Chapter 117

My eyes met Steven’s, I smiled at him and nodded that I was ready to leave the room.

If Jaxsen wakes up someday and thinks I’m so heartless for leaving him despite his situation, then so be it.

The moment that I’ll leave this room is the moment I’ll be a heartless woman. Because I no longer carry my heart, Jaxsen… because I willingly left it for you.

When we left Jaxsen’s room, my mouth dropped when I saw Mark crying and kneeling before Jaxsen’s father. I looked at my father, sitting in a long chair and facing me while watching the scene before him.

“I will never help the woman who caused my wife’s death!” Jaxsen’s father shouted without a trace of mercy.

Mark immediately shook his head. “No! She’s your daughter, for Pete’s sake—”

Jaxsen’s father became even angrier at what Mark said. “She’s not my daughter, and I’m so thankful for that! I’m sick of her! Jaxsen is my only child!”

Mark was whining and begging, but Jaxsen’s father kept pushing