Chapter 220: Signing the Divorce (2)
Joyce didn’t respond, lost in her own thoughts.
Soon, Bryan Hawkins’ cellphone rang. It was a call from home. He walked to the balcony before answering, "Grandma––."
"Where are you?" his grandma asked, clutching the phone. She had hesitated for a long time before deciding to call her eldest grandson at this late hour.
"At the apartment." Bryan lied; he didn’t want to discuss tonight’s events with her at the moment.
"The results are out... the child indeed isn’t yours," his grandmother finally revealed. She had known this outcome since early evening and had spent a long time digesting the news herself.
"...I see," Bryan said, an indescribable mix of emotions welling up inside him. It wasn’t hatred or resentment, but a quiet pain that spread throughout him. In the end, he let her slip away from his life.
For three full hours, Bryan stood out on the balcony. Joyce finished an entire bottle of IV fluid without even realizing he was gone. When she called out to him with no reply, she had no choice but to ring the nurse.
The nurse entered the room to change Joyce’s IV drip, but Bryan remained on the balcony, completely oblivious. He stood there motionless like a lone wolf, resembling a statue in Joyce’s eyes.
At that moment, Joyce didn’t know what Bryan was thinking, but she felt that he was surrounded by an intense sadness.
This version of Bryan was something Joyce had never seen before. When he finally emerged from the enclosed balcony, she thought the Bryan that followed seemed like a completely different person—cold, calm, and devoid of emotions, as if he was a machine.