A cold smile appeared on his face. “I never thought you’d bring your friend to stop me and create trouble when you know I’m bringing Yannie over to meet with Riley.
Do you think I don’t dare to do anything to your friend? Don’t forget that Luke is dead. Your friend doesn’t have anyone to back her up anymore!”
Bethan’s heart trembled. Her face turned pale while she subconsciously looked at Gwen, who was sitting in the wheelchair.
Gwen…did not know Luke had passed away!
They had been keeping that a secret all this time and tried several methods to stop Gwen from thinking about anything related to Luke.
They did not think Gwen would find out about it from Thomas now.
In spite of that, Bethan did not notice one thing… Gwen’s expression did not change at all when she heard Thomas mentioning Luke’s passing,
Gwen’s eyebrows furrowed as she stared at Thomas, seemingly not understanding the meaning behind Thomas’ words.
“You’re wrong.
We’re here because of the live broadcast between you and Yannie, but…”
She curled up her lips.
“Bethan’s here not because she wants to stop you and Yannie from taking Riley away.
She’s here because I want to visit Riley.”
Her crystal clear eyes looked deeply into the man in front of her and said plainly, “I was too bored alone in the hospital, so I thought of visiting this baby of yours and Yannie’s.”
She then took a good look at Yannie and Thomas.
“By the way, Riley does resemble both of you very much.”
Yannie was slightly uncomfortable with that comment.
She tried to contain herself, but she sheepishly blurted, “Ms.
Gwen, Mr.
Thomas had stated Riley is our child because he wanted to silence the people.
I did have a baby, but… Anyway, Riley is Mr.
Thomas’ baby, not mine.”
Bethan and Gwen exchanged looks.
‘How could that be? Yannie did have a baby with Thomas, didn’t she? The hospital Yannie gave birth to is exactly the same hospital where Hunter took the baby from.
Is Riley…not Yannie’s baby?’ Bethan thought.
Bethan pursed her lips and wanted to tell the truth, but Gwen piped in, saying, “Is that so?”
Gwen sighed sadly.
“That’s too bad.
I thought Riley was your baby.
I mean, faith did bring you and Riley together.”
Then, she looked to the back and winked at Bethan.
“Since both of you want to visit Riley, we’ll be taking our leave now.”
Bethan did not know what Gwen was trying to do, so she nodded.
Then, she pushed Gwen’s wheelchair and passed Thomas and Yannie to leave the place.
As she did, however, she thought of something and looked back at Thomas.
“I think I still need to explain why we didn’t transfer Riley to the normal ward.
“The doctor did tell us Riley is suitable to transfer to the normal ward and leave the ICU, but we gave it a thought and decided it was best not to.
Riley will need to transfer back to ICU if she falls sick again, and there are too many people walking in Bj{.(f{d out of regular wards.
“It’s not as safe as the ICU, too, so with all things considered, we decided to keep her here, not because we want to stop you from visiting her.
On the contrary…”
Bethan paused.
“I’ve been requesting the hospital staff to be on the lookout if there’s any stranger who comes to visit Riley over the past month.
Before today, I didn’t know Riley was your child.
I’ve been hoping for Riley’s parents to come to look for her all the while, but you never came.”
After that, Bethan pushed Gwen and left.
Thomas remained standing as he narrowed his eyes fiercely.
Yannie, who was beside him, bit her lip.
After a moment of silence, she found her courage and raised her head to look at Thomas.
“You …never came to visit Riley before? Not even once?”
Thomas furrowed his brow upon hearing Yannie’s question.
For a moment, he fell silent, but it was not long until he raised his head and looked at Yannie’s face.
“Yes, I didn’t come to visit Riley this past month.
But –” “But you used Riley when you needed her to help dissolve our rumors!”
Yannie interrupted Thomas coldly, her anguish evident on her face.
“Thomas Howard, I never knew you’d be this kind of person.
I thought you just dislike me and are terrible to me.
Who knew you could be so heartless with your daughter, too!”
She walked past Thomas and strode toward Riley’s ward, leaving Thomas rooted on the spot as he watched Yannie walk away.
He furrowed his brow vehemently.
‘Can this woman wait for my explanation? But…’ His lips curled into a smile when he saw how anxious Yannie was when she walked to Riley’s ward.
Since way back, he knew Yannie was fond of Riley and often came to visit the infant, Every time Yannie came to visit, he would place a hidden camera on Yannie before she went to the hospital and used this method to look at Riley.
Yannie did not know all of that, however, and that was why she thought Thomas did not care about Riley
Riley was his only daughter.
There was no reason for him to not care about Riley.
After his last visit, he was scared his rash action would alert the enemy, that Brettley would discover it and mistreat Riley.
If it was not for that reason, he would have visited regularly.
He sighed and started to catch up with Yannie.
Both of them changed into sanitary safety suits and entered the ward, one after the other.
Yannie was still mad at Thomas and was reluctant to let Thomas visit Riley.
Then again, she knew she had no right to do so.
As Riley’s birth father, not even Bethan and Brettley could stop Thomas from visiting Riley.
What right did she have?
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.