"Cora, I know this sudden confession might make you doubt if it's just a spur-of-the-moment decision. But it's not. From the moment I saw you, I even had names planned for our children after we got married. If it wasn't for my grandfather telling me that you were already pregnant back then, I believe I would have done everything I could to win you over.
"Later, Grandpa misunderstood the situation between us and asked me to take care of you. I simply went along with it, just to have more chances to look at you."
When Jerry spoke about these things, there was a hint of self-deprecation in his demeanor.
Perhaps even he found it unbelievable that someone, as experienced in love as he was, would end up falling in love with a pregnant woman.
Even to the extent of pretending to be oppressed by his grandfather and taking care of her to have more opportunities to look at her.
"Then, Martin was born. At first, I didn't like him, but I couldn't help but feel that I saw traces of you in him, and I couldn't resist getting close to him..."
Jerry said a lot. But Cora was still a little at a loss.
She really didn't expect that the easy-going, brother-like big boy who played with Martin day in and day out would have such feelings for her.
Although she had considered starting a new relationship after breaking up with Byron, she knew that it would only be possible many years later.
Because of that, she suddenly didn't know how to face Jerry.
"That... I..."
She organized her speech for a long time, but she didn't know how to express it.
But fortunately, Jerry seemed to have anticipated her mood.
He smiled and rubbed the top of her hair. "Don't put so much pressure on yourself. I didn't want you to accept me all at once."
He also got up and walked outside the house.
"Okay, I'll give you time and space to calm down first. Let's discuss how to go to New York to find Dr. Watts tomorrow. We will leave the day after tomorrow at the latest. I know you don't want to delay any longer."
Then he left as he said.
But until two hours after he left, Cora's mind was still in chaos.
She never thought that Jerry would have that idea about her.
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I somehow find Cora childish...