Elliot stared at the woman in the hospital room, surrounded by a cold atmosphere. He wanted to question Rose, but he knew it wasn't the right time. There was even a glimmer of hope in his heart that he didn't dare admit to himself - what if this was his and Rose's daughter?
Just as Elliot was getting annoyed with himself, Rose put down her cup of water and prepared to go to the hospital cafeteria to buy some porridge for Leah. As soon as she walked out of the room, Elliot grabbed her and pressed her against the wall.
"Is that child yours and...?" Whose child?
Rose quickly interrupted him. "She's just my child, nothing to do with you!"
Although she revealed Leah's identity in a moment of desperation, she did not want Leah falling into this man's hands.
However, her words shattered Elliot's last glimmer of hope and froze him on the spot. He pursed his lips for a while before coldly questioning, "Then tell me! Whose child is it?"
The man's eyes were filled with anger; his hand gripping Rose's shoulder tightened.
Rose winced in pain but pushed him away calmly. "I said it has nothing to do with you!"
Upon hearing this response, Elliot sneered sarcastically; his voice sounded like it came from hell itself. "The child must be that adulterer's!"
"If it weren't for him back then," he continued bitterly, "you wouldn't have left me!"
As he spoke these words, his aura became even colder, and there was suppressed anger in his eyes when looking at Rose.
Rose pursed her lips slightly; her hand trembled lightly at her side. She suddenly felt how ridiculous their relationship had become between herself and Elliot. After all these years, he still lived within delusions about their past together.
She knew that Elliot now misunderstood that Leah was someone else's daughter, but it would be better if he remained ignorant than knowing Leah is actually their daughter.
She raised her head, directing an icy gaze towards Elliot, and mocked, "What does it have anything to do with you whether or not she is someone else's daughter?"
Elliot narrowed his pupils, gripping onto Rose's wrist stubbornly, staring fixedly at her. "You really like him so much? You gave birth to his child, you hid it from me, and now you want to defend him?"
Rose felt that every word he said was more ridiculous than the last, but at this moment she couldn't argue back.
She forcefully pulled the man's hand away, then pushed him away and said mockingly, "So what!"
The woman's words are like a torch, instantly igniting the suppressed anger in Elliot's heart.
He pressed the woman against the wall and growled angrily, "Rose!"
Rose lifted her delicate chin and fearlessly stared at him.
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