After saying that, without waiting for Vanessa to stop her, Johanna lowered her head and quickly brushed past Theron, leaving the ward.
Theron chased after Johanna’s figure out of the ward, catching up with her in the corridor outside the ward.
He urgently reached for Johanna’s hand, but she pulled back as if shocked, taking two steps back and deliberately keeping a few steps away from him.
Theron looked at her deliberately keeping her distance from him, remembered the rumors he had just heard in the hallway, and looked into her eyes with pity.
“You’ve heard those rumors too. I know you don’t want to drag me down, but since Lizzie and I are already like that, let’s just do it for the sake of the child. Do you want to consider marrying me?”
Johanna heard this, her long eyelashes fluttered slightly, and joy surged in her heart like a hidden current!
But on her face, she still had that dignified and slightly worried look, always thinking of others first, she said, “Theron, I know what you mean, but you should deal with Jasmin’s matters first. My matters can wait…”
Vanessa was worried about the two of them, so she quietly opened a crack in the door and peeked out.
Johanna happened to hear this “thoughtful” comment right on target.
She didn’t care about anything else, she immediately pushed open the
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ward door and ran out.
“Oh my goodness! Johanna, she’s really a good girl. As for Jasmin’s matter, find a chance to let Theron vent his anger on her! Your matter is the most important! How can you not be in a hurry? Your belly can’t wait any longer!”
Her voice was not quiet, it stood out in the quiet hospital corridor.
When Johanna heard that, she freaked out.
The fact that she was pregnant was only known to a few people, even when she went to prove it for Theron, only the Bureau of Investigation knew, they wouldn’t talk about it. Now being shouted out like this, it’s no longer a secret to everyone!
Theron’s face changed instantly, he reacted quickly, took a big step and rushed to Vanessa, reaching out his hand, covering her mouth.
“Mom! Lower your voice!”
His eyes scanned the two ends of the corridor vigilantly.
Luckily, no one else passed by at the moment, so he could finally relax a bit.
“Come on, let’s go into the ward!” He dragged Vanessa back into the ward.
Johanna pursed her lips, hiding the flash of impatience in her eyes. “So close, yet so far!”
Theron was great, it’s just that his family really “held him back“!
The three of them returned to the ward, and in the distance around the corner, a military wife was covering her mouth, taking a while to digest this gossip..
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“Oh my god, if a woman like that is in our village, we’d have to parade her around!”
Three people returned to the ward.
Theron furrowed his brow tightly and solemnly warned, “Mom! Don’t say things like that again! Do you want everyone to know? How can Johanna face people in the future? Does she still have a reputation?”
Vanessa just shrugged and kept smiling.
“Oh, I was just too excited at the moment, got carried away and blurted it out! And really, what’s the big deal? You’re single now, as long as you two hurry up and get the marriage certificate, have the wedding banquet, all those gossips will just disappear on their own!”
She walked over to Johanna with a smile, wanting to touch Johanna’s flat belly, “Come on, Johanna, this belly can’t afford to be delayed for even a day!”
Johanna didn’t want her to touch, but at that moment she also resisted the urge to avoid, and forced a smile.
“No rush, we should focus on Jasmin now.
Theron nodded in agreement, “Johanna is right, we should deal with Jasmin’s issue first.”
Johanna lightly bit her lower lip, she was just being modest and casually mentioned it!
How did he actually believe that?
What’s the big deal with Jasmin? She was just raped, right? Just report it to the police.
Anyway, it happened at Equinox Research Institute, so far from home.
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Who’s gonna know once I go back? Just pretend like nothing ever happened, right?
But she wouldn’t say it out loud, her face still following Theron’s arrangement, looking as indifferent as a chrysanthemum.
“Yeah, Theron is right. Jasmin was so scared and upset, the most important thing now is to take care of her and make sure she feels safe.”
She didn’t say, Vanessa spoke for her.
