Chapter 257


    Regardless, Michael had revealed that Ronan was the founder of the hospital. That was a pretty


    shocking piece of information as I had always thought that Ronan was only a good-for-nothing living off


    his family''s riches.


    “I didn''t know Anna woulde here for a physical examination. If I knew earlier, I would most


    definitely spare her from paying,” Ronan responded while curling his lips into a faint smile.


    His tone was casual as usual, but I could feel an indecipherable emotion in his eyes while he was


    looking at me.


    Regarding the floor I was on when I took the elevator earlier, Michael might not know I was on the


    obstetrics and gynecology department floor, but Ronan must have known.


    “So, you''re the founder of this hospital. That''s quite a surprise.” I spoke to Ronan with an awkward tone


    after giving him a polite smile.


    “I must''ve forgotten to tell you about that before.” In contrast to his previous witty personality, Ronan


    was being very courteous toward me at present. Even though it was a good thing that he had stopped


    pursuing me after knowing about my pregnancy, I still felt pretty uneasy by his indifferent attitude


    toward me.


    Since I had always treated him as my close friend, bing strangers because of my pregnancy was


    thest thing I wished to happen. However, it seemed like that was out of my control.


    Once we finally reached the first floor, I strode out of the elevator without dy. Being with Michael and


    Ronan in the elevator was not only stressful but suffocating.


    Before I was about to leave, I heard a female voiceing from behind. “Michael! You''re finally done!


    I''ve been waiting for so long.”


    The second I heard Michael''s name mentioned, I could not help but stop in my tracks while my heart


    skipped a beat. I then turned around and witnessed Emma throwing herself into Michael''s arm. There


    was also a sense of coquettishness in her tone while she was speaking.


    In response, Michael did not push Emma away and allowed her to embrace him. Despite having an


    emotionless expression, there was no trace of disgust on his face.


    Not too long ago, I had told Michael that I surmised that Emma was the instigator of the intrusion in my


    house. Judging from the current situation, it seemed to me that he did not take that matter to heart at


    all.


    I wondered if Michael''s feelings for Emma had changed during that period. After all, she was the


    woman he had to spend the rest of his life with soon. Conversely, I was only a nobody.


    “Nice to meet you, Ms. Jones. Or should I call you Mrs. Shaw? Anyway, I see that you can''t even


    separate from Michael for a moment now, huh? Weren''t you with him just a short while ago?” Ronan


    could not hold himself back from joking with Emma. He even had a smile on his face when he saw


    them embracing.


    It was apparent that Emma was in a joyous mood upon hearing Ronan calling her Mrs. Shaw from the


    bright smile on her face. There was a hint of shyness in her expression too.


    Sure enough, I felt like a dagger had pierced through my heart the second I heard Emma being called


    Mrs. Shaw. My eyes began to well up in tears uncontrobly when I saw how in sync they looked,


    painting a picture of a happy family.


    “It''s too early to call me that. Since there''s still a couple of days before our wedding, addressing me as


    Mrs. Shaw is a little inappropriate.” Although she gave such a reply to Ronan, Emma was gazing at


    Michael with a blissful expression.


    “Why not? You''ll marry Michael eventually anyway,” the straightforward Ronan uttered again right after


    Emma finished her words.


    Upon hearing Ronan''s utterance, Emma hung her head for a while before staring at Michael solemnly.


    “I hope you''ll love me with all your heart and soul instead of loving others once we''re married. Can you


    do that, Michael?”


    A mixture of anticipation and tenderness was in her tone as she spoke.


    When he heard her speaking such unexpected words, Michael furrowed his brows and looked at her


    with a tinge of annoyance.


    I understood the overtone in Emma''s words—she was still brooding over the press conference Michael


    held earlier. Nheless, I thought it was understandable since no woman would tolerate the man she


    loved to have feelings for another woman.


    In the meantime, it seemed like Emma had not noticed me, despite the fact that I was only standing not


    too far away from them. The reason was perhaps that she only had her eyes on Michael alone.


    Given that Michael had a chilling expression and did not answer Emma, Ronan felt the awkwardness in


    the air and tried to ease the tension. “What are you even saying? You''re about to be Michael''s wife! Of


    course, you''ll be the only person he loves unquestionably! Why would he love anyone else?”


    “I assume you''re unaware of what happened since you were abroad a few days ago. Michael


    confessed to a woman named Anna—”


    “Enough!” Michael cut Emma off before she could reveal the matter between him and myself.


    Ascertaining from his terrifying countenance, it was apparent that Michael did not like Emma


    mentioning us in front of others. Furthermore, he had always hated gossipers.


    Still, the ever-intelligent Ronan discovered something in Emma''s words despite being interjected by


    Michael. He was bewildered after hearing my name and gazed toward me with a much more


    complicated expression than before.


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    After staring intently at me for a while, he shifted his gaze toward my belly.


    I perceived that he must be starting to specte something in his mind. He looked like a person who


    loved to fool around on the surface, but he was pretty quick-witted in reality. Others did not have to say


    anything more at times, as he could perform urate guesswork by himself.


    Consequent to Ronan''s gaze, I lowered my head in guilt and turned around, intending to leave. To my


    dismay, Emma''s voice sounded before I could walk away. “Anna? What are you doing here?”


    She probably noticed me when she saw Ronan looking in my direction. On the heels of ncing at me


    with widened eyes, she looked at Michael like she was suspecting something.


    Based on her pettiness, she must have thought it was not a coincidence that Michael and I appeared at


    the hospital concurrently. She probably concluded that I was there to pester Michael deliberately.


    My first intuition was to ignore her and leave at once, but I refrained from doing so because Michael


    and Ronan were present. In addition to that, I believed Emma probably would not go too far with


    Michael by her side since she had to maintain the image he had for her.


    Hence, I turned around and stared at Emma emotionlessly while remaining silent.


    “It is you. Why are you here? Are you here to see Michael?” As expected, Emma thought I was there to


    pester Michael.


    Since Emma mentioned something about Michael and me earlier to Ronan in front of Michael, I knew


    Ronan would possibly validate what I had told him before; that the man I was in love with was Michael.