Chapter 1372

I’m not a coward. I’m just… Just…

Charles was bewildered and could not find the words to continue that thought.

Seeing that he was in denial, Sonia stood up as well. “Charles, calm down. I know I went a little overboard with my words, but I had to. Or else, you might never know what you did wrong and continue victimizing yourself. Both of you are equally responsible for this. It’s not fair for Daphne to get blamed for everything. Frankly, you should blame me for this because it was me who asked her to find you. To tell you the truth, I regretted it.”

She closed her eyes and spoke solemnly, “If I hadn’t requested her to do so, that night might not have happened, and you wouldn’t have blamed her for everything; she wouldn’t have gotten pregnant and become so miserable. I think that was certainly it, which was why I kept blaming myself. Even if Daphne doesn’t blame me for this, I still feel bad for her. I had thought about coming to talk to you, but she stopped me. I didn’t want to see her any sadder, so I held back my urge to find you.”

“Why are you telling me this now?” His eyes were red, and his voice sounded raspy.

She bit her lip and explained, “My initial idea was not to tell you these, but now, I’ve run out of options. I feel heartbroken for Daphne, and I’m worried about her. She’s been constantly afraid since she got pregnant and doesn’t know what to do. She even talked about wanting to abort the child. I have to emphasize that she has never thought about using the child to force you into anything. What she had been planning was giving up the baby and moving on with her life. Once the baby is out of the picture, maybe you won’t have anything linking you two together anymore. She had made up her mind, but you…”

While staring at him, she continued, “You ruined her plan. To tell you the truth, I can’t seem to figure out why you did that. You hated Daphne so much and condemned her for everything, and she was willing to take the blame as you wished. She wanted to start over and cut all ties with you, so why did you stop her when she finally decided to go to the hospital? Isn’t taking away the baby out of the equation something you wanted?”