Chapter 3 Showdown

Still reeling from the shock of the news she had just received, Selina tried to compose herself.

"Don't you think you owe me an explanation?" She asked the man who was supposed to become her husband in two months. Selina was trembling in anger.

"I don't think you deserve an explanation!" Francis glared at her with disdain. "Just because you're a teacher, you don't have to pretend to be pure and innocent. I can't stand you! I want to throw up whenever I see you! If it hadn't been for the fact that you can support me in the future, thanks to your fixed income, I would have never thought of marrying you! But now I have had enough!" He spat on the ground. The mere sight of her disgusted him. "How many chances did I give you? But you kept refusing me over and over again! I know you don't want to give yourself to me because you don't like me! Do you think I'm a man or not? Forget that! You have never even thought of me as your man. But that woman in there? She is willing to do so much for me! She wanted to give me a son without even having the legal status of being my wife! As for you... You can just hold on to your virginity for the rest of your life!"

Aron Yang, who was passing by at that moment, heard Francis's explicit words. He wanted to get to the door, which was blocked by Francis and Selina. They were so agitated that they didn't notice him at all.

"You have hopes of me supporting you for the rest of your life. And you call yourself a man?"

"Oh! If I'm not man enough, how can that woman inside be pregnant?"

Taking off the ring on her hand, Selina said, "Okay, since she is, we'll break up! I'm calling off the engagement!" She threw the ring on the ground, as if it was diseased.

Francis didn't seem affected by this at all. He picked up the ring casually and blew the dust off it. "I don't want to marry you anyway. You can pay me back for the engagement fees, the gold, and the gift. And if you don't, I'll go to your school and create a scene there until you give it to me!" he yelled petulantly.

Aron Yang was flabbergasted at the man in front of him. 'How could a man be so shameless?' Not wanting to witness the fight any longer, Aron Yang finally said, "Can I go through? You're blocking my way!"

Francis roared, "Can't you go the other way? My woman is giving birth inside. Will you take responsibility if it is not a son? Huh?" He saw Aron Yang's white gown and growled, "What's your number? Better behave yourself or else I'll make a complaint!"

The woman inside let out a gut-wrenching cry of pain. The doctors sounded relieved. "Yes, yes!"

"Doctor, is it a boy? Is it? Please tell me! I'm dying to know!" asked Francis hysterically.

The baby wasn't crying.

The doctor lifted up the baby and patted it a few times before it finally squealed. However, its voice was as soft as a mosquito's. "The baby's weight is very low-4.2 pounds, premature birth, and birth suffocation," stated the doctor clinically. "Well, inform Aron from the pediatric department to come and take the child."

Selina grabbed Francis's wrist and turned him around, not knowing where she got the strength from. "Francis! Enough! You got engaged to me while you were having this affair on the side! And now you're threatening to come to my school? Shame on you!" she screeched.

"I have nothing left to say to you. Except for this, Selina: It's all your fault! I have the same wants and desires as any other man! Don't think that just because you are beautiful and a little educated, you are great. You are difficult to be with. I don't want to marry a woman like you. Humph! You don't have to be so conceited just because you are a teacher! You should consider yourself lucky that someone like me chased you!"

Aron Yang couldn't stand it anymore. He pushed Francis away rudely and said, "If you don't let me go, you will be responsible for the consequences!"

"Who the hell are you?" Francis demanded angrily.

Just then, the door opened. Francis couldn't wait to rush in, but the doctor stopped him and said, "You can't take the child home yet. The mother has to be hospitalized, and the child has to be sent to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. I'm sorry." The doctor handed the baby to Aron, who took the infant and smiled coldly at Francis.

"I'm sorry. Were you asking who I am? Well, I'm the attending doctor for your son."

Embarrassed and annoyed, Francis stamped his feet hard and vented his anger on Selina. Pointing his finger at her, he snapped, "This is all your fault! If she hadn't seen your call this morning, she wouldn't have got upset and fallen down. It is all because of you that she went into labor prematurely and the baby is in this condition!"

Selina couldn't bear it anymore. She slapped him hard.

The sound of the slap was so loud that Aron Yang was shocked. 'That must be so hurt! But her hand must also hurt after hitting this guy so hard.

Will wonders ever cease? How could they fight so fiercely at the door of the emergency room?'

Aron Yang thought to himself as he stared incredulously at the petite girl.

"Francis, I was so blind in love that I wanted to marry you in two months! Fortunately, I've seen your true colors today. I was spared a lifetime of deceit. Anyway, I hope you live happily with your son and wife for the rest of your life!" With that, Selina straightened her back and walked away with dignity. "You are lucky to get rid of this bastard, Selina!" she muttered. The tears were threatening to spill from her eyes but she took a deep breath and held them back.

A crowd had gathered near the emergency room. They had witnessed the entire drama. Aron Yang was surprised to see the proud woman limping past him with her head held high. She was in a mess, but still so graceful and poised. The bystanders whispered among themselves and pointed at her receding figure, and the man behind her even spat at her, but she just marched onward without turning around to glare at him.