As soon as she spoke, her tears fell like broken beads, burning my heart with pain.
I loved Evelyn, loved her to the bone.
But Evelyn was always indifferent to me. Her smiles were faint, and even her anger was faint.
She rarely showed any emotional fluctuations towards me.
I thought it was just her cold personality, but now I realized she simply didn't care about me.
"Quinn, Noah... he only has one year left."
So what? What did that have to do with me and my child?
"You know, he's an orphan. He just hopes to have someone who loves him by his side in his final days."
"I can't bear for him to be forgotten by the world after he dies. I want to have a child for him, to continue his bloodline."
She kept talking, but my heart grew colder inch by inch.
"I only found out today that Noah left me back then because my mom forced him to."
"His career was improving, and he was at a crucial point for promotion, but he left for my sake."
"He hasn't had a good life these years, and now he's come back just to see the person he loves before he dies."
"He has sacrificed so much for me. I can't bear to let him be alone anymore."
"I want to give him a home, I want to have a child for him."