Eugene caught Olivia’s wrist and said somewhat apologetically, “I just want to give each other some courtesy. Hopefully, she can be cooperative in the future since I don’t want to resort to extreme methods.” She smiled. “We already heard all of it.”
After leaving the ward, North had deliberately left the door slightly ajar, thus everyone outside could hear the conversation between Eugene and Azalea. At that, Eugene asked spitefully, “Why are you asking me if you have already heard it?”
“I just wanted to see if you will tell me the truth.” Olivia giggled, prompting Eugene to glare at her. “When have I ever not done that?”
The adults and children all glanced at each other, and they all got up collectively to leave the room. When Olivia noticed this, they had all arrived at the entrance. “Are you all going home?”
Brian laughed. “Yeah. Are you happy?” Her expression darkened as she countered, “Why should I be?” Carter laughed. “There’s no one disturbing you now.” She snorted upon hearing that. “Do you think you can disturb us?”
“We’ve probably assumed too much,” Blake remarked. Meanwhile, Terry smiled and said serenely, “That’s called being arrogant.” North smiled widely as well. “Why don’t we stay a bit longer?”
“That isn’t necessary,” Eugene growled. “Leave at once. You came here just to anger me.” Brian chivvied the four kids at the entrance while laughing. “What did I say? Let’s go. That’s true love, and you all are merely accidents!”
Everyone chatted and laughed as they left, and soon the room fell quiet. Eugene tugged on Olivia’s arm. “Olivia, come up here. I want to hug you for a while.”
She glared at him. “You act pretty wild even as a patient. Do you know what I want to do?” When he heard that, he asked, “What?” She retorted, “I want to leave with my son and leave you alone here.”
“Are you willing to do that?”
“Why not?” He narrowed his eyes at her, looking somewhat victorious as he teased, “I remember how frantic you were when I just woke up-”
Before he could finish, she glared at him while looking like she was about to cry. Eugene’s heart squeezed painfully and he caught her hand, tone softening as he murmured, “Don’t cry. I’m okay now.”
She swatted away his hand. “Who’s crying? See if I ever care about you again if you dare take such a great risk to save someone else in the future.”
He smiled at her and reassured her. “Don’t worry. I will never do that again. To be frank, all I wanted back then was to quickly repay her kindness and cut off ties with her. However, I regretted it after jumping off since I had plenty of thoughts at that instant. I wondered what will happen to you and our son if I die, or if you will fall for someone else and give him another father-
Olivia glared at Eugene as she retorted, “Of course! Try it if you don’t believe me.”
He smiled flatteringly. “I’m not going to. Why did I cut ties with Azalea if not to put a stop to things and be with you? If I really lose you, it won’t be worth the risk. Doing such a stupid thing once is far enough. Olivia, you are my savior now and I want to repay your kindness.”
She eyed him with narrowed eyes. “Hmm. How do you intend to do that?” He smiled. “I’ll give myself to you and spend the rest of my life repaying your kindness. Do you think that’s okay?”
As Eugene spoke, he slowly shifted closer to her. She pursed her lips tightly and pushed him away in fake disgust. “You’re shameless, aren’t you? Get away from me. How long will your life be if you continue being so self-sacrificial? That’s hard to say.”
He immediately made his point clear. “I will never do that again. I promise to stay safe and protect both you and our son.”
