novelraw Chapter 824: Do You Want to Keep It?
Chapter 824: Do You Want to Keep It?
Charlotte lifts her damp, muddy eyelashes and looks at Robert Stephens’ face.
His expression carries a hint of impatience, as if all this is just her unreasonable fuss.
Charlotte softly asks, "If I want to leave the Stephens family, can you let me go?"
With the loss of this child, the relationship between her and Robert Stephens could never return to what it was before.
This time, the gap between them might not be as deep as it was in the past, but fundamentally, their relationship hasn’t changed much.
Destiny is inevitable.
Just like this child destined to be born and destined to be lost.
Robert Stephens’ expression suddenly stiffens.
His dark eyes gloomily look at her, asking her, "What are you talking about?"
Charlotte feels as if her heart is breaking; she feels a deep pain in her heart.
But she still says, "I want to leave the Stephens family."
"Leave, what do you mean?"
Charlotte lowers her head, "I don’t want to continue staying there. Living there is really painful."
Robert Stephens says nothing.
It’s as if he didn’t hear what she was saying at all, turning his head to look elsewhere.
"Robert Stephens..."
"Don’t even think about it." This time, the man directly interrupts her.
She looks up, slightly stunned at the sight of Robert Stephens’ cold and sinister expression.
He raises his hand, long fingers gripping her pale chin forcefully, lowering his head to look at her trembling eyelashes, "Am I too kind to you, making you dream all day? Charlotte Smith, do you truly not know your limits? Do you think without me, anyone can unconditionally protect your family?"
"..."
"If you want to leave, return the benefits the Smith family has taken from me over the years!"
Charlotte looks at him incomprehensibly, her lips trembling as she stutters, "How, how can you be like this?"
They are already about to get married, yet he clings to her, how can he treat her this way?
Robert Stephens is also in a bad mood, he feels that what he said earlier was a bit degrading.
The women who want to marry him are countless, yet he is holding onto Charlotte Smith who doesn’t want to stay by his side.
Even using that absurd excuse to threaten her.
With his pride, how could he possibly say things like that?
Returning from this small country to the United States requires several stopovers; two days later, they finally return to Chicago’s airport.
Having sat on a plane for two days and nights, Charlotte is utterly exhausted, and Robert Stephens doesn’t immediately call a car to take them back, settling for a night at a nearby hotel.
Pregnant, Charlotte’s body is already frail; this journey not only caused her to lose several pounds but also made her complexion as pallid as a corpse’s.
Robert Stephens has no real feelings for the child in her womb, moreover, she is indeed too young now; being pregnant is too much of a burden on her body.
At night, Robert Stephens returns from outside smoking, Charlotte has finished bathing, wearing soft, form-fitting pajamas, her figure still graceful.
She glances at the cigarette in his hand and can’t help but say, "Can you...stop smoking?"
Robert Stephens is habitually lost in thought, upon hearing, he looks up at her.
Charlotte presses her lips together, "It’s bad for the child."
Robert Stephens asks, "Do you want to give birth?"
Charlotte looks at him, hesitating, cautiously nodding.
Robert Stephens says nothing, simply extinguishes the cigarette and turns into the bathroom.
Charlotte observes his reaction, somewhat stunned.
Just...that reaction?