CH 89 ~ No Difference

Rennie turned to Alex in surprise but he refused to meet her eyes and kept his gaze glued on his fidgeting fingertips.

"But Alex..."

"Why don't you want to know?"

She asked as she was about to put her hands on his shoulder, but his next words made her froze on her movements.

"It makes no difference..."

Alex paused on his sentence, realizing the wrong choosing of words, but it was already out from his mouth.

Nothing he could have said would have hurt her more and she immediately retreated back behind her shell, withdrawing her other hand from his.

Rennie had clearly misunderstood his words.

'Of course it didn't make a difference, if it was a boy he would leave without getting to know the child and if it was a girl he would be stuck in his unwanted marriage for even longer.'