Chapter 44: A Dispute

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Sophia gaped, a little surprised that Sebastian had said that.

She was not very happy, but she did not show it since he sent her to the hospital. She asked calmly, “Are you saying that I should not keep this child?”

Sebastian’s face was stiff, and his eyes cold — it was difficult to read his thoughts.

“It doesn’t matter how it looks to others. What’s important is what you will receive if you keep the child and what you will gain if you don’t.”

This was all business to him, and there was no trace of emotion in his eyes.

He graduated top of the class from the Faculty of Finance at Rotary University. Therefore, he did not regard the child in Sophia as an individual, let alone one that was breathing and kicking.

Sophia felt hurt and annoyed by his reaction. She thought her child felt it, too, because her belly felt a little uncomfortable now.

She was not in a hurry to disagree with Sebastian. “What will I get if I don’t keep this child?”

“You can get Norman to compensate you. Be it power, money, or status, Norman could promise to give to you everything that he has.”

Sophia shook her head; like a greedy person who kept asking for bribes, she said, “These are not enough to make me abort the child. Moreover, Norman is poor. Everything he has is his family’s.”

Sebastian didn’t refute her and continued, “After you abort the child, you will go back to your life from before. You will work hard and have a bright future. You won’t have to endure the judging gazes in the future.”

“And treat all of this as if it never happened?”

“Yes.”

“But so many people already know about this.”

“You can tell them that all of this is a misunderstanding. As long as you put in some effort to convince them, no one will take this farce to heart.”

Public opinion could be influenced. Sophia knew this very well. She smiled and nodded as if she had been persuaded. She then said, “With a little convincing, will they still think that I haven’t slept with anyone? Or even that I’m still a virgin?”
Sebastian frowned. He didn’t like it when she brought up such a humiliating topic.

“Will I still be able to meet a handsome man who loves me with all his heart in the future. I could fall in love with him, marry him, and sleep in the same bed with him without any qualms? He won’t know that I’ve slept with someone before, and he won’t know that I’ve done an abortion before. Ah! You’re
right. An abortion sure does give me a lot of benefits.”

Sebastian frowned. The more Sophia talked, the worse his expression became.

He didn’t want to hear Sophia talk further about marrying and sleeping with another man, so he changed the topic and said, “Whatever it is, getting an abortion won’t interfere with your studies and work. You are about to apply to some companies for your internship soon. Do you think any company
would want a pregnant woman who is emotionally involved?”

Sophia was silent for a moment. Besides making her future love life more challenging, it would also affect her career. The semester was not stressful. Their lecturer had advised them to find a company for an internship as soon as possible from the start of the semester. She had initially planned to get
busy with interviews and preparation, but now she was in the hospital, lying in bed arguing with someone about keeping a baby.

Thinking of her life before, it felt a little ridiculous and funny now.
Sebastian persuaded Sophia. Ordinary life was, indeed, more attractive to her than she thought.

But if she wanted to abort the baby

She didn’t want to.

If she hadn’t been pregnant in the first place, she would have chosen not to have a baby, without a doubt.

But now, she was pregnant.

This little life had been in her for more than a month and was still growing. How could she bear to abort it?

She became increasingly determined. “I can prove that the extent of one’s ability has nothing to do with being pregnant or not.”

Her answer did not surprise Sebastian at all.

He smiled a little. It was unclear if he approved of Sophia’s courage or mocked her naivety.

“You don’t care about what you will receive by not keeping this child. I don’t understand one thing, though. What will you gain by keeping it?”

“Won’t having the child mean everything?”

“But he can’t give you anything, He will take up your time, money, and energy and even affect your health. Are you still you if you now become a giver? Don’t you feel like a child has kidnaped you? You are now Sophia, not the mother of some child.”
Sebastian did not realize that his tone was getting heavier. What happened to Sophia had nothing to do with him, but he seemed to take this personally, losing his temper.

Sophia was a little scared by him, but she was angrier. She emphasized, “I know who I am.. I don’t need you to remind me! And don’t you think that you are a little too involved? Mister!”