He shrugged, saying somewhat nonchalantly, "I have n o plans of getting married. I want the child she's carrying but we’re never getting married. When the child is born, I’ll give her money and transfer him to your name."
Transfer him to my name?
Was he saying that he did not want the baby either?
I was so angry with him that I could hardly speak and simply glared viciously at him.
Tyler laughed. "A person like me isn’t suitable to get married, much less raise a child."
"You're just trying to shirk responsibility!"
I took a deep breath. "Do you really want to see your child growing up in a single-parent family like Munchkin?
"Susan is a good lady. The only reason you’re defiling her like this is that she loves you. Don't ever wait until the day she leaves you to learn what you're truly missing out on."
He was somewhat indifferent. After taking a sip of tea, he leaned his slender body on the chair.
"She needs money, that's why it's fair that she’s giving
me a child and I'm giving her money. If she wants anything beyond that, then that's greed."
After a pause, he continued, "I saw how well you've raised Munchkin and I believe you’ll raise my child equally well too."
"You can dream on!"
I stood up furiously. "Why should I raise your child for you when you don't even want to raise him? Unless you don’t want this child anymore, you’re to be fully responsible and take Susan’s hand in marriage. Give the child a complete family.”
I was so angry at him that I turned around and left after saying that.
Theo came downstairs and saw how angry I was. He hurried toward me, asking worriedly, "Why are you so angry?”
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