Chapter 798

Isabella Langley curled her lips in a cold smirk. "Open your eyes and take a good look."

Felix Valdemar's pupils contracted as he stared at her in shock. "How did you..."

The woman before him wore a lab coat, her makeup so meticulously applied that she bore seventy percent resemblance to Vivian Laurent. At first glance, one might mistake her for Vivian herself.

"Boss Ethan, this..." Felix turned toward Ethan Roscente.

Ethan cut him off. "Don't ask." He motioned to Theo. "Come here."

The boy scampered over eagerly. Ethan ruffled his hair, noticing the child's complexion had improved significantly.

"Does it still hurt? What did the doctor say?"

Felix answered first. "He's recovering well. The doctor cleared him for discharge."

"Uncle, it doesn't hurt." Theo obediently wrapped his arms around Ethan's leg, suppressing the lingering pain in his body.

Isabella watched the scene with rising fury. "Scumbag!"

Assuming the insult was directed at him, Felix immediately retorted. "Isabella, what the hell is wrong with you? How am I a scumbag?"

"All men are the same!" Isabella spat through clenched teeth. "Filthy animals who can't control their baser instincts!"

Memories flooded her mind—Vivian enduring morning sickness alone, sleepless nights, prenatal checkups, even refusing medication when ill. And the excruciating pain of childbirth, while men only needed one pleasurable moment.

Felix looked bewildered. "You women are the ones who—"

"Shut up!" Isabella snapped. "Men get their kicks and walk away, leaving women to bear all the suffering!"

Ethan remained silent. He understood the subtext of Isabella's words but chose to feign ignorance.

Isabella's anger burned hotter. The backaches of late pregnancy, the bone-splitting agony of labor—things no man could ever comprehend. Yet they became fathers with a single reckless night.

Ethan smiled bitterly to himself. He had indeed neglected precautions. Whatever Vivian decided, he would respect her choice.

But for now, he had to maintain the charade of ignorance.