His Eagle Eyes on Me

"Today?" Shelly asked.

"Yeah. Today," Hayden said sternly.

"Mr. Tate, we don't have to meet." Shelly did not want to meet Hayden in person as she was worried that she might not be able to lie.

After all, a man like Hayden had seen enough people to tell when he was being lied to.

"You are contacting me because of the baby, right?" Shelly said. "I did get someone to deliver the baby to you. I'm poor and can't afford to raise a child, so I figured he will be better off with you." "Why did you give birth to him if that's the case?" Hayden questioned. "Just so that you can deliver him to me without getting anything in return?"

Shelly blushed.

Hayden's tone was confronting and harsh, and she was thankful that she did not have to face him directly.

"It's not that... People are complicated, and they might feel differently at different times. I wanted to get rid of the baby at first but didn't have the courage to go through an abortion. After some delay, I was too far along to go through an abortion. I found out that I was having a boy and didn't want him to suffer with me, so I sent him to your parents," Shelly explained.

"So, you really don't want anything in return?" Hayden asked.

"What happened between us was an accident, Mr. Tate. You don't have to feel like you owe me anything." Shelly wanted him to cast all concerns aside and leave her alone.

"Don't you have any feelings for your own son? Do you really intend to stay away from him for the rest of your life?" Hayden asked.

He could not believe that a woman could be so heartless, nor did it make sense for a heartless woman to be afraid of getting an abortion. Shelly fell silent.

She knew that she should tell him that she would stay away for the rest of her life but could not make a single sound. "Why aren't you saying anything?" Hayden mocked. "Why won't you meet with me? What are you so afraid of?"

"I'm not afraid. I'm just busy," Shelly said. "I'm working in a cafe, and it's peak hour right now."

"Aren't you a reporter? What happened?" Hayden drawled, not feeling guilty that he had called her while she was working.

"Is there a rule where people have to stay in the same profession for their entire lives?" Shelly retorted.

"Send me your location. I'm coming to see you," Hayden said sternly.

"Just wait. I will send you my location once I'm done with work," she said.

She could not possibly let him come to the cafe.

She had opened the cafe with Courtney; Courtney invested in it, and Shelly was responsible for managing it.

It had been half a year since the cafe they opened the cafe, and business was finally taking off.

Shelly did not want her to bring her personal matter to work and hung up.

Hayden stared at his phone in shock when he realized Shelly had hung up on him.

"Hayden, were you talking to the mother of the baby?" Avery walked over to Hayden with the baby in her arms. "How did it go?"

"She said she doesn't want anything in return," Hayden said.

"Sometimes, a favor is the costliest thing to ask for, because this means that we will forever be in her debt." Avery did think it was possible

for

the woman to not ask for anything in return but could not believe that a mother could abandon her own child.

"She said that she is poor and has no money to raise the baby, so she sent the baby to us," Hayden

repeated what Shelly had said. "I am going to meet with her and give her some money to end this fiasco."

"How much are you going to pay her?" Avery asked.

"I will get her to name a price," Hayden said, not knowing what was the appropriate amount in this scenario.

"And if she doesn't want to? She

would have asked for money a longContent property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

time ago if that's what she wants." Avery wanted Hayden to be prepared.

After a long silence, Hayden asked, "How much should I pay her, Mom?"

Avery was instantly rendered speechless by the question.