Chapter 49
“Daphne, I have me responsibilities,” Lester said,
“oh” Then, po take care of them. I’ritired, and I need to rest,”
Daphne shut her eyes and refused to reply, no matter what he said.
Lester could only wait outside.
As soon as he stepped out, Hemsick’s assistant was already waiting for him. “Colonel Lester, Dr. Ailler would like to see you,” he said.
Lester followed the assistant to Remick’s office, only to find Bryan, the director of Beastlin Hospital, waiting inside alone.
Lester wasn’t one for small talk. He got straight to the point and asked what Bryan wanted
Bryan seemed hesitant, as if impure how to bring it up. Finally, he gritted his teeth and asked, “Colonel Lester, are you and Ms. Miller in that kind of relationship?
“What do you think?” Lester responded.
“I think you are.” Bryan wiped the sweat from his brow
He hestated before pressing on, “Do you even know why she’s here?
Lester actually didn’t know. The moment he saw Daphne about to faint, he instinctively used his psionic strength to rush to her side and get her to the hospital as Last as possible
After that, all he could do was wait for her to wake up. It wasn’t until the doctor handed him her test results that he found out–she was pregnant with his child.
ryan could tell there was no way Lester had known. The way the two of them were acting, it was clear even they didn’t fully understand how things had gotten this bad.
Headded, “Colonel Lester, she came here for an abuction.”
The word “abortion landed like a punch to Lester’s gut.
She…really didn’t want his child?
Bryan continued, “Ms. Miller’s test abortion appointment was canceled because she was too weak–probably from exhaustion. The second one is already screduled for three days from cow.”
He wouldn’t have gone into so much detail if he weren’t tied to the Waltzan family, is loyalty was still with them.
Lester staggered back as if the ground had collapsed beneath him.
Bryan quicidy caught his am. “Colonel Leer, are you alright?”
“Should I call & durto-
Before firyan could finish, a surge of pionir strength sent him flying. He landed unharmed but let out a weary sigh. Before shutting the office door behind him, he
Lestes sank into the couch, command by egret. He had no right to julge Daphne’s decision. After all, he was the one who had pursued her, only to walk away like a Lastard Given that, it was only natural that she would want to end the pregnancy, but knowing that didn’t make it hurt any less.
Just then, his phone rang. Seeing the family patriarch’s name, “Matthias Waltzan,” on the screen Lester quickly pushed aside his emotions and answered the call “Hello, Mr. Waltzan
The female you’ve been keeping is she rally pregnant?” Matthias aded.
“Are you sure it’s your child?” Matthias possed
These was a bird silence on the other end of the briose Mattias responded with a lighter to “Good You’re proving yourself worthy to be the chosen
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Walteam and the tapes can be called out?”
Lester’s heart rated with amix of hope and fear. He desperately wanted the manage to be called on, but he was tented that Matthias would insist on it, which would han Dapluie all over again.
The manage will be postpond.” Matthias mold.
This was the last thing Lester had expected
