"I'll make it clear. I will not give up custody of the child."
Maisie didn't bother to guess what Ezra was thinking and expressed her attitude first.
"Of course, you can come to visit the child. I won't stop it."
Maisie was not an unreasonable person. She never wanted to tell Ezra the child, never wanted to use the child to blackmail Ezra anything, but now that he knew it, she would not stop him from exercising his right to be a father.
"You are telling me now?"
Ezra was a little aggressive. "What about those days when I'm absent to be a father?"
Maisie was a little surprised by Ezra's questioning.
What did he mean?
Blame her for not telling him about the child?
But Ezra was the one who didn't want this kid in the first place!
Maisie was so upset about the situation that she asked again, "What do you want?"
Since she had a child, Maisie felt her life couldn't stand any storm.
She just wanted to live a stable and simple life.
The simpler, the better.
The simpler, the more secure.
The presence of Ezra disrupted all her serenity. She didn't want to dawdle around here.
Since Maisie was straightforward, Ezra said directly, "The child needs to live under my nose."
Maisie sneered, "You were the one who didn't want this kid. And you are now here asking for everything you want. Mr. Cantillo, who do you think you are?"
Ezra was not annoyed by her offensive words, "I'll feel much more relieved in that way."
"Do you know how important this child is to that old man in my family? Do you know how deadly it is to that witch Diana?"
Ezra's words got Maisie's tongue.
Of course, she did know that.
Roman favored boys over girls to the extreme. He was terminally ill now. He must be extremely eager to have his grandson, the successor of the Cantillo family back.
Diana was desperate to help her two daughters fight for the right to inherit the Cantillo family. She hated her appearance of Ezra. Now that Ezra had a son, she might try different ways to kill the child.
Maisie looked pale at the thought of this.
Ezra was a little distressed to see her like this.
He could feel that the child was all she had and that if something happened to the child, she would go crazy.
He couldn't help slowing down and said earnestly, "Let me protect this child, Maisie."
"I will take my son abroad."
Maisie did not accept his proposal, but said decisively, "I will quit my job. After everything is settled, I will leave here with the kid to some place where no one knows us."
Ezra opened his mouth in disbelief.
"You would rather give up everything you have, career, fame, and status than let me protect our child?"
Maisie was now the manager of the branch of the Hughes Group. It was such a perfect job. For a girl from a poor family, she was a great success.
But now she was willing to give up everything just to make a clean break with him. That was so crazy.
"Giving birth to him means that I have the ability to protect him. I won't bother Mr. Cantillo."
With that, Maisie stood up and made a gesture of seeing off the guest.
Maisie thought Ezra's idea was ridiculous and she couldn't accept it.
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