Elliot's eyes darkened as he stared ahead, still harboring doubts about what Rose had said.
What if the little girl was their child and Rose had just spoken in anger?
After hanging up the phone, Elliot sat alone in his car all night.
...
The hospital.
Just as Rose was about to ask the doctor when Leah could be discharged, she noticed Elliot's assistant rushing into the attending physician's office.
She frowned and looked at the office with confusion. She had already made it clear to Elliot, so why couldn't he let it go?
As she approached, she overheard a conversation between the assistant and doctor:
"Do you have a record of Leah's blood at the hospital?"
"No, why do you ask?" The doctor sounded puzzled.
"I want to do a paternity test for the child."
Rose stood at the door and heard everything. Elliot wanted to do a paternity test with Leah? Her hand trembled by her side as soon as this thought crossed her mind.
Her pupils contracted, and in her mind, she immediately connected the dots to Elliot finding out about Leah being her daughter. She knew that Elliot would undoubtedly try to take Leah away.
Rose's gaze darkened; she was determined not to let that happen.
He threw the report across the room with force and his handsome face twisted in anger. That child was indeed Rose's and that adulterer's!
As he brooded over this betrayal, memories of spending time with Leah kept popping up in his mind. He actually liked that little girl but now all he felt was rage at her being evidence of Rose's infidelity.
Elliot swept everything off his desk onto the floor as he seethed with fury.
Leah woke up to see her worried mother looking at her anxiously. She immediately smiled brightly and reassured Rose that she was fine.
Rose's eyes welled up as she gently touched Leah's cheek. "Does it hurt?"
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