Under His Protection

Isabella instantly understood, her eyes widened in shock as she looked up at Vincent.

Vincent met her gaze, his hand gently resting on her abdomen.

“Inside here, is my child,” he said.

Isabella: …

Isabella’s mind went blank.

She scrutinized Vincent carefully.

High nose, thin lips, deep eyes, and at this moment, there was seriousness in his gaze.

That night, she had been drugged and her mind was foggy. The next day when she woke up, she only wanted to leave, so she had no idea what the man she had a one-night stand with looked like.

This child came unexpectedly, and she was barely able to take care of herself, let alone him.

But before Isabella could express her thoughts, Vincent spoke up, straightforwardly saying, “Isabella, I will take responsibility. Let’s get married.”

Isabella was surprised by his words, but she was rational. Without hesitation, she rejected him.

“No, it’s unnecessary, Vincent. That night, I was framed, and everything that happened afterward was an accident. This child is also an accident. In fact, today is the first time we truly met. Marrying just because of this is too hasty and irresponsible for anyone.”

Vincent’s eyelids drooped. He had expected rejection, but he hadn’t expected Isabella to reject him so decisively.

Isabella continued after some thought, “Bringing a little life into this world rashly is cruel in my opinion, so…”

“No matter what, I hope you consider keeping this child,” Vincent interrupted.

Isabella looked at him, puzzled.

Vincent articulated the words he had organized in his mind earlier.

“I need this child. You know my status; I’m an only child. Such a large family business needs someone to inherit it. Besides, I’ve never been interested in any woman until now,” Vincent said, with an unspoken “before meeting you” in his mind.

Isabella was surprised by his words. What did he mean?

Having been in the entertainment industry, Isabella had seen all kinds of things, and her acceptance level was high. So, hearing Vincent say this, she was shocked but didn’t have any other thoughts.

Isabella lowered her head. “But, if that’s the case, this child will be a bastard, and he will have to bear the rumors from the outside world…”

“So, let’s get married. This way, the child will have a legitimate birthright,” Vincent said, his tone somewhat gentle.NôvelDrama.Org: text © owner.

Isabella felt a bit shaken. After all, it was her child. She couldn’t recklessly bring him into this world, nor could she casually decide what to do with him.

“Marriage by agreement. After the child is born, you have the right to call it off at any time,” Vincent continued. “And, it’s the child I want. After the child is born, I’ll give you two billion.”

He tried to consider all her concerns from Isabella’s perspective.

Isabella reluctantly maintained a bit of clarity and said, “But will your future partner mind his existence?”

Vincent assured, “No, I can promise you that I won’t marry another woman. If you don’t trust me, I can give you a guarantee.”

Isabella shook her head. There was no need for that, after all, Vincent had just said he wasn’t interested in women.

“I naturally trust you. I’m talking about your future… same-sex partner.”

Vincent was successfully silenced. He greatly admired Isabella’s way of thinking.

“… Asexual?” Isabella asked.

Vincent was speechless for a moment.

He took a deep breath and said, “I don’t know.”

“Oh, okay,” Isabella nodded, looking as if she had already made up her mind. “That should be it then.”

Vincent: …

He thought to himself: Fine, as long as you agree to marry, you can call it whatever you want.

There was still plenty of time in the future for him to prove himself.

Vincent set the trap perfectly, fearing that delays could lead to changes. He immediately called for Hall to help draft a prenuptial agreement.

Hall almost immediately understood what he was thinking after hearing the ins and outs.

He found an excuse to drag Vincent out of his office, walked to a place where Isabella couldn’t hear them, and then grabbed Vincent by the arm.

“Hey, this is Audrey’s best friend. You know how much Audrey values her friends. Are you serious about this?” Hall asked.

Vincent raised an eyebrow. “Do you think I’m the kind of person who jokes about marriage?”

Hall looked him up and down and said, “No.”

Vincent: “Then why are we wasting time?”

Hall said seriously, “Vincent, let me tell you seriously, if you really like her, pursue her sincerely, take it slow. Don’t mess around like this, you’ll only end up hurting yourself in the end.”

Vincent looked at him as if he were an idiot. “Can we afford to take it slow when she’s already pregnant? Without this, she wouldn’t keep the child, and some things will inevitably converge. Marriage before love, just disrupts the sequence a bit, what’s wrong with that?”

With another confident look, Vincent added, “In the end, she will be mine.”

Hall: I really want to punch him.

Meanwhile, at the Newhouse Enterprise Company, Timothy was sitting in his office, looking at this quarter’s report.

Bang! The door was rudely kicked open.

Timothy looked up, his face dark.

Seeing the person who came in, he frowned. “When did you come back? Who provoked you? Why are you so angry?”

The person was Timothy’s cousin Randall, who was still studying abroad.

Randall hurried to Timothy’s desk, his hands pressing on it, his face full of anger as he asked, “Did you break off the engagement with Isabella?”

Bringing up this matter made Timothy’s mood even worse. He looked up at Randall, his voice full of anger, “Why don’t you go ask your good sister what she did?”

Randall frowned. He had just gone to the Casey family to find Isabella, but he didn’t see her there. He was also disgusted by Angel’s remarks.

With his hot temper, he naturally couldn’t stand it, so he didn’t hesitate to criticize Angel.

Who would have thought that Angel would say that she would be his sister-in-law in the future, asking him to be polite to her?

He immediately retorted, “I spit on that. Are you even worthy?”

Angel countered, “I’m not worthy? What about your shameless sister Isabella? Don’t you know, Timothy already broke off the engagement with Isabella.”