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    "Theo, I have resented you, and I have been angry with you. I was once deeply disappointed in you, but now all I want is to see you. Nothing else matters anymore. Please, let me see you. Just feel your child."


    Rosalie spoke at length, but there was no response from the room-justplete silence.


    Beginning to feel anxious, she tried to get up from her wheelchair.


    However, Yvonne immediately pressed down on her shoulder and said softly, "Sit down. Whatever you want to say, you can say it while sitting."


    Rosalie had promised Yvonne that she would listen to her. Left with no choice, she remained seated in her wheelchair.


    "Theo, please, even if you don''t want to see me, can you at least respond to me? You''re going to be a father. I understand that finding out now might make you very angry, especially since you have a right to know, and I kept it from you for so long. I''m sorry."


    "Theo, please, can you at least say something? Even if... Even if you hate me, the child is innocent. I know I''m at fault. I should have told you earlier. I promise that once the child is born, you will be the first to hold him. You''ll always be his father, and nothing can change that."


    "Even though we''re divorced, we''ll still raise him together. He will never call anyone else ''Dad.""


    Seeing Rosalie cry so sorrowfully, Yvonne immediately pulled out a tissue from her bag and wiped her tears, gently reminding her, "You promised me you wouldn''t get too emotional. Take deep breaths."


    She knew that if Rosalie saw Theodore, she would cry uncontrobly, and her emotions would affect her child. It was important that Rosalie remained calm, as the surgery was scheduled for tomorrow.


    Yvonne had taken it upon herself to bring Rosalie to see Theodore. If anything happened to Rosalie, it would be her responsibility.


    Rosalie took the tissue, and took a few deep breaths.


    "Vonnie, why won''t he respond to me?"


    "Maybe... Maybe he''s unsure of how to respond and still thinking about what to say," Yvonne suggested. "How about we leave for now? You''ve already apologized and told him about the pregnancy. The rest is up to him to think through."


    Rosalie let out a heavy sigh, and


    finally said, "Theo, since you don''t want to see.me, I won''t force you.


    But the child is still yours. Even if t


    you don''t want to see me, surely


    you''ll want to see your child. Once 1.


    the baby is born, I hope you''ll be able to hold him."


    "Theo, there''s one more thing. Tomorrow, I''m scheduled to have a cervical cerge procedure. I don''t know what will happen, but the surgery is scheduled for ten o''clock. I hope I can hear your voice before then. You can call me, even if it''s just task about the child."


    Rosalie''s hand gently rested on the door.


    "Theo, I''ll be waiting for your call. You''re the child''s father. I never intended to keep this from you forever, but the misunderstandings between us were too deep, and that''s why things turned out way. Now, I just want to reconcile With you. This belongs ? N?velDra/ma.Org.


    "If you truly hate me, then after I give birth, you can hurt me as much as you''ve been hurt. As long as you take care of the child, I''ll ept whatever you do.


    "Theo, I''m leaving now. Rest well. If I don''t hear from you by ten, I''ll take it that you''ll never forgive me and that you don''t even want the child. In that case, I will never disturb you again."


    She said this deliberately, hoping topel Theodore to contact her. If Theodore didn''t reach out to her under such circumstances, it would prove that not only did he hate her, but he also didn''t want his own child.


    "Theo, goodbye."


    Rosalie closed her eyes in pain, withdrew her hand from the door, and then turned to say, "Vonnie, let''s go."


    Yvonne pushed Rosalie''s wheelchair, and they left the hospital.