Contract Marriage: Abusive Love with Mr.CEO-Chapter 409 - 217: Reluctant to Let Go (2/2)

Howard Geoffrey asked, "Austin still refuses to make compromises?"

"Yes, Mr. Tout and the others have proposed to compromise with him in Italy, but he’s still not satisfied. He’s probably looking for more money, but Mr. Tout and the others can’t make that decision."

"Understood."

"President, are you going to Italy personally?"

In this moment, Howard Geoffrey didn’t answer.

Lisa Cecily saw Howard Geoffrey deep in thought, and didn’t ask again.

At this moment, Howard Geoffrey’s phone, placed on the table, started ringing.

Howard Geoffrey picked up the phone, glanced at the screen, pressed the answer button, "What’s the matter?"

The phone featured the respectful voice of the villa servant, "Mr. Geoffrey, the old lady asks you to come home now, Miss Quentin is not feeling well."

Driving furiously all the way to the villa.

Arriving at his room, Howard Geoffrey met his mother at the door, he nervously grasped her and asked, "Mom, what’s wrong with Becca?"

Mrs. Geoffrey’s normally poised face was now full of worry, "Just now, while the servant was tidying Becca’s clothes, she discovered blood on the sheets. I was afraid something was wrong with Becca, so I had the doctor take a look. The doctor said Becca shows signs of a threatened miscarriage, and if she doesn’t take proper care, the baby might not survive..."

In that moment, Howard Geoffrey rushed into the room like an arrow.

On the big bed, Rebecca Quentin was leaning against the headboard.

Howard Geoffrey sat nervously on the edge of the bed, took her hand, anger flaring in his eyes, "Are you really planning not to keep our child?"

Rebecca Quentin’s pale and haggard face was completely bloodless; she leaned against the headboard, seeming fragile as if she had lost all strength, her vacant gaze not looking at him.

Howard Geoffrey felt maddening anger, wanting to hit something, but her frail and pallid appearance stopped him from being angry at her. Suddenly, he embraced her, kissing her cheek, his voice hoarse with fear, "Baby, can we stop fighting like this? You can hit me, curse me, blame me, but don’t joke with your health. The child is fragile, he can’t afford any mishaps!"

Rebecca Quentin did not reply.

Howard Geoffrey pulled Rebecca Quentin away, seized her shoulders, forcing her to face him, "Look at me, tell me, do you really not care about our child anymore?"

Rebecca Quentin turned her black eyes towards Howard Geoffrey, her gaze empty, as if she couldn’t recognize him.

"Becca, don’t make us irreparable, okay?"

"Howard Geoffrey?" Rebecca Quentin shook her head sorrowfully, transparent tears began to seep from her eyes, "Let me go..."

Howard Geoffrey’s voice escaped painfully, "Even now, is this still your only thought?"

"I don’t care about you anymore, or the child..."

Howard Geoffrey’s hands, with distinct joints, began to slowly tighten their grip on Rebecca Quentin, veins visible on his hand due to the suppression...

Pain fiercely shot through her shoulders, Rebecca Quentin’s brow furrowed tightly.

Just as she felt she might be crushed by his grip, his hand suddenly released her.

Howard Geoffrey’s face displayed his anger, his entire presence exuded a cold fierceness, the aura around him felt like a chilly winter cellar approaching her.

He glared at her fiercely, with a savagery that seemed as if he wanted to devour her...

Rebecca Quentin was fearful of Howard Geoffrey’s demeanor, yet her stubborn face refused to show any cowardice before him.

Howard Geoffrey fixed his eyes on her, spat from between clenched teeth, "Rebecca Quentin, you’re good... you’re really good!!"

Rebecca Quentin, terrified, clutched the bedsheets tightly beneath her, her fingertips turning white.

Just when Rebecca Quentin thought a storm of his anger would hit, his clenched fists slowly relaxed... 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

He continued to look at her, but the light in his eyes gradually extinguished the flames, leaving only a somber, dark gaze.

Suddenly, he turned away...

She was surprised by his departure, and at that moment, her tightly clutching hand slowly relaxed...

He opened the room door, and just before stepping out, his tall figure stood before the door, calmly said, "I will be away for a few days, think carefully about this. If, when I return, you are still confronting me with your health, then you will definitely be the winner..."

After saying this, Howard Geoffrey, exuding cold resolve, decisively left.

Not until Howard Geoffrey had left did Rebecca Quentin’s slumped body lean against the headboard again...

Her vision was already blurred by tears, veiling everything in a mist.

Her hand slowly covered her lower abdomen, biting her lip to prevent sobs from escaping.

She knew he’d misunderstood...

He thought she was intentionally harming her own body to force him to submit, but that was not the truth...

After getting up in the morning, it wasn’t until the servant exclaimed with the sheets that she realized she’d seen blood last night...

Even she hadn’t thought, having decided not to keep the child, that at that moment she’d be scared pale... In the end it was the servant who sat her down on the edge of the bed.

Immediately afterward, Mrs. Geoffrey brought the doctor in, who examined her, luckily the child was fine, then the doctor gave Mrs. Geoffrey a long list of things for her to carefully maintain the pregnancy...

She thought she wouldn’t be nervous, but at that moment, upon realizing the child almost came to harm due to her negligence the past two days, she felt deep regret and horror...

She’s always known that the child is innocent... he shouldn’t be dragged into adult affairs.

Seeing him sitting nervously by the bed, she initially wanted to discuss the child’s future with him again, but when she looked at him, all that flashed through her mind was how he’d hidden the fact he’d hurt her father all these years...

She trusted him so much, elevated him to her sky, but in the end, the man she trusted and loved was such a heartless person, that moment, she suddenly didn’t want to say anything...

Because how he viewed her no longer mattered...

They were destined for no happy ending!

Next day.

Rebecca Quentin awoke early, having spent a sleepless night.

Compared to yesterday’s discomfort, a night’s rest had made her feel much better...

The slight pulling sensation in her stomach from yesterday had disappeared, making her also breathe a sigh of relief.

Touching her lower abdomen, she sat up, recalling what he said yesterday.

He thought she was confronting him with her health...

Though it was no longer necessary to care about his thoughts, her heart still felt a subtle discomfort.

Getting up, Rebecca Quentin poured herself a glass of warm water.