In the silence of Lily Grant, three minutes had already passed.
Lucas Morgan was quite calm, neither angry nor annoyed, just standing quietly, watching the time, waiting for Lily Grant’s final explanation.
"There are five minutes left."
In the blink of an eye, another two minutes had passed.
Lily Grant lowered her eyes, and after almost a minute, she finally looked up again to face Lucas, but her eyes were already brimming with tears.
As her eyelashes trembled, tears began to fall.
"I admit, some of my actions just now were excessive. I deliberately spread rumors, deliberately told Chloe things that never happened, just to upset her. But..." she suddenly paused and shifted her tone, "but I was also blinded by emotion."
Lucas looked at her, not saying much, just watching Lily Grant.
Compared to Lily Grant’s agitated emotions at this moment, his calmness was a stark contrast.
"Since the incident with Ethan Woods was exposed, you have been cold to me, not answering calls, not replying to messages. When I went to your house and your office, I couldn’t find you. I know, you have already been disappointed in me and even want to break up with me. When I was looking for you, I was thinking, if you want to break up, fine! Just tell me, I promise not to bother you, I promise to leave gracefully, without causing any trouble for you.
"I never thought I would get pregnant at this time. I wanted to secretly have an abortion... because you cared so much about my past. But no matter how unbearable those pasts were, they were my ignorant past, the past where I was deceived. I have no way to erase them, no way to go back and remind my younger self not to be fooled."
Lily Grant, sobbing as she recounted these things, gave the listener the direct impression of a young girl being deceived in her youth, trying to cover up those unbearable pasts by doing something.
Even though Lucas was still calm, his heart actually ached for her.
After all, she was the woman he loved, his girlfriend.
Lily Grant secretly wiped her tears, took a deep breath, and continued, "I wanted to secretly abort the child. But at the hospital, they wouldn’t let me do it without someone signing the papers. Moreover... I couldn’t bear it. Besides... I felt that no matter what, you are the child’s father, and even if I abort the child, you have the right to know. But you... don’t let me abort."
"You say you’ll stick with me, that you’ll be with me. But, you remain indifferent. Especially after Chloe got sick..."
At this point, Lily Grant suddenly stopped and looked at Lucas Morgan with some resentment, "You don’t care about me, you don’t value me, you’re cold to me. I’m already very sad in my heart, but I can accept it, it’s my own doing. But... when I saw you caring for Chloe, getting angry, jealous because Chloe was close to Mr. Morgan... do you know how much my heart hurt?"
Lily Grant’s last sentence left Lucas Morgan stunned!
Previously, he had been listening to Lily Grant recount their relationship during this period, but she suddenly turned it to Chloe Grant, catching Lucas Morgan off guard.
After a long silence, Lucas Morgan hurriedly replied, "Chloe is my niece. She was sick, and it’s normal for me to care about her."