Leaving While Pregnant：He Goes Crazy！
Chapter 425 Are You Crazy?

Adrian pursed his lips, a displeased expression appearing on his handsome face, seemingly not in agreement with her.

Eva had no choice but to strenuously pull her hand back.

Adrian's gaze suddenly looked slightly hurt.

While Eva was rescuing her hand, Nathan spoke up, "Mr. Blackwood, Ms. Hansen, we need to catch our flight, so we'll be leaving now."

With those words, Nathan naturally took Emily's hand that was holding his and led her away.

Emily hadn't anticipated that he would just take her away, and once she realized it, she called out to Eva, "Eva, we'll meet back home. I'll come to find you once I've handled my affairs." Eva waved to her.

"Okay, see you back home." Emily was whisked away by Nathan.

Only Adrian and Eva were left on the scene.

After a few seconds of silence, Eva couldn't help but admonish him, "Everyone's left, aren't you going to let go?"

Hearing this, Adrian lowered his gaze to their clasped hands, a pleasant curve appearing at the corners of his lips, "Why should I let go? Does it have to be in front of people for us to hold hands?" Eva looked at their joined hands and after a moment said, "It was merely a polite handshake, is it really necessary for you to make a big deal out of it?"

Adrian fixed his gaze on her, "I don't like other men touching you."

Eva emphasized, "It wasn't a touch, it was a courteous handshake, that doesn't count as touching."

Unexpectedly, Adrian retorted, "It doesn't matter, it still counts as touching even if it's just a handshake."

She was just tired of it all and didn't want to talk anymore.

It was then that Adrian, still staring at her, stated, "Jacob told me you were asking about Michael."

At those words, Eva paused, having asked Jacob in hopes of avoiding Adrian. She'd never thought Jacob would turn around and tell Adrian immediately. Adrian turned to look for her again.

It was only a brief moment.

"I shouldn't have asked at all. It's surprising how quickly everything was laid out before me. And what if I did ask? How would that matter?"

Was she trying to blame herself for this?

Adrian pursed his lips.

After a moment, he finally spoke in a grave tone, "Do I really come off that poorly in your mind?"

"What?" Eva didn't quite understand why he was asking this question.

"Or do you feel I'm not worthy of your trust, which is why you'd rather go to someone else with these questions?"

Eva had anticipated that he would confront her with accusations. Unexpectedly, he was addressing the matter of her trust, or the lack of it, in him.

At that thought, Eva instinctively began to explain, "It's not what you think, I just..."

"Or is it that you think I would do something to him?"

Eva fell silent, simply gazing at him.

With no reply from her, a sense of urgency mixed with annoyance arose in Adrian, "Say something."

"What do you want me to say?"

Adrian furrowed his brow.

"I didn't tell you because I was afraid of an outburst like this. So, I inquired in private with Jacob, but since he couldn't help me, I planned to drop the matter and never mention it to you."

Yet even with her explanation, Adrian's mood did not significantly lighten. "Am I less important to you than he is? If it wasn't him who kidnapped you, but me, would you then choose to be by his side?" Eva was utterly shocked by the question.

She had never contemplated the possibility of Adrian kidnapping her. While he often hassled her, sometimes to the point of annoyance, she had never considered that he would stoop to abduction. The same with Michael, the sudden kidnapping was beyond her expectations.

But now, Adrian's words sparked a sudden realization in Eva, yet she quickly regained her composure.

No, she couldn't let herself be swept up in this.

"That scenario never happened; your comparison is fundamentally flawed."

Her answer caused Adrian's gaze to dull somewhat. "Is the flaw in my comparison, or is it that you can't answer my questions, or perhaps, your answer is exactly as I had imagined?" Upon hearing this, Eva bit her lip.

She tried to envision the scenario in her mind, if Adrian were to kidnap her, forcing her and the children to live with him.

No, she couldn't accept it, not even from him.

Whoever it may be, no matter how close they were to her, she could not condone any act that broke the law.

With this in mind, Eva disregarded how her forthcoming words might hurt Adrian and spoke bluntly. "Yes, you're right. If you kidnap me, I would not stay by your side." Adrian's gaze darkened.

"Similarly, just because I'm not by your side doesn't mean I'll be by his. If I choose to stay with you, it'll be based on my own willingness, not because someone forced me." Her message was clear enough. As for what Adrian would think next, that was his business.

Eva didn't wait for him to respond. She turned and left, leaving Adrian standing there alone.

It wasn't until she had been gone for quite some time that Adrian suddenly realized what he had said in his impulsive moment.

He furrowed his brows, feeling a tinge of regret.

In his impulsiveness, he had spoken without thinking.

She was right, whom she chose to stay with was her decision, not something forced upon her by anyone else.

With that thought, Adrian quickly followed after her.

Fortunately, Eva hadn't gone far, so within a few strides, Adrian caught up to her, took her wrist, and pulled her back into his arms. "Sorry, I was impulsive. Don't be mad at me."

Eva pushed him away a couple of times, accidentally touching his wound, making Adrian grunt in pain.

In her haste, she had forgotten about his injuries. Eva quickly withdrew her hand and looked up at him.

"Are you okay?"

Adrian gazed down at her with a heavy look in his eyes. "I'm fine. Even if I'm not, it's my own doing, and I'll bear it. It was wrong of me to say what I did. You can hit the wound if it makes you feel better." And with that, Adrian even guided her hand toward his injury.

Eva's face paled, and only after her hand had touched his wound, did she jerk it away. But in that instant, she had also caused pain, and a cold sweat broke out on Adrian's forehead.

After pulling her hand back, she scolded him worriedly, "Are you crazy?"

Then, she steadied Adrian and took him back to the room they'd come from to undo his shirt buttons and check on his injury.

Indeed, once the clothes were removed, Eva saw that his wound had started to bleed again, staining the white bandage with a startling red.

Just that brief glimpse of the fresh blood made her head spin with dizziness, not to mention the pain that Adrian must be enduring at that moment.

She took out her phone, about to call a doctor, but Adrian snatched it from her and said, "I spoke out of turn, consider this as punishment. Don't call anyone."