Return With the Billionaire Baby Daddy-Chapter 62: the fact

"I want you to meet Damian," said Samuel, looking at Clara sitting across from him.

Clara immediately furrowed her brows, smiling in surprise, and shrugged. "Why? I’ve had enough trouble with him. I don’t want to repeat it because it will only make me feel the mockery from people again."

"You’ll just meet him, just talking... Not take him to bed!" Samuel exclaimed with a flat look. "I just want him to seem like a jerk again. And meeting you will make him look bad... And of course, Valerie will be upset and think that he hasn’t changed," he continued.

Clara sighed, staring at Samuel who looked neat in his black and white suit with a black jacket draped over the chair.

"Considering what happened two years ago, I got very little from you, but I got an incredible effect. So, I don’t want to do it again."

Samuel exhaled sharply, looking at Clara irritably while taking something out of his black pants pocket.

"You want a lot of money," he said, writing an amount on a check. "I’ll give the rest when you manage to get him close to you for just one day," he continued, handing the check to Clara.

Clara quickly took the check, looking at it with a smile.

"Is it not enough?" Samuel asked.

Clara just stayed silent, as if thinking.

"I can’t give much because I’ve spent a lot of money buying a new apartment here while the one in Las Vegas still hasn’t sold. But don’t worry, next month I’ll get my first paycheck, it’s not insignificant," Samuel said casually, looking at Clara who looked sexy in a red dress suit with her hair tied in a ponytail.

"I just can’t understand why you would do this just for Valerie," Clara replied in amazement. "Wouldn’t it be better if you saved your money to propose and marry a girl who can appreciate your love, reciprocate your love... Don’t you realize that this... This is pointless?"

"I can’t like any other girl before she suffers..."

"Why? Aren’t you ambitious to win her heart?"

"That has changed... She can’t change."

Clara smiled cynically. "You idiot! Then what’s the point? Stop dealing with her, expecting with her, then you’ll be calm!" She handed the check back to Samuel.

Samuel frowned.

"I won’t do it, I don’t want to take the risk, and I don’t want you to spend your money on something useless for you!" Clara reiterated. "Respect your own money... Don’t waste it for an unreasonable vendetta."

"Of course, this is reasonable. I can’t accept her ignoring me after all the time I helped her, always there for her..."

"Hey..." Clara interrupted Samuel. "You have to remember. All that happened because of you... because of your tactics. So, she never really needed you. You’re not a superhero to her, but you’re the source of her troubles!" she emphasized, then stood up.

"Clara!" Samuel also stood up and grabbed Clara’s hand.

Clara fell silent, looking at her arm in Samuel’s grip.

"Please... Just this once..." Samuel pleaded as if wanting Clara to pity him. He didn’t deserve pity, he was a parasite to Valerie and Damian. He was the cause of their relationship’s downfall two years ago!

...

With his face still angry, Damian walked down the hospital corridor after finding out that Karina was being treated in a room.

’What is this? What if she gets sick and that becomes the reason I can’t leave her? That won’t happen. No one else is worthy of me to fight for except Valerie. I just want her!’ Damian grumbled in his heart, continuing to walk while imagining Karina’s situation until he reached her room.

"Damian..." Adam greeted immediately.

"What? What happened to Karina?" Damian wondered.

Adam instead hugged him from the side and led him away from the door.

Damian fell silent, holding back his anger, feeling more uncomfortable.

"She’s not okay," Adam said, releasing his hug on Damian’s shoulder.

Damian frowned. "Yeah, but what happened? Was she in an accident? Why didn’t you tell me?"

"She didn’t have an accident, but she suddenly fainted while attending a party with Robby. After that, she dropped and then underwent further examination. It turns out she has heart problems," Adam explained with a sad look, then shook his head, averting his gaze. "I can’t accept this... we only realized her illness when it’s already so severe... She doesn’t have much longer to live if she doesn’t undergo a heart transplant... If she doesn’t get a donor soon... Maybe she won’t make it. Even if she can survive with her current heart, it might only be a few months... She’s dying!" He continued with widened eyes, indicating his sorrow.

Damian fell silent, thoughtful, his gaze empty, preoccupied with Karina.

"Damian." Adam patted Damian’s shoulder, making him look at him again. "I know you want to be with your chosen girl especially since she has a son... But..." He stopped, as if hesitant to speak.

Damian fell silent with suspicion, worried that Karina’s illness would hinder his relationship with Valerie, and would be a reason not to leave her.

"Karina is my only daughter... I want her to be happy in her final days... But I still hope we’ll find the right donor so she can have the transplant soon... I don’t want her to die," Adam said anxiously. "Stay with her for now... She needs encouragement because I don’t want her to drop anytime and... not be saved. I don’t want her to experience that... Please, stay with her until she gets a donor," he continued, with pleading eyes.

Damian took a deep breath, then averted his gaze, as if confused until he moved closer to the door, looking at Karina through the rectangular glass in the middle of the door.

’What is this? What should I do? Can Valerie accept this? Can she be patient and understand Karina’s situation?’ he wondered in his heart. ’But... I guess everything will be fine as long as I don’t marry her... I just need to pretend to care about her.’

"Let’s go in and see her," Adam said, approaching Damian.

Damian nodded, then pushed the door open. He immediately entered, looking at Karina lying with a somewhat pale face, wearing a bluish-white patient gown, then with IV and oxygen.

"How could she look this bad when she was fine before?" he asked.

"Maybe she was already sick before, but didn’t take it seriously," Adam replied, stopping at the right side of the bed and caressing Karina’s head. "Sweetie... Damian is here."

Damian fell silent with a strange feeling, even worried that this would have a bad impact on him and Valerie.

"Sweetie..." Adam leaned his head towards Karina.

Karina slowly woke up and glanced at Damian, then smiled faintly and tried to sit up but she collapsed again.

"Karina..." Damian immediately approached with worry.

"You shouldn’t move too much," Adam exclaimed anxiously.

"Stay like that," Damian requested, then sat in the chair. "I’ll be here."

Karina nodded her head, then took a deep breath, as if she was short of breath. Hmm, is this for real, or part of her way of getting Damian?