Chapter 13

Her unwavering stance and steely words seemed to pique his interest even more. Raymond reached out to touch her chin, but in an instant, Caroline swatted his hand away, her gesture laden with disdain.

“You are indeed your sister’s sibling. So how about we raise the child together, live together? What do you think?”

If there ever was a man so shameless, so tactless, yet so self-assured, Caroline would instantly confirm that such a man existed. And he was sitting right before her.

“You’d have to be mad to live with you. I have nothing more to say.”

She rose, drifting away like a fleeting shadow, and he neither held her back nor pursued her. He just allowed her to hail a taxi on her own, despite being the one who, earlier, had coerced the delicate lady onto his vehicle and taken her on a seemingly aimless journey.

Following a conversation marked by thinly veiled hostilities from both sides, he adamantly insisted she let him care for the child. He threatene