Chapter 2 Is That Child Mine

"Rose! How was your report? What did the doctor say?"

As they were talking, a middle-aged woman walked out of the ward behind them and called out to Rose.

Her voice was filled with concern and love.

That woman was Grace Reed, Rose's mother. For the past few days, she had noticed that Rose wasn't feeling well, her face also pale and weak. She had insisted Rose go for a check-up.

Grace knew her daughter had been working hard to support the family and pay for her father's medical expenses. After their business failed, her husband had developed a heart condition and stayed in the hospital..

As a housewife with no job, Grace couldn't help financially, and seeing her daughter bearing so much responsibility broke her heart...

Now, knowing that Rose had gone for a check-up, Grace had been waiting for her in her husband's ward. But after waiting for so long without seeing her return, she decided to go look for her.

Rose saw her mother and immediately adjusted the cold expression on her face. She didn't want her mother to worry.

However, before Rose could reply, Nancy, who was still standing beside her, spoke first!

"Hello, Auntie! I came to visit Uncle. How is he doing?"

Rose hadn't told her mother about cutting ties with Nancy. That's why her mother still didn't know about her true colors. Nor had she shared the truth about how Nancy and James had betrayed her. So Grace still believed Nancy was her daughter's best friend...

"He's fine. It's nice of you to come," Grace replied gently.

Nancy paused for a while, then a sly smile playing on her lips, before speaking again.

"Auntie, I know it must be also shocking for you to hear that Rose is pregnant before marriage! I tried to stop her from going to those kinds of places. They're not safe, but..."

She trailed off, her words deliberately ambiguous.

Her insinuation made it sound like Rose had been engaging in inappropriate behavior.

Grace froze in shock. "Rose... what is she talking about? Are you... Are you pregnant?"

Nancy glanced at Rose, a triumphant smile spreading across her face.

Rose knew Nancy was deliberately stirring up trouble to scare her mother. She was so angry that she wanted to curse her when a deep, commanding male voice interrupted.

A man stepped forward, took the test results from Rose's hand, and looked at the time of pregnancy on the report and asked,

"Is this child mine?"

Rose turned around and froze in shock when she saw the man standing before her.

His face was flawless, sharp features that looked as if they'd been sculpted by a master artist. His deep blue eyes were like an endless ocean—impossible to see through.

He was tall, about 1.88 meters, dressed in a perfectly tailored black suit and crisp white shirt. The clothes hugged his broad shoulders and narrow waist, highlighting his athletic frame.

There was also some kind of intimidating aura around him, one that made people instinctively afraid of him and want to stay away from him...

But none of that was why Rose was shocked...

She was stunned because the man in front of her looked exactly like the one she had sex in her dream...

Unable to stop herself, she asked, "That night... was it not a dream?"

The reason she had thought that night was a dream was simple—she couldn't believe a man this perfect actually existed in the world!

But now, seeing such a perfect-looking tall man with a well-toned body standing in front of her, Rose's mind raced. "So it wasn't a dream after all... This man is real!"

Suddenly, the temperature around her seemed to drop. A chill ran down her spine.

She looked at the man again, only to see his blue eyes turn icy. He looked furious, his gaze as cold as a winter storm.

It felt like he was going to devour her whole.

Rose shivered, unsure why he was so angry.

***

Kevin stared at the woman in front of him, his eyes dark and stormy. His heart churned with frustration. He felt very angry...

That had been his first time, yet this woman thought it was just a dream!

His anger boiled over, but he had no idea how to release it.

"Ahhh!"

Rose suddenly screamed

Because she was suddenly lifted by the man and he carried her in his arms.

She was so startled that she instinctively wrapped her arms around his neck, afraid of falling.

"What... what are you doing?" she stammered, her voice trembling.

She felt a strange fear. She couldn't understand what this man was trying to do.

Rose squirmed and tried to free herself, but it was like struggling against a mountain—he didn't budge.

Kevin ignored her protests and carried her out of the hallway.

Everything happened so quickly that Grace, who had been standing nearby, didn't have time to react.

But when she saw a strange man carry her daughter away, she snapped out of her daze. She was worried about Rose and chased after them anxiously...

"Stop! What are you doing? Where are you taking my daughter?"

She shouted from behind.

But the man didn't even glance back.

It was as if he hadn't heard her at all.