Love Contract

Chapter 160 She Has Children (Part Two)

'Isn't she the little girl who went to my company? Isn't she the little girl whom I ran into in the restaurant? It turns out that she is Mary's daughter. How could she be Mary's daughter?! It has been only four years, yet... Mary already has a daughter...'

"William..." Lucas saw that William was in deep pain and disbelief so he called him out. However, William pulled him out all of a sudden.

"Come with me!" With red eyes, William grabbed Lucas by the collar and dragged him out of the hall rudely.

The garden outside the venue was quiet. Nobody was there except for them. William dragged Lucas all the way to a tree, away from the hall.

"Mary... She has children? How... how did that happen?" William asked, his lips were quivering.

"Yes!"

Bang!

As soon as Lucas answered, William's fist swept like wind and hit Lucas in the face.

Meanwhile inside the hall, the atmosphere at the party was stirred up by Elissa. After a while, a young boy sang along with her.

Holding a microphone in his hand, Alick held Elissa's hand in his other hand.

"Let the adults turn into little adults, like children, come to the door with innocence.

A cloud will take you out for a journey. What an incredible happiness..."

"Mommy, I love you!" Alick said sweetly.

Tears streamed down Mary's face, but she was very happy.

What lovely children they were! It was so joyful to watch them grow up.

"Lucas!" Clutching Lucas's collar, William asked him angrily, "Why?! Why did you take her away? How could you lie on my face?! You knew I was looking for her for years!"

"Why were you looking for her?" Lucas sneered and wiped the blood on his mouth.

"Because she is my wife!" William growled. "If you took her away, how could she... How could she have children with someone else?"

After he spoke, his fist landed on Lucas's abdomen hard.

Bang! Bang!

Lucas just grunted and took a few steps back. He clutched his stomach with pain.

"Because of you," Lucas said weakly, "Mary didn't get to see her mother for the last time four years ago. I watched her suffer... So I thought, why don't I just take her away? Why don't I just hide her from you?!"

Stunned, William said nothing.

"You were just in a contractual relationship! I had no choice but take her away from you!" Lucas roared.

"We were not!" shouted William. "You knew we were not!"

"But you kept it hidden from her, didn't you?" Lucas stared at William with wide eyes. "Did you even give her happiness?"

"Whether I did or not, you shouldn't have taken her away from me." William was so furious, the veins on his forehead bulged.

"I like her,"

said Lucas in a calm tone all of a sudden. Hearing that, William was startled. His fists clenched instantly and the atmosphere became more tensed.

"You... What did you just say?"

"I said, I like her! I like Mary!" Lucas roared, "I fell in love with her four years ago! And I did not want her to stay by your side and watch her suffer!"

"Lucas!" With a furious roar, William rushed forward and punched Lucas in the face. "You can't steal your friend's wife! You really surprised me!"

Lucas stood up unsteadily and spat the blood in his mouth. "Wife? You dream too much," he sneered.

As soon as he finished his sentence, William threw a punch but Lucas was able to dodge it. He then punched William when William was caught off guard. In an instant, the two men tussled. Lucas no longer held back.

In the hall, Mary took the two kids' hands and walked down the stage, beaming with happiness.

Standing aside, Barry watched them with a smile. He looked around, but to his surprise, he did not see William. Confused, he sighed.

"Mr. Gu," one of the bodyguards stepped forward and whispered to Barry.

Barry's face changed. He turned around and stormed out.

Mary saw Barry walking out in a hurry. Bewildered, she quickly handed the two children to Jill and chased after Barry.

The two men in the garden were brawling and their faces were bloody. Lucas's spotless white suit was stained with mud and splotches of blood. Also, a few buttons of William's blue suit were missing. He looked extremely miserable.

"Bastard!" William shouted as he punched Lucas in the face.

"You asshole!" Lucas punched William back. "You even hit a woman! What kind of man are you?"

"Bullshit!"

"Ha ha!" Lucas snickered as he grabbed William by the collar. "Have you forgotten? Four years ago, you slapped Mary so hard you damaged her ear!"

Upon hearing that, William became paralyzed for a moment. It took him a while to open his mouth again. "What... what did you just say? That's... that's impossi—"

"You bastard!" Lucas pushed William against a big tree. He glared at William with his red eyes. "This punch is for Mary!"

Bang!

"This punch is for myself!" Lucas punched William mercilessly without stopping. "Four years ago, you broke Mary's ossicle. This resulted to her having weak hearing! She's partially deaf now because of you! Now, she needs to wear hearing aids for her to hear!" "She's partially deaf now because of you!"

"Weak hearing... hearing aids..."

William murmured to himself. With a dull look in his eyes, he stretched out his right hand while trembling.

It was true that he had slapped her out of anger. But... he broke Mary's ear? He did it with his own hand...

"Don't you want to admit it? Huh ?" Lucas looked furious, but at the same time pained. "I took her away because you hurt her. You should let her go!"

"No... No..." murmured William absentmindedly.

When Barry came out, he saw that the two were still fighting with each other despite their wounds.

"Stop!" Barry ran over and separated the two. "Are you two aright?"

William looked at Barry and his anger that had just been extinguished, sprang up once again.

"It's you! It's you!" William clenched his fist and was about to punch Barry in the face when he heard a woman's cry.

"Stop!"

Despite wearing a pair of stilettos, Mary rushed to them. "Oh my God, what happened between you two?" asked Mary, horrified at the bloody faces of William and Lucas.

Lucas's face was bruised, and his suit had already turned gray and muddy. On the other hand, William looked a little better than him, but there was blood at the corner of his mouth. Moreover, his clothes had been torn off.

"William, are you crazy? You still haven't changed! This is our welcome party. If you want to fight, go somewhere else," yelled Mary at the top of her lungs, with tears glistening in her eyes.

Hearing that, William stopped at once. He opened his mouth slowly, as if in slow motion playback, and staggered to her side.

"Mary... Mary," William called her name but he choked in sobs. His Adam's apple rolled up and down several times before continuing, "Do you... have children now?" he asked cautiously.

Mary was shocked at his question. She seemed to feel William's melancholy despite his bruised face and her anger disappeared instantly. Yes," she answered while trembling.

"Ha ha!" William laughed painfully, the corners of his mouth twitched. He tried to force a smile but tears glistened in his eyes. "I've missed you for four years. Did I lose you?"

"William..." Mary stared at him and felt sorry.

What did he mean by 'I've missed you for four years'? And did he already know the identity of the children?

"Mary..." All of a sudden, William reached out his hand to touch Mary's ear.

"What are you doing?" Startled, Mary stepped back instinctively.

Regardless of her resistance, William found something in her left ear and pulled it out.

"You..."

"Weak hearing..." William held the small hearing aid in his hand. Both his palm and lips were trembling. "I'm sorry! Sorry... I'm so sorry."

William suddenly hugged Mary while his tears rolled down his face. "I didn't know. I really didn't know. That slap... How could it have hurt you so much?"

Victor arrived at the same moment William spoke. He heard what William had said and he was too shocked to say something.

Mary did not know what to do. Should she scold him? Hit him? But, he seemed that he was already in so much pain.

Mary could not hit him. Though she hated him for years, her anger disappeared when she saw his pained expression. She could not help but forgive him and feel sorry for him.

Plat! All of a sudden, Mary felt a drop of cold liquid fell on her shoulder.

"I'm sorry." William did not stop saying sorry to Mary. The tremble in his voice was crystal clear.

"You... Are you crying?" Mary whispered in uncertainty.

"Mary, I'm sorry."

All of a sudden, William let go of her and turned around quickly. There was no time for Mary to see his expression.

"William!"

Mary shouted. With his drooped head and shoulder, he was indeed lonely and regretful.

He did not respond. Instead, he walked faster without looking back.

Tears were all over William's face. No matter how painful Lucas's punches were, he could still feel the guilt and remorse in his heart. Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

It turned out that he was really such a bastard!

"Mary..." Watching at the quiet and depressed Mary, Barry walked up to her and asked, "Are you alright?"

"Yes... I'm fine." Staring at the direction in which William had left, Mary did not move for a long time.