Chapter 836

Chapter 836 Refusing to Compromise

Carlee returned to her seat in the living room, this time with an oddly smug expression on her face.

“The fool is searching for Nina, and he hasn’t found it yet, it seems,” she said.

Carlee lingered on the lengthy note because she assumed that the reason Nina stopped bothering

Harley was because she was dejected after being abandoned.

Carlee felt absolutely no remorse, despite how terrible it may be for a pregnant woman to be in such a

scenario.

Carlee didn’t give a damn about the unborn child.

Sylvia was, after all, young, gorgeous, healthy, and strong. In addition to having one child, having two

or three in the future won’t be an issue.

Sylvia feigned to be alarmed when she heard Carlee contemplating and added, “Mrs. Timothy, you can

see Harley is sluggish; I’m going up to check on him.”

“Just in time for you to develop sentiments, I suppose! Men are like this,” Carlee said with a sly smile

as she shared her personal experience. “Whoever gives him warmth while at his lowest, will forever

have that man’s heart.”

“Really?”

Sylvia, who has always claimed to be uninformed about emotions, nodded cautiously and said, “Then

I’ll try it. I just want Harley to be happier. I don’t expect Harley to accept me.”

Harley’s obsession with Nina was cruel to Sylvia and she couldn’t see why she couldn’t compare to

Nina.

Sylvia took a deep breath and smiled at Carlee while keeping her head down to go up to the second

floor.

Harley was already resting on the bed at this point. He didn’t bathe because he was so exhausted. All

he wanted was to fantasize about seeing Nina again.

But soon as he started to nod off, Sylvia’s voice woke him up.

“Harley, what are you doing? I want to discuss something with you.”

Harley became irritated by the soft voice.

“I’m sleeping. I’ll speak to you when I get up,”

Then Harley lay over and turned his back on Sylvia.

His lack of interest in Sylvia had become a habit, but it wasn’t the best course of action in the long run.

The rejected Sylvia considered how to remove Nina from Harley’s heart, which was the most important

thing at the moment, as she stood outside the room’s door.

Carlee saw her son sleeping in the room in the evening as night fell, so she knocked on the door and

begged him to get up.

“You need to eat. It’s almost seven o’clock. I won’t let you be foolish for that woman again, so get up

now!”

After pestering Harley for twenty minutes, Carlee eventually received a response.

“I am an adult. You can’t tell me what to do. So leave me be,” Harley snapped

When Carlee heard it, she became enraged and yelled, “How dare you speak to me in this manner!

Would killing me make you happier?”

Sylvia heard the argument in the hallway and rushed over to see what was going on.

“All right, Harley, calm down. Mrs. Timothy is just worried about you. Why don’t we just eat in your

room?” Sylvia said. Harley just snorted at her as he entered his room again and sat down.

Sylvia quickly smirked at Carlee before continuing, “Mrs. Timothy, I’ll join you downstairs after I finish

with Harley, ok?”

Carlee nodded as she knew it would be impossible to enter Harley’s room with how upset her was. She

watched Sylvia enter the room and close the door behind her. Carlee hoped that Sylvia was able to win

Harley’s heart. She was getting sick and tired of Harley moping about Nina.

“Don’t go against Mrs. Timothy, Harley.”

Sylvia stood in front of Harley and talked, gently and calmly explaining: “She’s old and has only recently

been released from the hospital. What if she becomes ill once more?”

Harley scoffed.

“How long do you intend to play this game? Do you believe that trying to appease my mum by being

pregnant will make me compromise?”

Harley had some knowledge about Sylvia, even if he was unaware of her pregnancy.

He wouldn’t fall in love with this kind of lady because of Sylvia’s duplicity, even if there was no Nina

between them.

Even after Harley revealed that he knew she was faking, Sylvia maintained her composure.

“It doesn’t matter what you think of me, even if you detest me, but I hope you and Mrs. Timothy don’t

do irreparable damage to your relationship,” Sylvia sighed sweetly in response.

“You don’t have to worry about me or my family. You could just leave me alone like I’ve been asking

you to do.”

Harley continued to reject her and snorted angrily without giving it a second thought.

The forbearing look of Sylvia was pursed, and a tinge of concern was added.

“But you can’t neglect your personal image since you are a public figure. Have you been reading the

news lately? People have been saying damning things about you. You should…”

Sylvia was interrupted by Harley, who scoffed and said, “I don’t care, even if I don’t act, I have saved

enough money, so I can still live well.”

In light of this, Sylvia felt helpless.

She discovered that Harley was exhibiting an extreme attitude and was not susceptible to either good

or evil persuasion.

After dinner, Sylvia attempted to pacify Harley again.

As she stroked her flat stomach and spoke to herself, Sylvia began to play the family card. “You torture

yourself like this every day, I’m scared you will get sick, what if the kid doesn’t have a father?”

Harley viewed the unborn child as a burden because he held no affection for Sylvia nor the child. He

didn’t even believe the child was his. Even if the child was his, Harley was at the point that he would

disown the child if it meant getting Nina back.

“If you’re worried so much, you can abort the child whenever you want, and I’ll pay for it. It’s not my

fault you won’t listen to me. I have told you more than once that I don’t want you nor that child,” Harley

said icily.

Sylvia frowned and said in a tearful tone, “You still refuse to accept my child?” Harley surprised her by

being so callous to herself. “Do you realize this a life you’re talking about? A life that you helped

create!”

“That is yet to be determined, you sly witch!”

As Harley’s temper flared, he sprang up, grabbed Sylvia by the arm, and dragged her out the bedroom

door.

“Our chat is over; please don’t bother me again.”

With a loud bang, Harley slammed the door in her face and locked it to ensure she wouldn’t try to come

in again.

Finally, there was silence, and Harley just desired a restful night’s sleep. He jerked awake again after

hearing Sylvia yell in agony from outside the door.

“Harley, open the door for me-my stomach hurts so bad!”