Seeing Vivian Lynch, Serena Yardley felt a surge of annoyance.
’Didn’t that woman get a rich boyfriend and quit her job? What is she doing back here?’
Scowling, Serena Yardley walked over, oblivious to the fact that the handso face of the man beside her had already turned cold and grim. She stood before Vivian Lynch and asked,
"What are you doing here?"
Vivian Lynch rose and nodded. "Miss Serena. Mr. Yardley."
"I... I went to the hospital to deliver dicine to my mom."
She sounded guilty as she spoke, not daring to lift her head.
She could feel it, too—the man’s gaze, which seed ready to tear her to pieces.
’But she was already in for a penny, in for a pound. If she could just get another sum of money this ti, she would disappear without a trace.’
"Now that you’ve delivered the dicine, you should leave. Don’t co here again unless it’s important."
Serena Yardley said coldly.
For so reason, just looking at this woman made her feel deeply uncomfortable.
It was repulsive.
Without lingering, and ignoring the man beside her, she headed upstairs.
After watching Serena disappear at the top of the stairs, a ruthless expression crossed Ethan Yardley’s face. He pulled out his phone, about to call soone to have Vivian Lynch dragged away.
Vivian Lynch slowly raised her head. Guessing what he was about to do, she quickly held out a pregnancy report to him.
"Mr. Yardley, I know I shouldn’t have co to you again, but... but I’m pregnant."
"I don’t know what to do, and I’m so scared. If my parents find out I’m pregnant out of wedlock, they’ll kill ."
Ethan Yardley...
Staring at the paper Vivian Lynch held out and listening to her words, he felt his world crumble in disbelief.
’Pregnant?’
’One ti was all it took?’
He snatched the report. It did indeed have Vivian Lynch’s na, age, and how far along the pregnancy was.
Unable to accept this, he glared at her. "Co with ."
He strode out of the house, terrified that Serena might overhear or find out sothing.
A smile flickered in Vivian Lynch’s eyes as she hurried to follow him.
They quickly got into the car, and Ethan Yardley drove away from The Sovereign Villa as fast as he could.
The car finally screeched to a halt on a tree-lined street. He gripped the steering wheel so tightly his knuckles turned white.
His chiseled, handso face was terrifyingly dark, and a frightening aura radiated from him.
"Why didn’t you take the pill?" he snarled.
His voice was laced with regret and fury.
Vivian Lynch knew that this older man had a soft spot and was easily moved to pity.
Having figured out his nature, she put on an extrely pitiable act.
"I didn’t know! It was my first ti, and no one told I needed to take a pill. If I hadn’t missed my period and gone to the hospital for a check-up, I would have never known I was pregnant."
"Mr. Yardley, what am I supposed to do now? I’m so scared."
She burst into tears, continuously wiping them away as she sat beside him.
Ethan Yardley couldn’t even bear to look at her. A painful tremor went through his chest.
After suppressing his fury for half a minute, he commanded, "Get it aborted. I’ll have soone take you to the hospital."
He took out his phone, ready to order soone to co.
Vivian Lynch quickly added,
"But I’m afraid I’ll run into soone I know, afraid they’ll find out... And I looked it up online. An abortion can do serious damage to your body."
She turned to look at him, her face a mask of tear-stained misery.
"Mr. Yardley, what if I can’t have children anymore after this? Can you guarantee that I’ll be able to get pregnant again soday, that I can still beco a mother? If you can promise that, then I’ll go through with the abortion."
Ethan Yardley...
He fell silent, his mind in a turmoil.
He couldn’t guarantee that.
It was just like with Sylvia Schuyler all those years ago. After her surgery, she was never able to have children again.
He had carried that guilt for a long ti. Because of it, he had almost pushed away the people closest to him.
If sothing were to happen to Vivian Lynch during the procedure, that would be his responsibility as well.
He had already wronged her once; he couldn’t do it again.
Especially since she was only eighteen or nineteen.
At that mont, Ethan Yardley was tornted by guilt and conflict.
Vivian Lynch seized the opportunity to say,
"Mr. Yardley, what if... what if I just have the baby in secret? Don’t worry, I won’t let Miss Serena find out. You can send sowhere nobody knows ."
"I’ll take good care of myself and the baby there. I promise I’ll never cause you any more trouble."
’She knew it. There was no way this man would let her have the baby. He’d feel guilty and definitely offer her a large sum of money to get an abortion.’
’And even if he did let her keep it, she could just "accidentally" have a miscarriage later. Problem solved.’
’As long as she got the money, she was willing to do anything.’
"Let think about it."
Ethan Yardley hesitated.
He was not an irresponsible person.
But being responsible for Vivian Lynch ant wronging the one at ho.
Yet, if he ignored Vivian Lynch, his conscience wouldn’t be clear.
After a mont’s thought, he asked, "Do you really want to have it?"
Vivian Lynch hadn’t expected him to turn the question back on her. Her eyes flickered for a second before she resud sobbing.
"I don’t know... I’m just scared it will be bad for my body... scared I won’t be able to be a mother soday."
"I’m still so young... And I’m even more scared that my future husband will find out I had an abortion because of another man. He’ll leave ... What am I going to do...?" she wailed.
She lowered her head, crying even more heartbrokenly.
Ethan Yardley never once looked at her, his expression a mask of dark, tornted pain.
The sound of her crying only made him feel more hopelessly entangled.
He leaned back against his seat, brooding in silence for two minutes before finally speaking. "So you’re saying you want to have this child and never get married?"
Vivian Lynch shook her head, saying nothing and just continuing to cry.
Seeing her like this, Ethan couldn’t bring himself to be cruel to her.
He continued, "I’ll give you enough financial compensation to set you up for life. Will you get the abortion then?"
He turned his head to look at her.
Seeing how hard she was crying, he pulled a tissue from the console and handed it to her.
Vivian Lynch took the tissue and nodded. "Okay."
’Enough to set up for life... just how much is that?’
’Her anticipation began to build.’
Ethan Yardley asked her, "How much do you want?"
"I don’t know."
She kept her head down, not daring to look at him. Though her crying had subsided, she continued to sob quietly.
Ethan Yardley didn’t hesitate. "I’ll start with fifty million. Give your account number, and I’ll have soone transfer it to you shortly."
Vivian Lynch pulled out her phone, found the bank account number she had prepared in advance, and showed it to the man beside her.
Ethan Yardley glanced at her again. Seeing her looking so fragile and pitiable, just like Serena, made his heart ache.
After morizing the account number, he said with imnse guilt, "I’m sorry. I never ant to hurt you. I’ll arrange for soone to take you to the hospital tomorrow for the procedure."
Vivian Lynch nodded through her tears. "Okay."
"You can get out now. Don’t go to The Sovereign Villa again. If you need anything, call directly."
"Okay."
Wiping her tears, Vivian Lynch pushed open the car door and got out.
Afraid Serena would get suspicious, Ethan Yardley sped away.
Left standing there, Vivian Lynch’s tear-stained face instantly broke into a brilliant, cunning smile.
’Rich people are so generous.’
’Fifty million without even batting an eye.’
’Her quick thinking to find a guy to sleep with and get pregnant had really paid off.’
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