"While it looks like I've known Yannie for more than a month or so, we've been together for more than a year. For the past year, Yannie had been hiding from me, thinking that she wasn't worthy of me and bore my child silently. It was also because of her and the child that I came all the way to Merchant City.
"You said that you're no worse than Yannie. I admit that you are much better than Yannie in many aspects, but..."
Thomas walked over to Yannie, who was still in a daze, and hugged her. He said calmly, "Yannie has something that you don't."
Dazed, Wendy looked at Thomas with confusion in her eyes. "What is it?"
Thomas smiled and gently touched the stretch marks on Yannie's belly. "She has this."
His voice was charming and sincere. "This happened because she gave birth to my child. This was proof of her sacrifice for me and my child."
Thoma's words completely shattered Wendy's pride.
Biting her lip, she tried to refute, to come up with an argument when all of a sudden, her phone rang. This effectively cut off the live stream.
The loud ring pulled Wendy back to reality. She bit her lip and looked at the screen on her phone.
It was a foreign number.
She looked at Thomas, who was hugging Yannie, with resentment before turning around to pick up the call.
"Ms. Fann." The man's voice on the other end of the line was deep and pleasant. "Joshua Lynch here."
Joshua Lynch.
Hearing his name, Wendy furrowed her brow tightly. Although she had only followed Thomas to Merchant City not long ago, she had heard of Joshua's name before.
He was the legendary president of the Lynch Group. In less than a year, he grew the Lynch Group in Merchant City to be on par with the Larson Group.
"You'll know about it once you head out." He said with a smile. "This is a good way for you to back down
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