Love Contract
Chapter 278 His Son

Barry arrived at the children's inpatient area. Slowly, he walked into Ray's ward.

The faint fragrance of the flowers hung in the air, mixed with the smell of disinfectant.

He saw that Selah was sleeping on the couch with her head tilted to one side. Meanwhile, Ray was sleeping on the bed, peacefully and quietly.

Barry walked in quietly and was surprised when he saw that the gauze on Ray's eyes had already been removed. This was the first time he had seen Ray's eyes. Although they were closed, he could still see that they were very pretty.

He touched Ray's face and then picked up a blanket. Then, he turned around and walked to the couch to cover Selah.

"Who are you?" asked Ray weakly as he looked at Barry's back.

"Ray!" Barry turned around and smiled warmly at him. "Did I wake you up?"

"Uncle!" Surprised, Ray smiled amicably at Barry. "So you are Uncle Barry. I remember your voice!"

"Good boy, Ray!" Barry sat on the edge of Ray's bed. As he looked into his shining eyes, he smiled. The boy stared back at Barry for a long time before finally speaking. "Uncle Barry is so handsome! I didn't expect you to look like this, Uncle!"

"Ray is also very handsome!" Barry ruffled Ray's hair and examined the boy's face carefully. His eyes and mouth looked like Selah's, his nose...

'Whose nose does Ray's nose look like?'

Barry frowned. Ray was such a handsome boy, even more handsome than he had previously thought. However, he had a strange yet so familiar feeling towards him.

"Uncle, am I strange? Why do you keep staring at me?" Ray asked innocently. He then blinked his eyes several times after speaking.

"No, of course not!" Barry immediately came back to his senses and explained, "It's just that your eyes have recovered and I'm so happy. How are you by the way? Do you feel uncomfortable in your eyes?" "No, not at all." Ray shook his head obediently and added, "But the doctor said that I'd better not open my eyes yet."

"Yes, he's right." Barry nodded and advised, "Ray, you need to listen to what doctor says. That way you'll recover sooner."

"Okay!" Ray nodded heavily. His eyes had recovered and finally, he could see now. He was really happy and he believed that his mother would be very happy too!

But his mother came back so late last night and cried in the bathroom for a long time. Why?

He could not figure it out.

"Ray, have a good rest. I have to go now." After sitting for a while, Barry spoke again.

"Are you going back to work, Uncle Barry?" Ray asked considerately, to which Barry responded with a nod. "Then, please take care of yourself!"

"Sure." Barry stood up with a smile and said, "Ray, be a good boy. Uncle Barry will come to see you next time!"

"Okay! Bye, Uncle Barry!"

Barry gently pushed the door open and walked out. On the sofa, Selah quietly opened her eyes, which were full of sadness and helplessness.

In the corridor, Jerry was anxiously looking for Barry. He did not know who Barry was visiting, so he just looked for him one ward after another.

Ah!

As Jerry was walking, his eyes suddenly lit up. He saw Barry walking out of the ward that was pretty close to where he was!

"Mr. Gu! Mr. Gu!" "Hmm?" Hearing someone call his name, Barry turned around right away. He watched as a man ran towards him excitedly. Surprised, he stopped in tracks. "You... Are you calling me? May I know who you are?"

"Ah," Jerry ran to Barry and said, "Mr. Gu, it's nice to see you again. I'm just a nobody. Of course you don't remember me after all this time. How are you doing recently, Mr. Gu?"

Looking at his ingratiating face, Barry felt unhappy and impatient. He thought that it was unnecessary to waste time on this man since he had just probably met him once or twice before.

"Excuse me. I have something else to do. I have to go now." Barry waved at him in dismissal.

"Wait a minute, Mr. Gu!" Jerry pulled him back and asked, "How is Selah doing?"

Hearing his question, Barry could not help but roll his eyes at the man. "From what you asked, it seems that you know Selah. What is your relationship with her?"

"It's a long story," said Jerry with a flattering smile. He put on a look of regret on his face and continued, "We used to work together. I was her former agent, but for various reasons, I left...

I regret it. I shouldn't have left her! I made her suffer so much."

Selah's former agent?

Barry's eyes darkened in an instant, as if a storm gathered in his eyes. He recalled that Selah's former agent's name was Jerry. The very same man who had betrayed her and sold her out. It was him who had taken her money and did not care whether Selah lived or died in a strange country.

Well, how dare this Jerry come to him?

"Jerry?" Barry asked with raised eyebrows.

"Mr. Gu, you remember me now?" Jerry said in surprise. As soon as he raised his head, he saw the angry expression on Barry's face. Immediately, his neck shrank in shame. "Mr. Gu..."

"Why did you come to me?" Barry put his hands in his pockets calmly yet menacingly. It was as if in his eyes, a storm was brewing.

"I'm here to apologize! I'm sorry!" Jerry thought Barry was blaming him for pushing Selah into his bed intentionally. "Seven years ago, Selah had just become famous. It was my company who asked me to send Selah to your bed."

Boom!

Jerry's words were like a thunder, hitting Barry's head in a piercing manner. His feeling of calmness was gone in an instant. Unconsciously, he grabbed Jerry's collar and fumed. "What did you say? Say it again!"

"Seven years ago, there was a celebration party in a private club in America," Jerry explained. Seeing the expression in Barry's face, he swallowed hard and asked, "Mr. Gu, have you forgotten about it? Selah was sent to your room..."

"Mr. Gu, our company will provide you with a very special 'gift' tonight. It is a virgin..."

Memories flooded over all at once. Jerry's sentence made the memories seven years ago resurface from the depths of Barry's mind.

Suddenly, he remembered everything. He was in a club adorned with Chinese style decors. He had drunk so much that he felt dizzy. The blaring of the music did not help. Then, he seemed to be in a dim room and a woman appeared in front of him. Although his sight was blurry and everything seemed to be spinning around, he seemed to see Mary.

The air was hot, and so was her body. That was how it happened.

When he woke up the next day, he was already alone in the room. Even though last night seemed to have happened in a blur, he knew that a woman had been sent into his bed. He was so furious about it that he immediately went to his company and asked his assistant to resolve what had happened.

He almost forgot that incident! But that woman was Selah? How could it be? The woman seven years ago was Selah!

Realizing this, Barry suddenly lost all his strength and let go of the man in front of him. He could not believe it. It was impossible!

"I was drugged and slept with a man."

"I didn't even know who the man was, let alone what he looked like."

"My menstruation didn't come the next month. So I made an appointment with the hospital to have a check-up to confirm my suspicions."

Selah's words echoed in Barry's ears. He felt his heart tightened and his face turned pale. As if his world had been overturned, he felt his knees buckle.

The boy. Ray. No! It could not be!

"Mr. Gu, what's wrong?" Jerry asked hesitantly. "You don't look good. You seem to be shocked. Didn't you know it?"

Barry's eyes widened. Yes! He knew nothing!

"Tell me! What exactly had happened?" Barry crazily grabbed Jerry's shoulder and shouted, "Tell me!"

"Sir! Hi, two gentlemen," a nurse came over and said to Barry, "please don't make any noise in the corridor. This floor is the children's area, and the children are sleeping."

Suppressing the urge to beat Jerry up right here at the exact spot, Barry pulled him forward with a cold face and said, "Let's go! Come with me!" Barry dragged Jerry out of the area. Meanwhile, Selah stood by the door of his son's ward. She felt so weak that the food box in her hand fell to the floor with a thud.

She heard everything! The father of her child was Barry! Fate was so ridiculous!

"Mommy, what happened to you?" Hearing the sound, Ray quickly got out of bed and asked, "Mommy, why did you drop the food box? Why don't you pick it up?"

Selah turned her head numbly and looked at Ray. She forced a smile, but it was not any better than her cry.

'My dear Ray, why didn't I see that you look a bit like Barry before? Barry... Barry Gu is your father!'

"Mommy, why are you crying?" Ray looked at Selah in confusion.

"Ray!" She suddenly screamed and rushed to her son. She hugged her and cried aloud.

"Mommy..."

Outside the hospital, Jerry was being dragged by Barry, but his mind wandered somewhere else. Why did Barry choose to be with Selah even though he knew nothing about what had happened in the past? This floor was supposedly the children's area. Was Selah's son in hospital?

"Tell me!" Barry threw Jerry aside and shouted, "Tell me the whole story!"

Jerry was stunned for a while. All of a sudden, something occurred to him and he smiled cunningly, "Mr. Gu, you really don't know anything? Didn't you know that Selah has a disabled son?"

A disabled son? Was he talking about Ray?

Barry was stunned to have heard Jerry call Ray disabled. Nevertheless, he said nothing.

"When Selah got pregnant, she couldn't get involved in any project. During Selah's prenatal checkup, the doctor said that the baby could be born with a disability if a parent got drunk at that time." Jerry seemed to have found Barry's weakness and continued, "Oh, by the way, the month after she slept with you, Selah was confirmed pregnant! Mr. Gu —"

"Stop it!" All of a sudden, Barry interrupted him fiercely with his glaring red eyes. He did not have the courage to hear the whole story anymore so he roared, "Shut up! Fuck off!"

"Mr. Gu, I can leave now." Seeing that Jerry got Barry right where he wanted, a cunning smile formed at his mouth. "Money makes the mare go, Mr. Gu. I won't beat around the bush then. I want money! Give me one million dollars. Oh no, two million dollars. Give me two million dollars and I'll keep the secret for you! Otherwise, I will make the matter public. I believe that the newspaper will be interested in the matter between you and Selah!" Barry squinted his eyes dangerously.

His mind was in a mess. He had always been calm and composed, but right now, he was resisting the urge to shout and beat the person in front of him to a pulp.

Ray was his son? He had a son! A son! But Mary accepted his marriage proposal. Finally, they were going to get married!

"Mr. Gu, what do you think?" Jerry asked.

"Well... Okay." After pondering for a while, Barry nodded. "I'll think about it."

"Then I will wait for your answer, Mr. Gu!" With a triumphant smile, Jerry handed his business card and said, "This is my phone number."

Without even taking a glance at it, Barry grabbed it and stashed it into his pocket. His eyes were dull and strength seemed to have left him as he staggered forward.

Perhaps Selah slept with another man after that. Right! Ray might not be his son!

He could only comfort himself in this way.

Ring! Ring! Ring!

"Hello?" Barry answered the phone. He was out of himself that he did not even bother to look who was calling.

"Are you still in the hospital?" It was Mary. Her sweet and gentle voice came from the other end of the line. "I'm on my way back. If you're in the hospital, I'll go to the hospital to visit our former CEO." "I... I've already left."

"So soon?"

"Yes." Barry pursed his lips and said in a dispirited tone, "Mary..."

"What's wrong?"

"No, nothing." Barry was still in shock. What Jerry had told him was so overwhelming. "I'll wait for you to come back home."

"Okay."

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