her belly?"
"I said no means no! The child is Charlotte Green's, and only she has the right to make decisions about it! You have no right to make choices for her!" Gavin Turner shouted emotionally.
"Heh heh... In fact, you also hope that she can keep the child, don't you? Because with this child, your bond with her will never end," Ice chuckled coldly.
Gavin Turner was at a loss for words, sitting despondently on the sofa, his face in his hands.
Indeed, upon hearing she was pregnant, and that the child was very likely his own, his heart was filled with the intense hope that she would give birth to the child, to become an unbreakable bond between them.
He was despicable, shameless; despite having hurt her, he still harbored such hopes.
