Chapter 3

Seeing a reaction in my eyes, he reached out and pulled me tightly into his embrace.

"It's all my fault for falling asleep and missing your call. I'm so sorry, Brent. Please don't cry anymore, okay? Seeing you like this breaks my heart."

Harrington was still lying.

He had clearly been tangled up with Melody in the car. He had clearly seen my call.

If it weren't for his affair, my parents would never have gotten into trouble.

Harrington, your love is too much for me to bear.

The floor was cold in the dead of night. Harrington helped me to a chair, saying he'd go to the water station to get me a cup of hot water.

As soon as he left, the doctor came to find me about paying the bill.

I walked towards the payment window, but at the corner near the emergency exit, I saw two familiar figures.

Through the slightly open door, Melody had her arms around Harrington's waist.

"Senior, I just found out I'm pregnant."

"Didn't I tell you to take the pill? You need to get rid of this baby. You're not allowed to have it."

Melody's eyes instantly welled up with tears."I know we can't be together. We'll cut ties completely when you get married. But the child is innocent. I know Brent can't get pregnant. This is your only child."

"I hope you can accept this baby. After I give birth, you can take the child back and let Brent be its mother. Let the baby keep you company in my place."

Seeing Melody so humble, Harrington's harsh tone softened.

"If this is truly what you want, I'll take responsibility for the child. But Brent will be its only mother. I'll compensate you with a sum of money."

"Senior, I don't want money. I just love you too much."

Melody stood on her tiptoes and pressed her red lips to his. The two embraced tightly.

Witnessing this scene, my heart had long since gone numb.

When I returned from paying at the window, Harrington was walking around with a cup of hot water, looking for me.

"Brent, where did you go?"

Noticing my gaze fixed on his mouth, Harrington raised his hand to wipe his lips. A smear of red on the back of his hand was particularly eye-catching.

He hurriedly explained.

"I ate some dragon fruit earlier. I forgot to wipe my mouth."

I didn't expose his lie."I'm exhausted and need some alone time. I'm going to stay at my parents' house tonight."

I hailed a cab by myself.

Harrington didn't try to stop me. After all, his car still bore traces of our intimate encounter that he hadn't had time to clean up.

He followed behind me in his car the entire way.

He watched me enter the building and sent me a text message.

"Brent, I'm here for you. I'll stay downstairs all night. Call me if you need anything."

I didn't leave the house for three whole days.

Harrington stayed downstairs for those entire three days.

On the day of my parents' funeral, Harrington handled everything as my parents' future son-in-law.

Harrington knelt before my parents' memorial.

"Mom, Dad, I promised you I'd take care of Brent. I swear I'll treat Brent well for the rest of my life. Don't worry, I'll always be by Brent's side."

I stood behind him, watching coldly.

But Harrington, how can you guarantee that?

You're the one truly responsible for my parents' deaths.

In the afternoon, my phone received another alert from the security camera.At the same time, Harrington's phone also buzzed with a text message.

I opened the surveillance feed.

In the video, Melody was lying on the bed wearing my pajamas, striking various seductive poses for the phone camera.

I glanced up at Harrington.

He was scrolling through his phone with his right hand, his Adam's apple bobbing as he swallowed. He was visibly flustered, tugging at his tie with his left hand.

Harrington put down his phone and looked at me.

"Brent, you've been busy all day without eating. I'm going to grab you something to eat now."

Without waiting for my response, he turned and hurried out of the funeral parlor, looking flustered.

Moments later, I saw his figure appear on the phone surveillance feed.

"Are you out of your mind? Brent's parents just passed away. I need to be by her side during this time. I'm not in the mood to meet you," Melody said, looking hurt.

As she spoke, she pressed herself against Harrington's body.

"I'm only doing this because I like you. You must be exhausted lately. I just want you to rest properly..."Harrington suddenly raised his hand and shoved her away forcefully.

Caught off guard, Melody tumbled from the edge of the bed, knocking over the potted plant on the table.

The camera lens, flashing red, was exposed on the table's surface.

"When was this camera plugged in?"