Chapter 205
\nBillionaire Lost to His Surrogate In A Love Game novel Chapter 205<\/p>\n
Zachariah remained silent and motionless as Mrs. Fletcher kept on hitting him. When she finally grew tired and stopped the beating and the crying, Zachariah spoke, voice exceedingly calm. \u201cI\u2019m sad, too, that Cora has turned into what she is today, auntie. But I don\u2019t know how she had completed the transformation, I really don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
Perhaps not expecting such cold, harsh words from him, Mrs. Fletcher simply stared at Zachariah and forgot to wipe away the tears at the corners of her eyes.<\/p>\n
Zachariah reached out a hand to support her. \u201cAuntie, why don\u2019t you and uncle both take a seat? Cora is still in the operating room, and we don\u2019t really know how it\u2019s going. I\u2019m worried you will pass out if you keep crying like that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Fletcher, too, supported his wife with his arm. \u201cHoney, calm down. Cora will be fine if she knows that we care about her so much.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leaning into Mr. Fletcher\u2019s arms, Mrs. Fletcher did settle down a little. When she had finally fully cooled down, she said, \u201cLet me ask you something, Zach. If Cora\u2019s baby doesn\u2019t survive, what is your plan for our Cora?\u201d<\/p>\n
Zachariah answered lightly, \u201cCora\u2019s always been a lucky girl, auntie. I\u2019m confident she will be okay.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Mrs. Fletcher was obstinate. \u201cDo understand that Cora is our only girl. She insisted on keeping the baby, despite our vehement opposition, and you\u2019ve promised you will get divorced and marry her. You can\u2019t break your own promise, and I won\u2019t allow it, either.\u201d<\/p>\n
Zachariah simply pursed his lips and stayed silent. Granted that he had genuinely meant to divorce Ophelia and marry Cora. However, with Cora and her parents incessantly trying to force the marriage on him, he began to be repelled by that very idea. And his attitude is easy to understand if one considers the fact that he had been, since childhood, the absolute star and king of his family, and had taken the lead on everything, so he didn\u2019t like being bossed around like Cora and her folks had done.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Fletcher stared at him, sharp-eyed. \u201cLevel with me, pal. Are you even planning to marry Cora at all?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOphelia is also pregnant, auntie,\u201d answered Zachariah calmly, \u201cand I won\u2019t desert the mother and child \u2013 I can\u2019t, because that would be rather a beastly move. Surely you wouldn\u2019t want a beastly son-in-law, would you?\u201d<\/p>\n
Infuriated, Mrs. Fletcher raised her hand high and slapped hard on his face. \u201cZachariah Chambers! If you want to keep that wife of yours around, why the hell did you come on to our Cora in the first place? Yes, your wife is pregnant, but so is the girl in the operating room! We don\u2019t know if she or the child is going to survive. Don\u2019t you find what you just said rather disturbing?\u201d<\/p>\n
The nurse nodded understandingly, but repeated, \u201cThis is a hospital after all. So please be quiet.\u201d<\/p>\n
And then she left.<\/p>\n
Leaning in Mr. Fletcher\u2019s arms, Mrs. Fletcher waited until she was slightly calmer when she looked at Zachariah. \u201cZach, you grew up right before my eyes, and I know that you loved Cora with all your heart. Cora ran away from you, yes, but she was very young. And I know that she\u2019s continued to love you all these years; otherwise, she wouldn\u2019t have left her high-paying orchestra job to come back home. And she has rejected almost all performance invitations to keep her baby safe. Aren\u2019t all these sacrifices enough to show how much she cares about you? Now, she\u2019s in there getting a surgery, with her fate unknown, and so is the fate of her baby. Don\u2019t you think you ought to make her some promise right now?\u201d<\/p>\n
Silent, Zachariah kept a dark expression on.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Fletcher was about to lose it when her husband, patting on her shoulder, signaled for her to calm down. Looking at Zachariah himself, Mr. Fletcher said, \u201cZach, I understand what\u2019s been going through your mind. Ms. Ophelia has been with you for almost five years, and you\u2019re only human. Even if you didn\u2019t like her at first, you must have developed something for her. And yes, Cora did you wrong in the first place, so her mother and I can\u2019t really ask you to take responsibility for her. But it was you who decided to get back together with her, and to be with you, she\u2019s even willing to be called an \u2018other woman.\u2019 Now, she\u2019s still in the operating room. Should you not give her at least some recognition?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1079","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nirvanaharapan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/1079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nirvanaharapan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nirvanaharapan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nirvanaharapan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}