"You dare!"

At that moment, the door to the room suddenly swung open. Aveline, her face pale but her expression taut, stood there.

Although she couldn't see anything, her eyes were filled with a fierce determination.

She instinctively shielded her stomach with her hands, her voice hoarse but resolute. "If you dare touch my child, I'll fight you to the death!"

Though she had been lying on the bed, anxious, she quietly got up and moved closer to the door, wanting to overhear what they were discussing.

To her shock, she caught wind of the possibility that she might be pregnant!

Stunned, her mind raced as she recalled her recent moments with Lucas. There was one time when things had gotten too intense, and the next time, they hadn't used any protection. She had assumed she was in her safe period and brushed it off at the time. Clearly, the so-called safe period wasn't safe at all!

But now that she knew she was pregnant, she was determined to keep the baby.

Without close family in this world, she would create her own family.

one could touch

to help her

nothing, but Aveline could feel his gaze fall

"Didn't you claim you no longer cared about Lucas? So why

MY child!" Aveline's voice was sharp,

"But the father is Lucas. The child shares his bloodline. You can't claim it as yours alone. If Lucas finds out you're pregnant, you'll never escape. You'll be bound

picked up on the subtle hint in his words he knew she had been trying to get away from Lucas. That meant he had to be someone close to

few of her friends knew about

be Sidney?

his money on medical bills and couldn't afford to orchestrate

it Gernard or

couldn't be

as marrying Rina for that purpose. There was no way he'd do something like this to her. Deep down, she refused to believe

Could it be Gernard?

he already knew she

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