Chapter 182: The End Was Declared

Chapter 182: Chapter 182: The End Was Declared

The child.

That was a pain Ryan Sterling could never get over!

When he learned that Evelyn Grant had specifically sent him abroad just so she could have an abortion, rushing to the hospital to get rid of the child, he truly...

No matter how much he loved her, he couldn’t accept it.

Because she knew perfectly well how important that child was to him!

And she had clearly promised him she would keep the baby!

Just when he was working himself to the bone, trying to shorten his trip so he could hurry back to be with her and the baby, just when he thought that in a few months they would have a child—their child, his and Evelyn Grant’s—she had heartlessly aborted it!

Ryan Sterling felt that the only reason he hadn’t broken down was because he was forcing himself to hold on.

The only reason he hadn’t gone mad, hadn’t gone to confront Evelyn Grant, was purely because he was worried about her physical well-being after the abortion...

Her body had been through a trauma.

Besides, after his emotions cooled, he understood.

Even if he lost his temper with her again, even if he questioned her at the top of his lungs, the child wouldn’t come back.

Gone was gone, never to return.

And the gifts he had bought could now never be given.

"Mr. Sterling, I think there might be... some kind of misunderstanding between you and Ms. Grant. Why don’t you two talk again? Sit down and have a proper chat! It doesn’t seem like Ms. Grant has no feelings for you at all!"

Mr. Shaw thought about how she had even taken time off work specifically to see Mr. Sterling off at the airport.

For someone like her, who loved her job so much she never took a day off, to break her own rule and ask for leave—that had to mean she wasn’t entirely unmoved.

"I did talk to her after I got back."

How could Ryan Sterling not have sought her out?

All he wanted then was an explanation! Even if it was an absurd one, he would have tried to understand her!

Ryan Sterling just needed proof that she loved him, that he held a place in her heart.

But what was the result?

He didn’t get an explanation. Instead, all he got was her request for a divorce.

Every single word was like a knife twisting in Ryan Sterling’s heart, utterly merciless.

Just as Julian Sterling had once insisted she must die, that she must accompany Jane Jacobs in death, she had now passed a death sentence on their marriage.

"Maybe Ms. Grant also—"

"You don’t have to say any more. I know exactly where things stand between us."

’She can forgive my older brother countless times, even though he hurt her so badly and never truly cared for her.’

’But I make one small misstep, and it’s instantly over.’

’This... isn’t this its own kind of statement, its own kind of proof?’

’What else do I need to ask?’

"Sigh."

At this point, all Mr. Shaw could do was sigh.

...

Alex Grant was usually too frugal to take a taxi, but today, wanting to get the pastries to his sister as quickly as possible, he took one both ways.

When he returned carrying a bag of treats, he didn’t dare to breathe a sigh of relief until he saw his sister lying safely in bed, looking at him.

"Sis, I’m back with the goods! I didn’t know which kind you liked specifically, so I just bought a little of everything! Tomorrow, you can tell me which one is the best, and I’ll just get that one."

Evelyn Grant smiled. "Okay... Alex, thank you for going through all this trouble."

"What’s so tough about this? If we’re really talking about ’trouble,’ you’re the one who’s had it truly hard all these years! With Mom the way she is, and me still in school, we needed money for everything. To earn it, you must have had to swallow so much unfairness without saying a word."

Alex Grant meant every word of it.

He truly felt that his sister was just too tired!