บท 771: Consequences

"No!" Iris cried. "Please don't leave. I'll talk! Just don't leave me alone tonight."

Jin Liwei stopped and sighed once again. "As much as I want to know the big secret that you share with Lu Zihao, I don't want to force you if you don't want to tell me. And it's clear to me that you're second-guessing yourself on whether to talk or not."

She opened her mouth but he raised a hand to stop her from speaking. "Let me finish."

Her mouth closed and she nodded. 

He ran his fingers through his damp hair. "I feel terrible that I'm upsetting you by wanting to know about the secret, whatever it is. You know that if I could, I would never want to upset you, especially right now that you're pregnant. But baby…" His jaw tightened and his nostrils flared as he tried controlling his temper. "Baby, I'm upset too!"