Diana pushed him aside, avoiding his gaze.

"Why are you so shy? We already have Abby," Brian laughed.

They sat down together on the bed. The silence lingered for a while till Brian started talking again.

"Diana?"

"What?"

"Diana…" Brian said again and leaned his head against Diana's shoulder.

Diana pushed his head away; she wasn't falling for that!

"Brian! Can you mind your behavior?"

"Mind my behavior? Abby calls me Dad. Doesn't that make you my wife? I can lean on my wife's shoulder if I d.e.s.i.r.e." Brian was deliberately trying to provoke her.

"Abby calls you, Dad, so you think you can decide who I should be with?"

Brian brushed her hair from her face in a smooth motion. He looked quite serious as he spoke.

"Diana, I don't know what I was before. But are you willing to be with me now?"

Diana stared back at him.

"You left two years ago. Are you still mad at me?" Brian was frustrated.

Diana shook her head. "No, I'm not annoyed with you for that, it wasn't your fault. And I should have told you about Abby before."

"Diana, give me a chance to make it up to you and Abby."

Diana was hesitant. And then she recalled what Kate had said about how it was better for Abby to grow up with her father. Diana allowed Brian to move into her with a warm embrace. She was willing to accept this man. He gave her a strong sense of safety, and he clearly loved her.

Later, Kate brought Abby back to her room. She was clearly tired now and needed to go to sleep.

Kate put Abby on the bed and said to Brian, "You drive us home."

After Diana had finally accepted him, Brian was unwilling to leave her.

"Can't you just catch a taxi?" he complained.

Kate noticed that Brian's gaze was totally fixed on Diana. She clicked her fingers in his face to snap him out of his daze.

"Let's go," Kate demanded.

"Go and drive them home," Diana said to Brian.

"Okay, I will be back soon." Brian gave Diana his sweetest smile before getting ready to leave.

"See Diana, he only cares about you. We are nobody to him," Kate complained.

"I agree!" Sybil chimed in.

"Are we leaving or not?" Brian gave Sybil a tap on the head to urge her on.

Sybil rubbed her head and stood up, annoyed.

"Diana, I will come to see you later," said Sybil.

"Goodbye, Aunt Sybil. Goodbye, Grandma!" Abby said.

Finally, Brian was able to get Kate and Sybil out of the ward.

When they left, Abby looked at Diana and asked, "Mummy, will you marry Brian?"

"Do you like Dad Brian?"

Abby nodded immediately. "Yes! Dad Brian is so kind!"

Abby then said in a whisper, "Mummy, can you marry Dad quickly? Margie has a little brother. I also want a little brother!"

Margie was a little girl Abby had met in the hospital.

"What did Margie tell you?"

"Margie said that once you marry Dad Brian, I can have a little brother," Abby explained cheerfully.

Diana laughed, children's innocence was certainly a wonderful thing. She could see how her daughter love to have a sibling.

A few hours later, when Abby was sound asleep, the door of her room opened, and in walked Brian.

"Why did you come back?" Diana asked.

"I didn't want to leave you two at the hospital alone."

Brian crept over to Abby's bed to lay a kiss on her cute, little cheek. And then he noticed the bracelet on Abby's wrist.

"Who gave it to her?"

"Your mother," Diana answered.

Brian smiled pleasantly. He had thought it was a present from Chaney. With that on his mind, Brian walked over to Diana and took off her necklace.

"What are you doing?" Diana whispered angrily.

"This one doesn't suit you. It's not beautiful enough."

Brian then fished out a box from his pocket. He opened it and took out another necklace, which he helped put around Diana's neck.

Diana went to have a look at herself in the mirror. Brian had bought her a beautiful necklace with a swan-shaped pendant. And it did look more delicate than the one Chaney had sent her.

"What do you think? An improvement?" Brian smiled.

Diana was speechless. Why was this man so childish?

"Stop flattering yourself. Give me back the other necklace!"

Brian laughed as he handed back Chaney's necklace. He knew that Chaney was an important friend to Diana, so of course, he wouldn't throw it away.

Diana put it carefully into a box before having one last look at the new one around her neck.

"Once you put it on, you can never take it off," Brian teased.

Diana frowned; he really was an idiot sometimes.

Undeterred, Brian stared at Diana's pretty face. He wanted her so much. He slowly edged closer to her side.

Diana got increasingly nervous as Brian was almost upon her.

"What… what are you doing?" she stammered.

Brian smiled, then leaned in and kissed her. Diana was about to push him away, but Brian held her so firmly that she couldn't move. In any case, Diana was soon very much enjoying the kiss. A minute or two passed with them wrapped in this embrace when Brian finally let Diana go.

"Diana, you are truly gorgeous!"

"Brian, you bastard!" Diana replied with a wry smile.

"Diana, you are the only one I want to do that with."

Diana was tired now. She gave Brian a gentle push out of the room, and they said their goodbyes. Then Diana closed the door behind her.

Looking at the closed door, Brian cleared his throat and said, "Diana, I have to leave for a few hours."

No one answered him, but he had to get going. The smile on his face quickly vanished. It was time to do what he should have done before. How dare they hurt his beloved woman and their daughter?!