Thomas paused for a while. After a while, he raised his eyebrow and looked at Yannie.
“What? Are you trying to investigate me? Have you fallen for me?”
Then, he changed into a more comfortable position, crossing his arms at his chest and leaning against the door. He looked at Yannie fixedly with his deep gaze and smiled. “If you promise right now that you‘d be Riley‘s mother, I can tell you how many women I have been with.”
No one knew that during that one fateful night abroad, it was Thomas‘ first time, too–not just for the woman.
Of course, he would not tell Yannie this before she agreed to become Riley‘s mother. After all, he felt that if Yannie would not want to be his other half, telling her this would only give her more leverage on him in the future.
However, Yannie construed his words differently.
Thomas paused for a while. After a while, he raised his eyebrow and looked at Yannie.
“What? Are you trying to investigate me? Have you fallen for me?” Then, he changed into a more comfortable position, crossing his arms at his chest and leaning against the door. He looked at Yannie fixedly with his deep gaze and smiled. “If you promise right now that you‘d be Riley‘s mother, I can tell you how many women I have been with.”
No one knew that during that one fateful night abroad, it was Thomas‘ first time, too–not just for the woman. Of course, he would not tell Yannie this before she agreed to become Riley‘s mother. After all, he felt that if Yannie would not want to be his other half, telling her this would only give her more leverage on him in the future.
However, Yannie construed his words differently. She bit her lip and, staring at the smiling Thomas, finally calmed down a little. Was he trying to use a question, such as the number of women he has been with, as a bargaining chip with her? She was only asking because she heard him say that Riley was his daughter. She never thought that he would say such things. Yannie took a deep breath. She turned around and walked past him, wanting to leave the bedroom.
“If you don‘t want to tell me, forget about it. I‘m not that interested, anyway.” Then, she left. Thomas quickly grabbed her arm before she could walk past him. His brow furrowed as he was a little displeased by her attitude.
“Why are you asking me this then if you‘re not interested?”
“I was just asking.” Yannie shrugged him off. She wanted to continue to head out when Thomas‘ voice rang out once more, “Aren‘t you going to follow me to the hospital to see Riley?” Yannie stopped in her tracks.
“I‘ll go see her myself.”
All this while, she would visit Riley in the hospital when she had free time. She liked Riley a lot, even if she was unsure what her feelings were toward Riley. Her child had died three months ago, and Riley was coincidentally three months old. She often had the illusion that Riley was her child. However, up until that day, she finally realized that her feelings toward Riley were just because Riley was one of Thomas‘ children. Perhaps she felt that sense of fondness because Riley Grl$“f}g her dead child had the same father.
“I‘ll advise you to come with me to visit Riley. I‘ll bring reporters along. The news of you and me visiting Riley will be on the front–page news.” Yannie furrowed her brow upon hearing what Thomas said. “Are you nuts?” When Thomas told Wendy that he had a child, was that not just to deal with her alone? At that moment, if he were to visit Riley and bring reporters along, was he trying to tell his fans that he actually had a child? For a celebrity like Thomas, announcing that he has a child would cost him almost half of his fans. His career would be affected, too. Yannie thought that Thomas must have gone mad to make such a decision.
Looking at how serious she looked, Thomas could not help but massage his glabella. “I blame myself for not telling you. Just now, when Wendy was right in front of us, she had been live streaming the entire thing, whatever we said and done previously, including…” Thomas measured up Yannie‘s slender figure. “Including you in your underwear. It was live streamed on the internet.” His words felt like a bomb was detonated, and Yannie was completely dumbfounded.
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