Chapter 245 Treat Me Just As You Used To (2/2)

”They say an expectant mother should eat as much fruit as she can. Then the baby's skin would be healthy and lovely. When I was pregnant with yo

“Who does she think she is? I won’t marry her even if she is the last woman on earth,” said Hiram Rong.

“Marry into a family with tens of billions of assets? How lucky I am! I won’t be so foolish as to break off the engagement. At worst, I can receive money as part of the divorce settlement,” said Rachel Ruan.

Their great-grandfathers made a pact about their engagement a hundred years ago...

he coffee on the table and walked out silently.

Ten minutes later, there was a visitor at the door. It was Lydia.

She saw Hiram sleeping as she came in. She gazed at his face with blank eyes for a moment and went to the hanger, took his coat and threw it over him.

Hiram woke up the moment the coat touched his body. He grasped her hand and asked groggily,”Rachel, is that you?”

The moment he realized it was not Rachel, he took his hand off. ”Why are you here, Lydia?” he asked.

Lydia glanced at her wrist and then replied with a smile,”I dropped by after class. Since you didn't come home, I come here to see you.

I know that you're worried about Rachel, but you must take care of yourself too. Otherwise, she won't be happy. Please come home tonight. You can take a good rest and get back to your work full of energy tomorrow.”

Hiram hadn't stayed at his parents' house at Washington since he came back, not even once.

He took the coat off him and put it aside. He rubbed his head and took a sip from the cold coffee before he said,”I've got lots of work to do. You should go home now and I shall get back to work.”

Lydia was wounded with his words. She forced a smile and said,”Hiram, I know you hate me after the kidnapping. But it's not right! We are still family!”

Hiram could be very cold to people, but he had a soft spot for her. They grew up together all childhood. Lydia remembered how he used to pull his face to people as a child, but never to her.

”If I promise to get over you and be nice to Rachel, can you treat me just as you used to?” asked Lydia.

She was missing the old times. Times when Hiram warmed her surroundings with his smile whenever they met. Times when he shared the dinner table with her. Times when she stayed around him without a word.

She badly missed those times.