Seeing that none of them spoke, Bright reached out to gently tear Rose's hand off.
Rose didn't let go and said, "Bright, don't... I can't tell you tell reason now. But please give me some
time and I'll tell you everything in a couple of days. But then, you can treat Alan the way you like."
"But now, can you just let him go? Nora needs Alan to take care of her. If you hurt him, who's going to
take care of Nora?"
Rose had already made it clear that if Alan got hurt, she would have to stay here to take his place.
Bright, of course, did not want Rose to be too tired, so he could only let Alan go temporarily.
"Fine. I'll put up with it for two days." "But that doesn't mean I can forgive him for what he did to you."
"I know I was wrong, so I don't expect your forgiveness." Alan was well aware that even for Nora's
sake, he should not hurt Rose.
"It will be your atonement to take care of Nora," Rose said.
"I don't need him to take care of me. I can do it myself." Nora didn't want to have anything to do with
Alan. They were already in the process of divorce, so she did not want to create some more problems.
"Mr. Bright, please take Rose to leave first. I want to talk to Alan alone."
Now that they had met today, just get the matter done.
"Call me if you need anything." Rose knew that Nora wanted to work things out with Alan. "Take care of
yourself."
Without saying a word, Bright took Rose and left the room.
Bright was walking very fast, and Rose had to run to catch up. "Are you still angry?"
As soon as the elevator arrived, Bright entered the elevator with her, holding her hand. "I was going to
teach Alan a lesson. Why did you stop me?"
"I just don't want you to get blood on your hands by fighting someone for me." Rose lifted his long,
pretty hands. "Your hands are for signing papers. They're used for hugging me and my baby, instead of
hitting people, you understand?"
Bright looked into Rose's bright eyes and was convinced by what she had said.
He preferred to use his hand for holding her and her daughter, of course.
"But when others bully you, I also want to use them to protect you." Bright saw no contradiction in this.
"There are better ways to protect me." Rose gave a kiss on his palm. "Don't bleed for me. I'll be
scared."
"Okay." Bright gave in and took Rose in his arms, suppressing the longing he hadn't seen her for days,
and simply dropped a light kiss on her delicate forehead.
***
Nora's room had returned to its cold, suffocating feeling when Bright and Rose had left.
Alan picked himself up and managed to get over the pain, but his teeth almost shattered.
He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his hand and saw the blood of his finger. "I'm
going to clean it up," he said to Nora.
The left side of his face hurt with every word he said.
"Are you all right?" Nora had also seen Bright hit him so hard that she could hear the bones creaking.
"Can't die yet." Alan eased the atmosphere by laughing at himself.
"That was a heavy blow. You'd better see a doctor first. It's best if you're fine, and you can deal with it
first if it's not." Nora felt he could not be careless.
"It's okay." Alan didn't care and went to the bathroom.
He propped his hands on the side of the sink, slowly raised his head, looked at his drenched face in the
mirror, exhaling deeply.
He leaned his hands on the sink, slowly raised his head, looked at his wet face in the mirror, and
heaved a deep breath.
After calming down a bit in the bathroom, Alan came out and sat back in the same chair.
"What do you want to talk about?" Alan quickly got down to business, staring at Nora, who was about
to speak when he continued, "The divorce?"
Nora nodded. "Right. I don't want to put if off any longer. I think you have received the divorce
agreement that Mr. Albert sent you. You want me to sue for divorce and make it public?"
When Alan went to the bathroom, Nora got a message from Mr. Albert and knew that Alan didn't sign
the divorce agreement.
"Nora, can we not get divorced?" Alan's voice was a little hoarse.
"No." Nora replied.
"You want to divorce me because of the baby?" Alan naturally understood.
Although Nora was an arrogant young lady, she was reasonable, and she knew she should be
responsible for what she had done. The unborn child was not Alan's, so she asked for a divorce.
"No, it isn't. We're just not a good match." Nora denied it. "It's really tiring being together with someone
you don't like. Life is too short and I don't want to spend my life like this."
"Nora, I don't mind if the baby isn't mine." Alan spoke out his own thoughts, "I won't ask you any
information about this child, and I'll just consider it as our child. I'll try my best to take care of you. Nora,
don't divorce me. Give me a chance to be a father. I will cherish it."
Nora looked at Alan and could see that he was saying these words sincerely.
If a man didn't mind that the baby his wife was carrying wasn't his, then he really did love his wife.
Nora felt warm inside. She was touched by his every word and her eyes got moist.
"Perhaps you will feel hurt when I disappeared for a while, but I was also confused and I needed some
time to sort myself out. I wanted to confirm how deep my feelings for you and to see how much I can do
for you."
"I was testing myself. This time apart from you made me deeply realize how sad it was being without
you. I wish I could be working 24 hours a day, numbing myself not to think of you."
"Nora, I was afraid to come back. I was afraid to face you and negotiate for a divorce like we did today,
as if there was nothing else to talk about between us except divorce. I don't want to be like this with
you. I want to be your husband... for the rest of my life."
"I don't want to let go of you, even if you hate me, I don't want to let go of you. After thinking about it for
a while, especially today when I knew you were going to have an abortion, I came here desperately.
Love me, love my dog, I love you, and I'll love this child too."
"Believe me, I can do it. I just need a chance. I need you to give me this chance. Nora, you love
children so much. How can you kill your own child? You have done so much for children's welfare and
helped so many children without parents, giving them the maternal love. Why can't you treat your child
kindly?"
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