At the wedding rehearsal, Cornell’s adopted sister suddenly retched.
He carried her to the hospital in panic.
Half an hour later, my phone rang. “She’s pregnant.”
Just I was about to say congratulations, I heard his terrifyingly calm voice tell me, “It’s mine… she broke up that night and stood in the rain, shivering. I just hugged her to keep her warm, but I didn’t expect ….”
“Keep this matter from my parents! I’ll take her home and take care of her and we’ll talk about it later until her baby is born.”
“Also, I’ll postpone our wedding for a year, so you go explain and apologize to the guests!”
I froze and couldn’t utter a word.
He continued. “By the way, you have to quit your job as soon as possible. Margot needs someone to take care of her, because in the next few months, unexpected thing might happen to her.”
I suddenly smiled and replied, “Okay.”
He hung up the phone with satisfaction.
But too bad, he didn’t know, I had made a bet with that man that if I didn’t get married before I turned 30, I would marry that man.
And today happened to be my 30th birthday.
Perhaps my calmness was too abnormal. Just three seconds after hanging up the phone, Cornell Lander, called me again.
“Hailey, I’m sorry. I was at fault in this matter. But believe me, I only treat her as my sister. The child was really an accident.”
I laughed at myself and said, “Well, your love as a brother to your sister is so deep, huh, that you even took it to the bed to keep each other warm. It’s really touching.”
