Goodbye You Never Loved Me novel (Martha and Stefan) novel Chapter 222

Chapter 222 Let the Scumbag Regret It for the Rest of His Life

"You can have a good rest. I will make arrangements for the surgery." Stefan said with hesitation. Although he expressed nothing on his face, he reflected his care towards Martha in his eyes.

He looked down at Martha in the hospital bed for a moment, trying to convey his emotions to her.

But unfortunately, she didn't even raise her head. Instead, Martha slightly lowered her head to look at the clean white quilt, just staring straightforwardly without saying anything. She just slightly nodded with reluctance.

Melissa saw what had happened. Stefan was hurt as his concern and pity for Martha received no response, and Martha showed her indifference and hardness.

Melissa felt tightness in her chest because of the tense atmosphere. She felt sorry for both of them. She witnessed what they had been through from beginning to end. But even so, she couldn't feel exactly how they felt now.

It was not hard to see how distressed they could be. Melissa remained silent.

Stefan was upset. His eyes were dulled and his thin lips were pursed. Unable to receive a positive response from Martha or even a glance from her, he felt extremely frustrated.

Having said what he wanted, Stefan was going to leave with reluctance.

At this moment, a cold voice sounded from behind. "Stefan, even if you trade your life for Jimmy's, I won't be grateful for that, let alone forgive you."

Martha said those words coolly and emotionlessly as if she were saying the cruelest words to a stranger.

Stefan's eyes glinted, and his heart got hurt instantly. He tightly pursed his thin lips to cover the shock within himself and to look calm.

He didn't expect Martha to be so heartless, though he did not mean to seek her gratitude and forgiveness by trading his life for Jimmy's.

However, when Martha uttered those indifferent remarks, he was hurt and overwhelmed with a huge sense of loss. The deep powerlessness made him feel at a loss.

Martha ruined his hope with one sentence.

He just made a fool of himself.

Stefan stopped and looked at her.

Martha no longer evaded his eyes this time. She stared at him fearlessly.

"Don't do anything that will hurt you. It's meaningless," Martha said word by word, staring at Stefan.

"You still care about me, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't worry if I got killed."

Martha still looked emotionless. She refuted him without hesitation.

"You are Jimmy's father, and I don't want my son to lose his father when he is a child. He just met you. He's still so young. He can't afford to lose you again."

Stefan knew what she implied. She blamed him for not fulfilling a father's responsibilities since he had been ignorant of Jimmy.

She also implied that he was merely Jimmy's father and had nothing to do with her. There was only a vulnerable link between them--the child.

Someday, Jimmy would not need his father anymore, and then he would vanish from her life. That was all he meant to her now.

Martha didn't care about Stefan at all. She worried about Stefan's safety just for Jimmy's sake.

Stefan smiled bitterly, and his joy just now was like a huge joke. He didn't know why he was still waiting for something with a hint of fantasy and expectation when everything had already been settled.

He was the only one who was still stuck in the past. He didn't know why he was still expecting.

Stefan left without saying anything.

Martha stared at the door for a long time, pondering something. But her eyes never shifted away from the direction in which Stefan had left.

His eyes were wandering. She seemed to think of something. It was difficult to guess what she was thinking through her profound eyes. She pursed her lips without the resolute gesture she had just made.

Melissa looked at Stefan's back as he left. She sighed softly, not knowing who she felt sorry for.

"He didn't feel regretful until now. It's too late. If he had made it up earlier, it might not turn out like this now."

Martha listened to her words and smiled faintly. Finally, she just shook her head and said nothing more.