I Married An Immortal (The Alchemists)

Chapter 132 - Moving Abroad

Finland decided to hire an attorney to help her change her name in court and add the surname Makela to all her documents.

After finally knowing the truth about her father, and feeling a bond with him through his notebook, she felt compelled to use her father's last name. She wanted to bear her father's name with pride because now she knew that her father loved her and her mother. Changing her name would also make it easier for her to hideaway.

With a new passport using the name Finland Makela, she began to arrange for her work visa and relocate to the United States. Tony, who understood that Finland was facing a difficult time, tried to make things easier for her so that the girl did not have additional stress.

He had suspected that Finland had changed her mind and accepted his offer to move to the United States because of what happened to Jean. He did not want to ask her too many questions for now. He was happy because Finland wanted to join him abroad. Later after the situation calmed down he would ask what needed to be asked.

[How are you?]

A text from Caspar came in when Finland was vomiting in the bathroom of her apartment. She did not look like a woman who was 4 months pregnant because her body was very thin.

I am feeling bad, Finland thought bitterly. She never replied to Caspar's texts.

Before Jean woke up, she would not forgive what had happened. Three months had passed and the last news she obtained was that Jean was still in a coma and had been transferred to a long-term patient care facility. The chances of waking up were very slim.

Caspar must have lied when he said that he gave Jean the immortality potion, she thought to herself. If that were true... why hadn't Jean woken up until now? Don't Alchemist bodies have perfect cells? There was no way for Jean to stay in this state if he had indeed been given the potion...

These thoughts made Finland feel more and more regretful for being lured so easily by Caspar. She let herself fall in love with him, not listening to her common sense. She should have waited until they really knew each other... 6 months was just too fast to marry someone.

Now she didn't know what to believe. Jean had become a victim of her stupidity - for falling for Caspar that easily, and now Finland was starting to learn to let him go...

Now she really didn't have anyone else in the world. Her father died before she was born and Jean was now on the verge of death. The man she loved turned out to be a liar and was likely to be the mastermind behind Jean's attack...

Maybe Finland was indeed destined to always live alone and protect herself. She would no longer rely on others. It was enough for her to have opened her heart twice...

She opened her heart to Jean as her best friend and family, and Jean was snatched away from her so viciously...

She also opened her heart and loved Caspar, but the man violated her trust and snatched Jean away from her out of jealousy...

Why fall in love when it could hurt this much?

Finland decided to close her heart tightly and would not open it again to anyone.

***

Finland finally told Tony that she was pregnant a week before her departure for the United States. The man was very surprised and felt tricked because Finland waited for the company to give her the work visa and process her relocation before she told him about her situation.

"I'm sorry... I'm afraid that if I told you about my pregnancy before, you won't accept me coming to America." Finland looked down. She wrung her fingers frantically. "I promise to repay you if you don't cancel all this. I will do a good job..."

Tony took a deep breath. They were having lunch at De Lune to discuss the details of Finland's departure next week and suddenly Finland gave him this unpleasant surprise. He watched Finland's face for a long time and took a few deep breaths.

"Who is the father?" Finally, he asked.

"You don't know him," Finland answered softly. "I don't have anyone else in this world. I only know you, and I need a new life."

"San Francisco is a very expensive city and you will have difficulty raising your child alone."

"Singapore is also very expensive..." Finland said in reply to Tony. "I will live frugally. You don't need to give me special treatment, I will look after myself. Right now, I need to work and live in a new place."

"Why don't you go home to Indonesia?" Tony asked again.

"I have no one in Indonesia, and I can no longer live in Singapore. Nobody will want to hire me in another country and give me a visa because I don't know anyone. You need my skills and I can be trusted, I need a sponsor from the company to be able to live in the United States, so we both gain mutual benefit..."

Tony pondered for a long time. On the one hand, he felt troubled, but on the other hand, he did not have the heart to reject her, because after all, he once liked the girl sitting in front of him. He knew that Finland was a hard worker and so far she had suffered a lot. Now that Jean was in a coma, Finland indeed didn't have anyone else.

Finally, he could not reject her plea.

"Well... for the sake of our friendship in the past, and how hard you have worked... I will help you." Finally, Tony made a decision.

"Thank you. I owe you..."