Chapter 50 Hormones Out of Whack

When Marielle Duvall heard footsteps, she glanced up slightly to find Rowan Blackwood standing in the hospital room doorway, gazing at her with rapt adoration. His eyes were tender, full of longing, as if she were the most cherished woman in his life. Yet, in the next moment, she scoffed inwardly. Selina Vaughn was the one Rowan Blackwood truly loved—what was Marielle Duvall to him? "Mr. Blackwood? What brings you here? I thought you were busy lately?" In truth, she already knew Dean Hartley had given Rowan the paternity report. She'd been bracing for his confrontation, yet he hadn't come—until now, looking at her with such tenderness. Was he here to beg for reconciliation? Or to confirm something? Marielle steeled herself. But Rowan merely smiled and stepped inside. Sunlight poured through the floor-to-ceiling windows, wrapping him in a golden halo. For a moment, Marielle was dazed. She remembered the first time she saw Rowan—he had been the guest speaker at her university, a rising e