Refusing to Remarry: Mr. Hawthorne, You Are Out-Chapter 87: The Greatest Promise He Can Give Her
Raine listened hesitantly, even though she didn’t want to admit it, her thoughts were still drawn to that distant past.
That was a vibrant time of youth, liking someone meant pursuing them bravely.
Even if her whole family disagreed, she still believed Jonas Hawthorne was the best person, someone worth entrusting her life to...
Naively thinking from then on, it would be forever and ever.
Laughably, this "forever and ever" only lasted two years.
The scenery outside the car window rushed by, just like her past that she could never hold onto, gone forever just like that.
Looking back at her youth, she realized it only consisted of Jonas Hawthorne.
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The Hawthorne Family residence.
As soon as Jonas Hawthorne stepped into the house, a servant rushed up to report, "Sir, Ms. Ford didn’t eat lunch again and she even smashed a bowl..."
Currently in this house, Candace Ford was the main focus of protection. The servants paid special attention to her every move.
After all, she was carrying the sir’s child, and if something were to go wrong, how could they explain in the future?
Upon hearing this, Jonas Hawthorne’s already unsightly expression darkened further!
He turned and went upstairs, only to see Candace Ford lying sideways on the bed with her back to him.
Perhaps she heard footsteps, but she didn’t turn around, assuming it was a servant urging her to eat again, so she shouted irritably, "I said I’m not eating, are you deaf?!"
Having shouted, she didn’t hear any response behind her, so she turned her head in confusion, only to be met with Jonas Hawthorne’s piercing gaze!
Her heart suddenly skipped a beat, and Candace sat up abruptly, her eyes flustered as she explained, "Jonas, you... you’re back? I wasn’t feeling well today, so my mood was off, just now..."
But Jonas had no interest in discussing that, instead directly asking, "Was it you who announced the wedding?"
"That..." Candace opened her mouth, having expected him to come back questioning, but she calmly took out the prepared words.
"Jonas, don’t be angry. I... I did it for our child... In a few months, he’ll be born, and I don’t want our child to come into the world without legitimacy... Jonas, you know I only care about being by your side, I don’t care about status, but our child can’t wait..."
No matter what happens, once the child is involved, she becomes legitimate.
If they don’t marry, their child would be illegitimate.
But marriage changes everything...
Then their child would be the legitimate heir, destined to inherit everything of the Hawthorne Family!
Jonas Hawthorne listened coldly, his handsome face devoid of any emotion.
When Candace was first pregnant, she used the child as leverage, and back then, Jonas indulged her every whim.
But over time, this approach gradually lost its effect.
Especially when she blatantly used the child to coerce him into marriage?
One major reason he felt lukewarm toward Raine Sinclair back then was that his wedding had also been forced.
Now Candace was walking the same path, even pushing harder than Raine had back then.
After a long silence, Jonas finally parted his thin lips, "Don’t forget how this child came about."
His indifferent words fell into Candace’s ears like a death sentence!
Her heart was thrown into chaos, her eyes flickering.
"Jonas, the child... no matter how he was conceived, he’s still our child! When he’s born, your blood and my blood will flow in his veins! You can’t not consider him..."
Speaking incoherently, Candace’s mind flashed back to months ago when she took a risk and stole Jonas’s frozen sperm from the hospital.
Since the development of cryopreservation, every generation of the Hawthorne family did this as a precaution.
Great families exhaust every means to preserve their lineage!
Everything has a downside, and it was because of cryopreservation that someone like Candace could take advantage.
She had gone abroad to find a private hospital, paid a steep price, and endured many hardships to successfully become pregnant.
Outsiders might not know what happened, but Jonas knew it clearly!
He wasn’t involved in the process at all, how could she get pregnant?
It was only later he discovered that it had been artificial insemination.
No matter the process, the result was already established.
A living life had been conceived in her womb, an unchangeable outcome.
Jonas had done nothing, yet now he had to recognize the child and take on the role of father.
"This child is mine, I acknowledge him. But I never agreed to marry you." His cold voice spilled from his thin lips, like icicles hanging from eaves in winter, penetrating to the core.
Candace was stunned, not expecting Jonas to utter such heartless words.
Tears welled up instantly, she climbed from the bed, grabbing Jonas’s arm tightly, begging desperately, "Jonas, how can you do this to me? We were in love back then! Without Raine Sinclair, we’d already be married, our child might be a few years old by now! Now you want our baby, you can’t just abandon me..."
She thought having the child was her ultimate leverage, never expecting Jonas only wanted the child?
The woman before him was almost skin and bones, crying so miserably.
Jonas looked at her indifferently, his dark eyes devoid of any affection, only resignation and silence.
There was no love anymore, only a child keeping them connected, how much longer could this continue?
Much later, when Candace was almost out of breath from crying, Jonas finally sighed, "I will cancel the wedding. Focus on delivering the child safely."
It was the greatest promise he could offer her.
Everything else...
He couldn’t give.
Least of all, marriage.
After speaking, Jonas turned and left.
Candace stumbled after him, "Jonas! Don’t go!"
But having barely eaten all day, she was lightheaded; running a few steps, she ran out of strength, collapsing onto the carpet, crying into her hands.
"I love you so much, endured so much pain to carry this child... how can you, how can you do this to me?"
"It’s all because of Raine Sinclair... you don’t want to marry me because you’re waiting to marry her?"
"No way, I’ll never let you two be together again..."
Murmuring to herself, Candace turned abruptly, crawling back to the bed, reaching for her phone.
She found a number and quickly dialed.
The person who answered was a man, "Who is this?"
"I... I need you to deal with a woman..." Candace said with a trembling voice.
