Chapter 2144
“Me?” Jim snickered and glanced at Christopher. “I didn’t think you’d care about anyone else but Bonnie now.”
Then, he shifted into a more comfortable position, leaning against the bar table, and added,” When you brought
her up immediately after calling me, I thought you were here to speak on her behalf.”
“No, I’m not. She doesn’t need to be friends with someone like me who hurt her in the past, much less… speak to
you on her behalf.” Christopher sported a self-deprecating smile, then
lifted his head to stare at Jim. “Jim, I’m in the middle of something important now, and as soon as I’m finished, I
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtmight bring June with me to someplace up north.
“Aunty Rosalyn had already given me the recipe to formulate the drugs for my illness, and I’ll be able to produce
my own medicine in the future. I…”
He paused for a moment before continuing, “I want to bring June with me to someplace where nobody knows us
and start a new life there.” Jim’s entire body stiffened when he heard this. He lifted his head to stare at Christopher
in shock. “But you’ve lived in Merchant City for the past twenty years… All your friends and family are here, so
you…” Christopher picked up his glass and drained its contents before finally replying, “It’s precisely because I’ve
been living here for more than twenty years that I want to leave. I can’t let myself ,remain stagnant forever, so I
want to go somewhere up north to a foreign city and start our
lives afresh.” He lowered his head to stare at his empty glass and sighed. “I want June to experience the life she’s
always wanted…” Jim sighed. “Are you going to come back in the future?” “I don’t know.” Christopher let out a
bitter chuckle. “It’s still too early to plan this yet since I haven’t yet finished what I’m doing…” He lifted his head to
meet Jim’s gaze. “Therefore, I hope you and Bonnie can help me look after June before I finish what I started.
“The only person I care about now is June, and if anything happens to her…I’ll never be able to devote my time
AYESJAsp energy to my research.” Jim furrowed his brows, picked up his wine glass, and gently clinked it against
Christopher’s. Then, he smiled and downed the contents of his glass. “Don’t worry; I watched June grow up before
my own eyes, and if anything bad happens to her, I’d be worried sick, too.”
After getting Jim’s word, Christopher exhaled and lifted his head to stare earnestly at Jim.” Actually, there’s another
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmreason I returned to Banyan City. I have something I wanted to talk to you about, apart from this…” He poured
himself another glass of wine. “The baby that Bonnie aborted…wasn’t mine.”
Jim furrowed his brows and shot Christopher a look of disbelief. “Not yours?” He recalled how confident Christopher
had been that Bonnie was pregnant with his child and how he even forced Jim to go with him to Joshua’s house to
bring her home… “That’s right.” Christopher sighed. “Even though I was already sick at that time, I was still sane.
“I hadn’t said that because I was in a psychotic state, but because I didn’t want you and Bonnie to get back
together again, so, out of my selfish reasons, I told you that Bonnie was pregnant with my child… “That way, you
would give up trying to get back together with her because you thought she had moved on and was dating me.” Jim
narrowed his eyes upon hearing this.