I Walked Away And He Lost His Mind (Zephyra and Steven) novel Chapter 835

Ryan had just started to tolerate Steven after hating him for so long.

I didn't know how to explain it to him. After all, just a couple of days ago, I was earnestly trying to convince him to accept Steven, and now I was about to declare that we'd have nothing to do with each other for the rest of our lives. Talk about eating my words.

I looked at him and changed the subject. “Uncle Julian doesn’t know I’m in the hospital, does he?”

Ryan quickly shook his head. “Don’t worry, he doesn’t know. I wanted to check on you first. If it was serious, I would have told him.”

At that, he started lecturing me again. “You’re a grown woman. Can’t you learn to control your emotions?”

I couldn't help but smile wryly. Him telling me to control my emotions? He seemed to have forgotten how he looked ready to pounce on Steven every time he saw him.

“You’re carrying my precious niece in there. If anything happens to her, I’ll seriously be mad at you,” Ryan said with a straight face.

His words made me think of Steven again—how he had decorated a princess-themed room and taken me to pick out a mountain of baby clothes and pink toys.

I remembered being in the store when Steven picked up a toy bear with a mouth full of teeth. He explained it was a game where you press down its teeth one by one, and if you press the wrong one, its jaw snaps shut on your finger.

I had rejected it immediately, saying a child couldn't play with a toy like that until they were four or five.

But now, I told myself, whatever Steven thought or did no longer had anything to do with me.

Seeing me quiet, Ryan’s expression grew more serious. “I’m not kidding. Before my niece came along, you were number one in my heart. But now that she’s here, you’re number two.”

I rolled my eyes at him. “If you’ve got nothing better to do, go to work. Stop hanging around here.”

He glanced at my belly. “No way. I need to spend more time with her now so she’ll remember me when she’s older.”

With that, he handed me a freshly peeled orange. The sight of it immediately brought back the image of the half-peeled orange Steven had left behind, and my expression instantly darkened.

I knew in my heart that it was over between Steven and me, but my mind couldn’t stop thinking about him.

After returning home, I used the excuse of needing rest to hide upstairs, worried I would give myself away if Uncle Julian questioned me. I even had dinner in my room, though I had no appetite and only managed a few bites.

When Steven came to see me, I simply had Tess send him away.

In the past, he would have forced his way in, but now, knowing I was pregnant, he didn't dare.

I thought he had left, but when I was getting ready for bed that night, I saw him outside my window, waiting just as he had before.

Without hesitation, I drew the curtains. For several days, Steven waited outside, and I acted as if he wasn't there.

If words wouldn't work, I'd use my actions to make him give up. I figured if I just kept ignoring him, he’d eventually leave on his own.

What I didn't understand was, if this was Steven’s fault, why did I feel so miserable? I lost several pounds in a week and had no interest in doing anything.

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