Nathaniel forcefully pulled his hand from Melanie's grip and sighed. "Forget it. Mel, we all know there's no way for us to go back to the past. It's impossible to start all over again!" He exclaimed. Then he lowered his eyes and looked at her belly. "I think we should forget about this child."
Those words caught Melanie off guard as she did not expect him to be so resolute about not having this child. He was someone that liked children, and he cared about their unborn child back then. Yet now, he was suggesting abortion. His words meant that he would break up with her.
However, Melanie would not let that happen. Even if they were to break up, she thought she should be the one to bring it up, not him. What rights did he have? She had sacrificed so much for him, so many years of her youth. What rights did Nathaniel have to decide how their relationship moved forward?
"Of course, but if you insist on keeping this child, I'll be responsible for providing child support. However..." After a pause, Nathaniel looked up at Mel. "I don't think you’d want to. Do you want this baby?"
His gaze made her tremble. In addition to her apparent guilty conscience, there was also unwillingness and embarrassment in her eyes.
"Nathaniel Hall, how can you be so heartless?"
"Mel, you and I came so far. I admit that I play a part in this, but don't you as well? Do you honestly think I don't know anything about what you did to Lily?” Nathaniel did not hold back, as they were already at a point of no return.
It was not that he did not know about it before; he was just biased back then. He wrapped all his thoughts and feelings around Melanie. Naturally, he tolerated everything she did and willingly turned a blind eye. After looking at things once he calmed down, he realized his mother was right. He had terrible taste in women, after all. Nathaniel just hoped he was not too late and could still fix things.
"At the end of the day, you just regret all this, don’t you? You regret choosing me and regret giving Lily up. Am I right?!" Melanie was furious, and she began to accuse Nathaniel angrily.
Hearing this, Nathaniel raised his head and answered in an extraordinarily calm and firm manner, "Yes!”
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