Chapter 71

I was just looking at him straight into the eyes, like I’m not afraid that he won’t catch me just lying.

“I’m leaving to go back to Aud. Her doctor told me she’s ready to be discharged now.”

“I’ll take you home—”

“Don’t waste your energy, Hen. We will not return to you. We’re going home... to our new home.”

“With whom? With Liam?”

“Come on, stop thinking he’s a threat to you. With the two of you... my daughter and I will have no one to go with. If this seemed to be a battle, there was no winner. There is no defeat either.”

I fixed the stethoscope hanging around his neck. “That’s why it’s like having mercy, Henrix... don’t bother me and my daughter anymore. Please?”

“Even to visit you?”

“If I’m in Maui’s position... I’m pregnant and you’re going to marry me, I wouldn’t like it if the person I’m going to marry is still visiting his ex-wife and his children here. Because there might not even be a wedding taking place, you will be destroye