Right Person, Wrong Time

"I'm here today just to tell you that the child is truly yours. When you were injured and unconscious, the images that appeared in your mind may just be delusions."

Evelyn inched closer to the office desk, lowering her head as she twiddled her thumbs. She spoke hesitantly, and she looked like a helpless woman.

"What did you say?" Colton stood up in disbelief, staring intently at Evelyn as if he was trying to bore a hole through her body.

Evelyn raised her head pitifully, her tear-filled eyes appearing in front of Colton.

"Everything I said was true. One of the side effects of getting cured of a voodoo bug is the reluctance to accept a certain truth, and you'll try to overwrite that incident. I thought that Nicole had cured you completely, but I didn't expect the side effects to remain!"

Evelyn mustered up courage as she shouted at Colton.

Colton didn't want to believe it at first, but when he calmed down and thought about it, there were quite a lot of suspicions about this claim. He asked calmly, "Why would I believe what you said? To me, your words are not worthy of any trust."

Yes, he shouldn't get confused. He had to believe that he never betrayed Nicole.

When Evelyn heard that, she looked at Colton in shock. She put on a hurt expression as she said, "If you don't believe me, Colton, you can ask Nicole if this side effect exists. You don't have to waste your time here doubting me!"

Colton paused in his actions. He suddenly wasn't sure if he should believe Evelyn now.

"Colton."

Nicole stood quietly at the door and called out in a low voice.

When Colton heard it, he looked at Nicole in shock. She was standing at the entrance with her head lowered. Her expression wasn't visible.

"Nicole, listen to me. Don't just take her word for it." Colton panicked. He feared that things like this would affect Nicole, and hence affect her child as well. Even Nicole herself would be in danger, much less the fragile child.

He didn't want Nicole to be in danger.

Nicole shook her head calmly and looked up slowly. She gazed quietly at Colton and Evelyn, then said, "She was right, Colton. I didn't tell you about it because I wasn't sure if I had cured your repercussions completely."

In reality, she wanted to say that it was fine.

"What?" Colton refused to believe her, much less believe that it was the truth. He had finally grasped some hope, but now a splash of cold water had put out the fire of his hope.

"Colton, if that were the case, we should let Miss Wrenn return to the medical base. No matter what, she'll have to give birth to the child before we can discuss anything," Nicole suggested. She wasn't sulking, nor was she jealous. It was a conclusion she had come up with after calmly considering everything.

If it were Colton's child, then so be it. This was the unchangeable truth. However, the relationship she had with Colton was something they could nurture together.