Chapter 398

Hearing that, Teresa stayed calm and said, “Wasn’t it you who told me to say that? You didn’t want me drinking alone. Remember?”

Jonathan paused for a couple of seconds, then caught on. He smiled and thought, ‘That was a good one.’

Duncan didn’t seem bothered. He raised his hand and said, “So, if this was all just a misunderstanding, I can go now, right?”

Jonathan said, “Mr. Osborne, my wife isn’t your first victim. You hang around bars and clubs every night, looking for young, pretty, single women.”

“My lawyer has already reached out to the women you’ve tricked, and as for your other little scams, tell my lawyer everything.”

Then he took Teresa’s hand and said, “Let’s go.”

Even though he’d just stood up for her, Teresa couldn’t bring herself to smile. If Jonathan ever decided to look into her past, she’d have nowhere to hide. But he never did. He never even tried to ask.

After they left the police station, Jonathan asked her in the car, “When are you heading back to Nareigh?”

“Tomorrow,” Teresa replied after a few seconds of silence. Then she added, “Aren’t you going to ask me about that phone call?”

“I trust you. If you were lying, you wouldn’t have ended up in bed with me again last night,” Jonathan said.

Teresa sighed. “You can’t walk by the river without getting your feet wet. This is the last time, I swear. Last time, it was because of your fever. We agreed that it would be. This time, I was drugged. Let’s just call it even, okay?”

Jonathan smirked. “So I’m the one who got your feet wet, huh?”

“That’s not what I meant. You’re twisting my words,” Teresa said. “Anyway, I’m leaving tomorrow. Let’s just treat this as a random encounter and get back to our own lives.”

“I might not go back to Nareigh,” Jonathan replied.

Teresa shot him a look, not sure what he meant by that.

Jonathan said, “Last night, you wouldn’t let me use protection. If you end up pregnant, I’ll take care of you.”

“I was in my safe period yesterday. There’s no way,” Teresa said.

“But what if?” Jonathan’s face was tense as he drove. “Honestly, trust condoms more than your calendar.”

Teresa didn’t know how to respond. They both fell silent for a long moment.

Then Teresa said, “I wasn’t really myself yesterday because of the drugs. I can’t remember everything I said, but I know it was my safe period. I can’t get pregnant. I’ll just take some contraceptive pills, so you don’t have to think much about it.”

She might have been out of it last night, but Jonathan had been completely sober.

He said, “It doesn’t matter if you meant it or not. You said it, and you heard the recording. If you do get pregnant, give me a child. At least I won’t be so alone.”

Teresa was suddenly at a loss for words. No matter the reason for their divorce, whether it was his mother or Yvonne, she should have told him about Michael. Especially now, when he still doesn’t have a child or anyone new in his life.

All Teresa could do was feel sorry, though the words remained unspoken in her mind.

Chapter 398

Coming back to Nareigh felt like a dream. On the plane, Teresa had been scribbling Jonathan’s name all over her notebook, convinced that she’d never run into him again.

She went to Sanford’s place first to pick up Isabel and then headed over to get Michael.

Michael didn’t say a word to Teresa the whole way, sulking in the back seat.

Teresa could tell he was upset. Once they got home, she asked, “What’s wrong? Look, I got you a new toy. Come and see if you like it. Don’t say I don’t think about you.”