I Loved You in the Dark Until Someone Loved Me in the Light novel Chapter 56

Hailey froze mid-sob, her eyes growing even redder. "But Gillian, I didn't mean to. I already apologized, and the hospital punished me..."

Her aggrieved tone made it sound as if Gillian was bullying her.

"If you can't pay, then why put on a show?"

Called out in public, Hailey looked incredibly embarrassed.

"Bring up your QR code," York said.

His heart ached for Hailey, so naturally, he would cover the cost.

Gillian wasn't about to say no to money. She pulled up her payment code. He scanned it, and a notification for two hundred thousand dollars popped up. "Is that enough?"

"Plenty. How generous, Mr. Foster."

York had blocked her on messaging apps ages ago. When he scanned the code, his profile picture was a pink cartoon dog—a matching couples' avatar that completely clashed with his ruthless persona.

Seeing it made Gillian's chest tighten, and she turned and walked away.

As she left, she could still hear him whispering comforting words to Hailey.

York was not a patient man. He had reserved every ounce of patience he possessed solely for Hailey.

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The next day was the academic conference.

Usually, these took two to three days, but this one was just a brief symposium.

It ran from morning until the evening.

"Gillian, thank you for editing and polishing my paper."

Hailey beamed at Gillian, acting as if the unpleasantness of the previous day had never happened.

"Don't mention it. You didn't even use it, did you?"

The paper Hailey presented today was a different one, though it clearly plagiarized elements of Gillian's work.

"I just tweaked a few things," Hailey said with a sickeningly sweet smile. "York is picking me up for dinner soon. Do you want to join us?"

It was a blatant flaunt.

"No need. Someone is picking me up too."

York arrived quickly. When he got out to greet Hailey, he brought a blanket, thoughtfully draping it over her shoulders. "It's chilly out. Why are you wearing so little today? You're pregnant; getting sick isn't good for you."

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