CHAPTER 25 Alright, come home with me

The baby's cry woke Stephanie up from her daydream. She finally realized that something had happened and went after Jack madly, but when she rushed to the corridor, Jack had long been gone.

He must be downstairs! Stephanie ran to the elevator in panic. On her way, she even ran into a patient, which she"d got no time to apologize to. When she arrived at the elevator, she found it to be going up and thus couldn't take her downstairs in a short time, so she decided to descend on stairs.

It's merely four floors. More importantly, she could let Jack take away the baby.

She tried hard to hold back her tears as she went down. Stephanie felt helpless, as if she would never be able to see her baby if she didn't make it this time.

After a hard time running down the stairs, she saw Jack and her baby at the main gate. With a goal, her body was filled with strength again.

"No! Please don't take him from me!" Jack surveyed the woman in front of him. Her face was all red because of the strenuous chase, but she was still stubbornly unwilling to beg him for the baby. Instead, she kept repeating "don't take him from me."

Her effort successfully appealed to his sympathy, but he just couldn't allow that. He smiled as if he didn't mind, "You want the baby?"

"Yes. I want my baby. I want to stay with him. I am his mother." Jack's smile gave her a bad feeling, but that's her only choice. She clinched her teeth and told him her true feelings.

His smile seemed merciful, but also cruel. After a while, he said, "Alright, come home with me."

Home? Is there a home for her? Stephanie trembled and her look turned pale. She didn't want to be back to that place which bore her darkest memories.

She took the baby from Jack, whose cry had already become faint. Seeing his mother, he stopped crying completely. Stephanie let out a bitter laugh. "Let's go."

The car stopped right before the mansion. Stephanie hesitated before she got off slowly. Throughout the trip, she had always been staring at the baby in her arms, as if that's the source of all her powers.

A sort of dreamy look came to her face after she noticed that the house looked just the same like the time she left. This place had trapped her for years and it took her a life to escape from this place. However, so much had happened and she was back here again.

Memories of the past filled her mind. Cold Jack, cold room, freezing air… Her determination collapsed in an instant. No, she didn't want to be back here!

She wanted to run from this place! She felt that Jack was watching her. Was he on guard against her, or was he mocking at her? Stephanie couldn't figure it out and she stopped guessing. Her baby moved a bit in her arms, grabbing all her attention.

My sweetheart, do you know that mom's scared? She said to her baby in her heart. Don't be afraid, mom will stay strong.

"Stephanie? Are you crying?" Jack was looking at Stephanie whose face was covered in tears. He wasn't sure about how he felt. Perhaps he was painful, or maybe a bit glad to know that Stephanie still had feelings.

He tried wiped her tears off with his hands, because her tears made him feel bad too. But Stephanie took a quick step back like a cat and looked at him in alarm.

"What do you want to do?" She glared at him, acting like a female cat guarding her territory.

Jack was upset. All these days he had always been avoided, and now he was again rejected face to face. Even so, he softened his voice and said, "You are crying."

Stephanie was finally aware of the coolness on her face, but she merely paused for a while before she got alert again. "It's none of your business."

Her attitude totally irritated Jack. He squinted his eyes. "What is my business, huh?"

"Your business is your business, but mine has nothing to do with you." Stephanie answered coldly and then added, "I am here to take care of my baby and there's nothing between you and me. Therefore, please keep your distance, Mr. Wood. In our future life, I hope you can follow these rules…"

"Mr. Wood?" Before she could finish, Jack broke in and drew himself closer to her, "Stephanie, was I being too nice to you these days?"

Stephanie was scared and fell back subconsciously till her back was against the wall. She asked in pretended calm, "What are you going to do?"

"What am I going to do?" Jack repeated her words and laughed out of anger. "I am not going to do anything. There's only one thing I want you to know: you have no rights to pose rules!"