Since Angeline was in a bad mood, she couldn’t help sounding bitterly sarcastic.
“I know!” uttered Gregory before quickly taking out his phone to show her his conversation with Ned.
“I scolded him too! Don’t worry. When he asked if you had aborted the child, I told him you did. He won’t know whether you decided to keep the baby or not.” She glanced through the chat interface and ultimately accepted the milk Gregory had brought as a gesture of kindness.
“Thank you,” she said.
Seeing that she no longer resisted him, Gregory breathed a sigh of relief.
On the other end of the phone, Ned was lost in thought as he looked at the chat records with Gregory. He said that Angeline had already aborted the child.
He wondered how everything happened so fast and thought it must have been Sean’s doing.
With Sean’s current status, he wouldn’t allow Angeline to be involved in a scandal. Due to Lawson Global being an independent producer of microchips and lithography machines, his influence in the business world was greater than before.
Recently, the most frequent thing Ned had heard from his mother was that he wasn’t as competent as an adopted son of the Lawson family.
It was obvious. If Sean wasn’t outstanding, why would the Lawsons adopt him?
Perhaps, the Lawsons’ genes were naturally superior, considering Sean and also Angeline.
Before this, Ned didn’t believe that Angeline was a renowned genius in Oceanford, until videos of her participating in various competitions were dug up by her family during “The Family Search” program. Only then did he learn that no one had surpassed the records she had broken in Oceanford until today. In both domestic and international competitions, she had always won the champion on her first attempt, without any exceptions.
Even when interviewed by reporters before the competitions, she would simply say that she was participating under her coach’s request so that she could broaden her horizons. After that, she would return with gold medals.
He wondered if a person like her was truly his ex-wife, whom he thought came from a lowly family and kept pestering him previously.
Ned began to wonder what kind of person he had fallen in love with before he lost his memory. However, he was engaged to Ingrid now. She had already agreed to his proposal, and he couldn’t possibly hurt her.
However, the more he restrained himself from thinking about Angeline, the more those memories about her replayed in his mind like scenes from a movie.
“Ned…” Ingrid called out as she pushed open the door.
He quickly locked his phone and smiled at her, asking, “Why are you here?”
“I asked for leave from the director so I could come see you! How are you feeling today?” she replied as she placed a thermos on the bedside table and sat down on the edge of the bed.
“They didn’t find any major issues. My mom’s making a big deal out of nothing, insisting that I stay a few more days for a comprehensive check-up.”
Ned sat up straight and continued, “I know you’re busy with filming, so don’t let yourself get distracted to visit me. I can visit the set after I’m out of here.”
Ingrid’s hand, which was propped up on the bed, tightened. From her keen observation, she noticed that Ned had been behaving differently the past few days.
Previously, he would’ve wanted her to be by his side all day.
Whenever he was admitted, he would use every means to persuade her to leave the set to keep him company in the hospital. He would never be so considerate as to tell her not to come when he knew she was busy.
Besides, he hadn’t called her “Baby” for several days now.
“Ned, you haven’t called me ‘Baby’ for several days now,” she said softly. “Not even in text messages. You’re not acting like yourself…’
“
Ned felt a tightness in his chest, and involuntarily, memories of Angeline flooded his mind again.
She was sitting on the rocks and looking at the ring as sunlight illuminated her joyful expression, highlighting her fluttering, disheveled hair and graceful neckline.
She seemed relaxed, but in his eyes, she was shining like a star.