Chapter 3

I turned around to see Chris staring at me, his eyes bloodshot:

"Dr. Reed, could you step outside for a moment?"

I followed Chris to a deserted spot.

Once he confirmed no one was around, he didn't say a word, just raised his hand and slapped me across the face:

"Evelyn Reed, are you really that petty? Every time a woman appears near me, you'll go to any lengths to hurt them."

"Now you're even going after a child! Let me tell you, if anything happens to Leo, I'm not done with you!"

The slap made me laugh out loud.

I'd waited three years, and all I got was not an explanation or an apology, but a warning and a slap.

I pulled the medical record from my pocket and threw it at his face:

"Open your damn eyes and look! What did I do to him? This is the fever medicine I prescribed!"

Chris looked at the medical record, confirmed it, and only then believed me.

Watching him, my heart felt utterly cold.

Chris's demeanor softened:

"Evelyn, I was just too worried."

"Shouldn't you explain yourself to me?"

He sighed,

"Evelyn, Sarah is my old friend's sister. The child isn't mine. My friend died protecting me, I can't just abandon them."

"I'm doing all this to repay a debt of gratitude. You're the most understanding person I know, you can understand, right?"

I sneered,

"Understand? Fine, as long as you come with me now to officially register our marriage, and give Lily a father so she can go to school, then I'll understand you!"

Chris frowned, his voice full of impatience:

"Are you serious? For my sake, what's the big deal if Lily delays kindergarten for a year?"

"This is a crucial time for my promotion. Everything else can wait until after I'm promoted."

"Promotion, promotion, always promotion! Haven't I waited three years long enough?"

I looked at him sarcastically,

"Or perhaps you've already officially married someone else, and that's why you keep using the promotion as an excuse, deliberately lying to me."

Hearing this, Chris's expression froze for a moment.

The next second, a storm of fury erupted. His eyes filled with disappointment as he looked at me.

"Evelyn Reed, is that how you see me? You've truly disappointed me. Have you considered my feelings when you say such things?"

Before, whenever he made that face, I'd always back down and apologize.

But now, hearing those words, I only let out a cold laugh:

"Fine, if I'm supposed to consider your feelings, then let's break up. That way, you can openly take care of them!"

Chris stared at me in disbelief,

"Evelyn Reed, are you crazy!"

But looking at my emotionless face, a hint of unease crept into his heart.

"I don't talk to crazy people. You need to calm down."

He turned to leave but stopped abruptly.

Lily was standing in the corner, I didn't know when she'd gotten there.

"Mommy, Daddy, I won't go to kindergarten. Please don't fight, Lily will be good."

Her words were like a needle, sharply piercing my heart.

I couldn't hold back anymore, hitting and kicking Chris:

"Chris Miller! Are you even human! Do you deserve to be a father!"

Seeing Lily, Chris made a hasty retreat.

In his rush, he accidentally bumped into Lily.

She fell to the ground, scraping a large patch of skin on her elbow, crying out in pain.

He looked back at her worriedly, about to say something.

But from a distance, Sarah's voice called out:

"Chris, hurry! Leo's fever is back!"

He rushed off, not looking back at Lily or me, just leaving a message:

"Evelyn, you're a doctor, you're more professional than me. Lily is in your hands."

"Sarah is a single mom, she needs my support."

Hearing those words, I looked at Lily in my arms, feeling only ridicule.

The last foolish flicker of hope in my heart completely died out.

"Dad, I'm not just revoking Chris Miller's promotion; I'm going to sue him!"