In a milk tea shop, outside the hospital.
Sitting inside the shop were Sharon, Rebecca, and Nathan.
"Isn't Nathan well-behaved?" Rebecca looked at her son, who was sitting there obediently, sipping his drink. She smiled slightly and said, "He's such a good boy. No one in the world would dislike him. Miss Cruz, do you think Stanley will like him?"
Looking at her coldly, Sharon said, "You've asked me here just to tell me this?"
"Of course not."
"Then what did you want?"
"I just wanted to say that you will be Nathan's stepmother in the future. I hope that you'll treat him well. Don't abuse him, don't hit him, don't..."
"Rebecca Lambert!"
As Sharon could not bear it any longer, she shouted, "This child is your son. He has nothing to do with me!"
With a smile, Rebecca said, "He's Stanley's child. If you're not going to divorce Stanley, then you'll have to put up with this child. I would prefer to let you know beforehand, rather than having you panic when the time comes."
"Since when you're so kind? You're telling me this just so you can break the relationship between me and Stanley, right?" Sharon scoffed.
"If your relationship with Stanley is stable enough, how could I break it?" Rebecca raised her eyebrows. "Miss Cruz, I want to ask. After I left yesterday, how did Stanley explain to you about our trip abroad?"
"What do you mean?"
"Nothing. I just wanted to tell you, Stanley was abroad to save Nathan this time. Although the history between Stanley and me had passed. Nathan will always be his son. He will never turn a blind eye to the boy."
After finishing her words, Rebecca looked at Sharon, whose face gradually turned pale. With that, a deep smile formed on Rebecca's face. She continued, "Or did Stanley lie to you, from the start till the end? He did not tell you why he went abroad, neither did he mention anything about Nathan to you?"
"He... he was just worried that I could not accept it, so he did not mention... the child!"
"What a joke, and you believe that? Let me tell you the truth. Stanley had never intended to tell you about the existence of this child. What he had planned was to secretly compensate us behind your back, giving us whatever we desired. He would even accompany us to go shopping once a week and bring us traveling as well. Any, I'm not greedy for any title. As long as I can be with Stanley, I am satisfied."
Rebecca fixed her gaze on Sharon as if she was an eyesore. "Miss Cruz, the question is, can you accept us?"
When she heard that, Sharon's mind went blank. Originally, she thought that Rebecca had called her out to impose a threat. In the end, she was here to seek peace?
"I know you would not want to divorce Stanley, and I won't force you to do so. I don't want anything. Title, money, status, they're all yours," For a moment, Rebecca did not look at her. "I only beg that you allow Stanley to come by my place once a week. Let him spend the night with his child, with me..."
Looking at her in disbelief, Sharon rebuked, "You're carzy!"
With a frown, Rebecca said, "I know you won't agree. It doesn't matter if you hate me, but you should think about Nathan. He's the only child of Stanley, and you can't stop them from meeting! You have not been a mother, so you can't understand a mother's state of mind. Miss Cruz, I've never begged anyone. This time I'm begging you to be merciful. Don't destroy our family of three, please?"
If they were a family of three, then what about her? Was she an outsider then?
The hand that Sharon placed on her abdomen started to tremble uncontrollably. She looked at the little boy across from her in a daze.
In another hospital.
Sitting in front of the hospital bed, Sharon looked at her sleeping father. She held her father's hand with one hand, then placed the other hand on her stomach. "Father, I'm pregnant. I found out today and was very excited. I planned to share this good news with Stanley, but I've discovered another thing..."
With that, Sharon's eyes turned red again as she spoke, "It turns out that he already had a son. His name was Nathan. He's very well-behaved, with big eyes. I don't want to like him, but he's so obedient that I can't help but like him..."
Babbling, Sharon said a lot to her father. She did not know how long they had talked. In the end, she actually fell asleep.
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