Chapter 199

Valeria spoke calmly. "Sebastian, if you ever get married and your wife becomes pregnant, please stay by her side. Pregnant women are incredibly vulnerable. You should be patient with her and treat her with kindness." No matter how privileged, how wealthy, how powerful a woman was, in that moment, all she wanted was the one person who mattered most by her side. Valeria's words hit Sebastian like a slap. He gave a cold, bitter smile. "Don't worry. I'm nothing like Shane." He would never abandon his wife during her most crucial moments, nor would he choose a long-distance marriage and leave everything on his wife's shoulders like Valeria had to bear. However, deep down, Sebastian knew—he might never get married or have children at all. That night, he came to understand that even after 29 years, even if he truly wanted to love someone, it wouldn't change the outcome. It was because Valeria looked at him, saying, "Lucy and Shane mean a lot to me. Without them, I might not have made