Chapter 79


    ra tossed the words over her shoulder and stormed off. Ian watched her retreating figure. His


    fists clenched so hard that his knuckles turned white.


    Just then, Heidi emerged from inside. When she noticedn’s dark, thunderous expression, her


    tears immediately started streaming down her face. “Ian, I didn’t mean to set Ms. ra up, I swear.


    When I found out about you two being together, I just lost it, and that’s why I wanted to douse her in


    coffee.”


    “You know how I get when my condition res up. My brain just checks out. After it all went down, I


    was terrified you’d find out the truth and push me away, so I begged your mother to help me erase


    the footage.


    n, please don’t be mad at me, okay? I did it all because I’m crazy about you. Seeing you with


    someone else just triggers me.”


    She sobbed pitifully. Her tears were flowing like a summer storm.


    Ka rushed over to console her, “Heidi, stop crying, honey. If you keep this up, you’re gonna make


    yourself sick again. Ian, you and Heidi go way back. You even had a childhood promise to marry


    each other. She always thought you were hers, so seeing you with Ms. ra, she just snapped.


    Don’t hold it against her.”


    Heidi shivered under the weight of his piercing gaze, stuttering, “I–I didn’t say much. Just that Ms.


    ra loves kids so much, and why would she want to get rid of the baby she had with you?”


    “And then?”


    “Then she said that a child should onlye from love, that having one with someone she doesn’t


    adore would be a curse, so that’s why she chose not to keep it.”


    Heidi stamped her foot in frustration, staring at his resolute departure. “ra, there’s no way I’ll let


    lan fall for you!“/


    Dawson, catching the gloomy look onn’s face, stole a nce in the rearview mirror and spoke up.


    “Mr. Hayes, you nearly got bitten by a stray dog while looking for Kaleb, and you went without sleep


    for 24 hours. Why don’t you tell Ms. ra all that?”


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    she’d listen?”


    “You gotta tell her anyway. Think about it, Mr. Hayes. Ms. ra’s ady, and after that recording


    yed in front of all those people, then she got grilled by the otherwyer about your rtionship,


    you can’t me her for getting upset with you.


    “If it were my girl, she’d have skinned me alive.”


    “If you want to make things right with Ms. ra, you need to let her know how much you care about


    her and that all those harsh words before were just a bad joke.


    “Otherwise, she’ll never forgive you.“”


    Dawson, with his forehead beading with sweat, insisted, “Mr. Hayes, you can’t just dismiss all the


    good Ms. ra has done for you because of a drunken slip. Isn’t that a bit unfair? You had me


    check on every man around her, but not a single one had ‘Nine‘ in his name. Maybe she was just


    spouting off in anger to get a rise out of you. How can you take it at face value?”


    “A man’s got to sweet–talk hisdy sure, money matters, but so do words. You need to open up and


    clear the air. Otherwise, this misunderstanding’s only gonna get worse. And if Ms. ra really does


    walk away, you’ll be the one with regrets.”


    So preupied with giving rtionship advice, Dawson forgot to check the traffic lights. He ran


    right through a red, narrowly missed colliding with an electric bicycle.