When he was at the foot of the building, Jackson pulled over around the curb. He pulled out his phone and drew Tanya’s number out of his blocked numbers list before dialing.
When the call connected, he went straight to the point. “Downstairs.”
There were a few beats of silence from Tanya’s side before her shock poured over. “You’re… downstairs?”
He hung up. He was in no mood to say anything more.
It took Tanya less than five minutes to appear. He unlocked the door, and the woman yanked the one in the backseat open before taking her place. “Um, you’re here for me…?”
“Or rather, weren’t you the one looking for me?” Jackson replied flatly. “You shouldn’t have shown your face in the West family residence. What do you want?”
So, he only came to her because she visited the West family residence and not for anything else. Tanya hung her head and gripped the hem of her clothes tightly.
“I don’t want anything other than to bear this baby to terms,” she said. “I know I’m nothing but a piece of garbage to you right now, and even before this, I was always just the friend of someone you like. But… I’ve liked you for a long time now. I love you. I never got to say it before, but after you broke up with Tiffany, I—”
Jackson’s eyebrows furrowed slightly before he snapped, “Can you please skip all these unnecessary sh*ts? I’m really not in the mood to hear any of it. I’ll tell you right here, right now: the baby is in your body, so if you insist on keeping it, then I have no right to force you to take it out. On the flip side, you have no right to make me accept it as mine either, do you understand me? So here’s the rundown: bringing that child to this world would damage your future and life in ways that cannot be undone. There’s not a sliver of benefits for you. But if you abort it, though, mark my words—I’ll compensate you for it. So, use your head and think. I’m giving you five minutes.”
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