"What about the baby?"
Camille was lost in her thoughts about the information she had gained after analyzing the previous owner's memories when she heard this question coming from the side.
Therefore, she glanced in the direction of her brother who had just spoken, looking at him with a layer of confusion forming over her eyes.
By taking a look at his face, she could tell that he no longer treated her side of the story as a fictional episode that she had made up.
She was right in assuming so because the elder brother now believed that she was speaking the truth and thus, had moved on to another crucial question that would determine the fate of the young lady seated before him.
Regardless of how difficult it was for him to accept that his baby sister had someone she liked and did not hesitate to spend the night with him, he could not turn a blind eye to this truth.
Therefore, he had given up his stubborn denial and accepted everything she had said.
As he now believed her, he began trying to find more answers to the various questions that had risen in his head earlier.
He soon realized that his question was not grasped well by his sister who now had a muddled look on her face, filled with confusion.
Hence, he decided to not beat around the bush and instead be direct in his words.
At the same time, he was also worried that she might be affected by what he was about to say, so he held her hand and gently caressed it to ease some of the tension built up within her.
Camille blushed when she saw his careful actions because no one had treated her so gently before.
'Having an elder brother isn't all that bad.' She remarked in a playful tone in her mind.
"You are still too young and taking care of this child might be burdensome for you." The brother's words, filled with concern, worked wonders in dissipating that playful mood within her entirely.
However, not noticing this shift in her demeanor, he continued what he wished to say to her.
"I spoke to the doctors, it isn't too late for you. You can still…" He muttered, trying to sound as gentle as possible, in hopes of getting his message through to her.
If his first sentence wasn't too shocking then his second surely made her noticeably flinch.
Even if he wasn't holding her hand, the elder brother would have seen her shoulders tremble before her body froze as her reaction was too evident to go unnoticed.
This abrupt response from her succeeded in halted whatever he wished to say next.
Regardless of how he had affected her, he displayed no signs of taking back the words he had uttered and instead, silently observed what she would do or say next.
He knew that he was being cruel by asking her to give up on the unborn child, especially after knowing that it was the result of the night she spent with a man she has loved for years.
At the same time, he was not ready to apologize for suggesting this because everything he had just said was exactly what he believed in.
She was just twenty-three this year and had a long life ahead of her.
They now lived in modern times so it did not matter whether the girl was a virgin or not before her marriage.
However, having children before marriage was most definitely a matter of concern.
She was still too young so even after this debacle, she could go ahead and marry someone in the future with whom she might have a happy life later on.
Though that would be an unlikely outcome if she already had a child with someone else.
Not to mention that her reputation would also take a hit if she gave birth to this child when there was no man in her life who would forward to take responsibility for her and the child.
Keeping these perfectly logical reasons in mind, he was worried for her sake and did not want her to go ahead with this pregnancy.
After all, it was easier to accept someone with a past but knowing that she had a child with some strange man would certainly cause troubles for her marriage in the future.
In fact, if the man she slept with was willing to take responsibility for his sister, he would have reluctantly accepted their relationship and this child.
However, the man turned out to be unreliable enough for his sister to keep his identity a secret, unwilling to cause him any 'trouble'.
This thought made him scoff at this man, labeling him to be worse than scum.
Tossing all thoughts of that unworthy man out of his mind, he fixed his eyes on his baby sister.
He had placed his sincere and hopeful intentions before her and now it was her turn to decide what she wished to do with it.
As soon as her elder brother had spoken, Camille had already comprehended what he wanted from her, which had caused her body to have such a visceral reaction.
A startled look appeared on her face and she was not able to believe what she had just heard.
She had thought that he would be anxious and even furious for her sake but never had she guessed that he would ask this of her.
Therefore, her flabbergasted expression was evident to the man, who had been observing her all along.
In the next second, she pulled her hand out of his grasp as though she had been burned and for the first time this evening, narrowed her eyes and glared at her elder brother for even thinking of something so ridiculous.
"If Elder brother thinks my child is too burdensome then I can raise it alone." She announced without another second's delay while also continuing to glare at him.
A rare look of astonishment and surprise formed on the older man's face but he did not have the time to defend himself as she had more to say.
"I already stay in my apartment so you can just ignore me and my child from now." She added in a firm tone, displaying her resolute nature as nothing could make her change her mind when it came to this matter.
Ever since she had woken up in this body and received the memories belonging to it, not once had she thought of getting rid of the child.
She was an orphan in her previous life so she knew exactly how pathetic it was to feel unwanted by your own parents.
Those who gave birth to her had discarded her without caring for her feelings.
Therefore, having gone through that, she never wanted anyone else to feel the same way she had in the past.
This sentiment of hers coincided with what the original owner of this body desired as she too wished to keep the child as it belonged to the one whom she liked the most.
Though the original Camille was surprised and worried when she first heard the news of her pregnancy, not once had the thought of aborting the child ever come to her mind.
Once the initial fear and anxiety faded, she had done her best to care for the child and never thought of it to be a bad thing.
She admitted that her reputation might be stained if she gave birth before marriage but she neither cared nor gave importance to such matters.
To her, this child was the remembrance of the love she had for that man.
Since she never could stand by his side due to her lacking nature, she would be satisfied by having this child by her side.
She would give all of her love to it and never let anything wrong happen to it.
If this meant that her future marriage prospects would be affected, she did not mind it in the least bit as she had never given marriage much thought in the past anyway.
These were the sincere feelings of the original owner of this body which were so strong that even Camille felt the same protectiveness towards the child though she had no feelings for its father.
The unborn child was innocent so she found no reason to agree with what her brother had stated as valid excuses to get rid of it.
Hence, she had made her stance clear to him and was even willing to stay away from him and their family if keeping the baby meant going against them.
The elder brother, who was left speechless for a few moments, now could not believe the fierce glare that he had just been awarded.
His baby sister, Chansey, was always the meek and kind young girl, who obeyed him at all times.
Therefore, facing this new side of her, left him stunned, not knowing how to react to what she had just announced without any hesitation.
However, when he saw the stubborn glint in her eyes, which proved that she wouldn't mind cutting all ties with him, he finally felt fear creeping into his heart.
'Will she really leave us for the child?' He wondered and it appeared that the answer was already right before him.