Contract Marriage: Abusive Love with Mr.CEO-Chapter 408 - 217: Reluctant to Let Go 2

Howard Geoffrey remained calm and composed, "Just because you have my child in your belly."

Rebecca Quentin burst out angrily, "I won’t keep it!"

"I’m afraid that’s not up to you."

"Howard Geoffrey!!"

At that moment, Howard Geoffrey had already turned and left the terrace.

Rebecca Quentin caught up with his stride, her delicate body blocking his path, reaching out to intercept, "Are you forcing me to hate you more?"

Howard Geoffrey’s reply was light but filled with possessiveness over her, "I just want to love you more."

Rebecca Quentin shook her head, disdainfully, "Howard Geoffrey, you’re so selfish, truly selfish... You knew very well that the moment you pushed my dad to his death, there was no possibility for us, yet you, hiding under a guise of hypocrisy, kept me in the dark like a fool for five years. How am I supposed to face my dad?"

Howard Geoffrey sighed softly, reached out to support Rebecca Quentin’s frail body, and gently spoke, "Baby, we’ve come this far with great difficulty, do you really want to give up like this?"

Memories of the wonderful days spent with him flashed through her mind, and a sour taste arose at the tip of Rebecca Quentin’s nose, her heart filled with unspeakable pain.

She had never expected things to end this way with him, but everything he did left her with no reason to convince herself or to forgive...

Even if he was sincere to her today, she could no longer continue with him... She simply couldn’t imagine being with someone who drove her father to death, going against her conscience meant being ungrateful for the twenty-plus years of parental care!

Rebecca Quentin pushed away Howard Geoffrey’s hand, her tearful eyes meeting his forever unreadable dark eyes, "I will never love you again, Howard Geoffrey... We’re completely over!"

Her words were tugging at the softest nerve in his heart all along.

When she mentioned the end, that nerve seemed to be torn by her, and the pain spread through his limbs and bones.

Never before had anyone made him feel so flustered, helpless, and powerless...

At this moment, he smiled again...

The smile on his handsome face carried a hint of sadness, his thin lips subtly moving, "I suppose you don’t want to see me in the room tonight... I’ll sleep in the study."

With that, Howard Geoffrey walked past Rebecca Quentin, leaving the room with repression all over him.

Rebecca Quentin turned to watch Howard Geoffrey’s departing cold and proud figure, suddenly speechless and choking, tears continuously pouring from her eyes.

In the study, Howard Geoffrey leaned back in the chair behind the desk.

The lack of rest in recent days had already painted fatigue on his handsome face.

His gaze fixed on a photograph on the phone screen in his hand.

It was a photo of her sleeping sweetly on his arm one night...

Did she know, waking up in the middle of the night and seeing her sleeping beside him, how content and peaceful it made him feel?

Did she know how much determination it took for him to choose to be with her?

Her tears, every drop pierced his heart...

Is he really selfish?

For the first time in his life, he began to question the decisions he had made...

Resting his head on the chair, Howard Geoffrey wearily closed his eyes.

Howard Geoffrey sat in the conference room, listening to the head of the Italian project report the progress and issues through the video projection, his mind somewhat distracted.

"President, I think only if you personally fly to Italy can Austin be made to compromise, otherwise the project can only face a shutdown."

"I think so too..."

Several senior executives at headquarters in the video respectfully expressed their opinions.

Lisa Cecily stood behind Howard Geoffrey, softly reminding him, "President, President..."

It wasn’t until Lisa Cecily called him for the third time that Howard Geoffrey snapped back to reality, looking at the video, and spoke indifferently, "I understand."

The senior executives sensed the boss’s bad mood and dared not say much more, maintaining respectful silence on the other side of the video.

"Let’s call it a day then!"

"Yes."

Lisa Cecily promptly took the remote to turn off the video.

Howard Geoffrey pinched his brow, impatience showing on his handsome face.

Seeing Howard Geoffrey’s movements, Lisa Cecily tentatively spoke, "President, do you have something troubling you lately?"

Howard Geoffrey had always been like an iron man, never easily showing tiredness in front of others, so why did he seem absent-minded recently, an obvious anomaly.

"I’m fine, just feeling restless." Adjusting his posture, Howard Geoffrey began to shift his thoughts to the matter of the Italian project.

Lisa Cecily asked one more question, "Are you troubled by the Italian project’s matter?"