"Have you had dinner?"

Chandler changed the subject. He also avoid mentioning that she ran away from home yesterday,and specifically told his family not to mention it again, lest Crystal was thin-skinned andembarrassed.

Crystal was still a little awkward and just nodded.

For her, it was her first time running away from home yesterday. She was nervous all day, constantlyreflecting and regretting, afraid that it would bring trouble to others.

However, whether she left the house or came back again, she was the only one who was uneasy.The Stephenson family elders didn't really care.

"Crystal, yesterday..." Chandler began to speak.

Crystal spoke quickly and nervously. "I know. You were too excited when suddenly received a BUltrasound message. I should have told you earlier.” In the end, she habitually apologized to him.Chandler looked at her like this and felt even more complicated.

"Crystal, we discussed it when we got married. We won't have a child for a few more years,"Chandler said eventually. "This baby was an accident. It's out of our plan.”

Crystal's pale face turned a little livid. She looked at him in a daze, but she couldn't contradict it.They had already discussed it when they got married. For the time being, they didn't want to havechildren. Considering that they were both busy with their jobs, they also considered that whenGeoffrey would really accept her as a new mother.

"But, but... It's already there.” Her voice was almost a quiver.

Chandler hesitated and glanced at her abdomen and said quickly, "Erica has moved out. If anythinghappens to her in the future, I promise you that I won't interfere too much. I will always be friendswith her."

He felt that Crystal's unease mainly came from Erica, so he made a solemn promise at this moment."Crystal, believe it or not, I just want to live with you for the rest of my life." Chandler spoke withsincerity.

Crystal had to admit that she was touched.

She was not as beautiful as Christina, who had a cluster of admirers. When she was in college, sheonly had a normal relationship. She had never heard any sweet talk and even gotten married toChandler without in dizzy.

Chandler was popular for women. She married into the Stephenson family which was beyond herreach. She had always remembered that the two elders of the Stephenson family were reasonable,knowledgeable, and her husband was so outstanding. All of this made her cherish it especially.Crystal lowered her head and said nothing.

Chandler knew that she was extremely susceptible to him, so he said softly, "We will have children ina few years. I will definitely love our baby very much.”

Crystal subconsciously caressed her abdomen with her right hand for maternal instinct. She loweredher head and teared up a little.

This time, she did not nod or object.

It seemed that Crystal had agreed.

Chandler knew that he was forcing her, and he seemed to be complicated and agitated. He tried tokeep a gentle tone. "I have some work to do tonight. I might be back later. You should go to bedfirst.”

As he spoke, Chandler turned around and left. His footsteps were a little fast as if even he wasavoiding the problem.

Crystal watched her husband leave in such a hurry. She had no excuse to leave him with her. Shewas filled with a sense of disappointment and resentment for her cowardice.

In fact, Chandler was not busy with work tonight but went to the bar to drink alone.

He really didn't know where to go. He felt unutterably depressed in the Stephenson family, the sameas when he learned that his brother had suddenly passed away.

"Chandler, you drank by yourself." Amidst the loud music in the bar, a chipper voice came.

Charles was dressed in handsome white sportswear, which was the latest custom-made clothes byfamous designers. He sat at the bar next to him, with a sunshine smile on his face.

Chandler ignored him and continued to pick up a large glass of German beer. He frowned and triedto drink it all as if he wanted to drink all his troubles.

Charles looked surprised. "Chandler, it would be suicidal that you're drinking so much after quittingdrinking for so long. Do you want to go to the hospital?"

"Go play with someone else." Chandler waved his hand to signal him to leave.

Of all the friends, Charles was the one who he envied the most because he lived a relaxed life. Hehad three brothers, was the youngest son in the family. He ran a company without any businessburden. Moreover, he was popular, which made him look like a duck to water.

Once he was here, he won't leave. Charles continued to press his elbows against the table of the barand said, "Crystal always says you have a bad stomach and won't let you drink.”

At the mention of Crystal, Chandler looked a little odd. He looked up at the bartender and let himfill another large glass.

Charles's eyes widened as he looked at him.

"Chandler, your brother has been dead for many years."

Patrick came out of the dim light. His voice was low and not loud, but Chandler at the bar counterheard it and got stiff.

Patrick motioned to the security guard behind him to let all the guests in this row of the bar gosomewhere else. He found an empty seat and sat down casually and asked the bartender for a glassof orange juice.

Patrick pushed the freshly squeezed orange juice in front of Chandler. Chandler looked at it and didnot refuse.

Charles, like their little brother, sat at the back and looked at them, sighing in his heart that Patrickwas indeed the most efficient.

Then, Patrick said calmly, "Even if you want to have an abortion, you have to make it clear to Crystalthat Geoffrey is the child of your brother and Erica...”

"What!"

Charles was the most excited. He immediately jumped up from his chair and glared at Chandlerfiercely. "Do you mean you really want to give up your own baby?!"

How could such a cruel thing be done? At this moment, Charles was a little as indignant as Christina."Chandler, you can't be so heartless. It's a life. It's your child!"

Although Charles knew the things about the Stephenson family and heard from Chandler that it wasimpossible for him to have a child so soon after marriage, or that he would never have a child forthe rest of his life, now that she was pregnant, it was still unacceptable that he admitted he wantedan abortion.

"Back then, the death of your brother had nothing to do with you, it was your parents’ fault..."Charles's face was congested with anger. "As Patrick said, your brother has been dead for so manyyears. Even if your parents are not willing to accept it, you can't mess around with them!"Chandler's eldest brother, Mark, was mild in disposition. As a super scholar, his biggest hobby wasto hole up in the library and specialize in ancient cultural relics and history. At the same time, heespecially disliked social interaction and even had a social phobia. Basically, his life was to get alongwith his family.

However, Chandler showed no interest in books. He liked to travel around when he was young.

The two brothers had very different personalities, which was not a big problem.

But when Mark was thirty years old, the Stephenson family elders were worried that he was toointroverted to replace a wife, so they specially arranged for a few girls to go on a blind date with him.Erica happened to be one of the girls who went on a blind date with him. Mark immediately fell inlove with Erica, just like a new discovery in his life.

Erica matched the Stephenson family for identity and background, and both families were veryinterested in getting married.

When they were about to get married and hold a wedding banquet, Chandler was told to rush backto attend his brother's wedding banquet. Chandler was still young at that time. He traveled aroundand made a lot of friends. He was more energetic than many friends of his age.

Chandler and Charles knew a lot of friends, including Erica.

"You sent me a message that you were getting married. Are you going to marry my elder brother?”When Chandler returned home and looked at Erica, the future sister-in-law, he was shocked.Because he had known Erica more than a year ago. Erica was a very bold and beautiful woman, andthere were many men pursuing her, but she liked those men who resisted her passively.

"Your brother was nice as a bookworm. At least he's willing to marry me."

"Erica, what do you want?"

"Chandler, don't think you're too important after playing with Patrick and the others. I know I'vebeen around you for the past year, but you don't hate me. You still like me, do you? Why don't youadmit it?"

Chandler was furious. "Erica, you're crazy."

"During the time I broke up with you, did you really not miss me at all?"

"As long as you promise to marry me, I will cancel the wedding with your brother immediately.”Chandler replied to her with a cold face and warned her, "If you hurt my family, Erica, I won't let yougo."

He turned around angrily and left. Erica stood there with a pale face.

As long as no one knew about their past, even if Erica married into the Stephenson family, itwouldn't be a big problem. However, that day, Mark was outside the door and he heard everything.Mark was jarred by it. He proposed to cancel the wedding, and then suddenly went abroad to travel.His first plan was to climb the snow mountain. For people who were not good at sports and rarelywent out, climbing the snow mountain was a very wrong choice. Chandler stopped himimmediately, but the more Chandler persuaded him, the more persistent Mark was.

As a result, Mark fell down the mountain because he was not feeling well on the way.

When the rescue team found him, his sportswear was in tatters, and there were many scars on hisbody. The blood in the wounds had already coagulated. He had multiple fractures, already frozeninto a stiff shape in the snow and ice.

Chandler did not shed a single tear at his brother's body. He was unusually silent and could not saya word.

Chandler knew better than anyone why his elder brother suddenly went abroad to travel, climbsnow-capped mountains, and why he died so tragically.

The two Stephenson family elders suddenly became much older for losing their beloved son. Thewhole family seemed to take on a bit of a darker hue.

However, there was a hope that Erica was pregnant.

It was Mark's child.

"If you want this child, ask Chandler to marry me." Erica paranoidly thought that she could keepChandler around in this way.

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