Chapter 578:

“Fiona, what’s on your mind? Are you even listening?” Irving was engrossed in his phone, typing furiously, but his eyes flicked up to Fiona now and then, tinged with curiosity and suspicion.

“You’ve been acting strange since you got back from the hospital,” he finally said, his voice laced with curiosity. “Did something happen?”

Fiona, still lost in her thoughts, jolted at Irving’s words and instinctively recoiled, like a cat suddenly startled.

Irving, catching Fiona’s jumpy reaction, raised an eyebrow. “Why are you dodging? I won’t bite.”

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Fiona avoided his gaze, her voice shaky and unconvincing as she said, “I’m not dodging anything. You’re just imagining things.”

Just then, Gavin descended from the second floor, his violin in hand. Noticing Fiona on the couch, he casually asked, “Back from the hospital already? How did Elyse’s checkup go?”

Fiona, fiddling nervously with her hair, replied guiltily, “I… I don’t know. You should ask her yourself.”

Gavin, puzzled and now closer to the couch, pressed on, “Didn’t you take time off to accompany Elyse for her check-up? Didn’t you go with her?”

Fiona had indeed gone, but explaining what had transpired afterward was a different matter entirely.

Gavin, sensing her evasiveness, raised his eyebrows and pressed on, “You didn’t go? What were you doing then?”

head, refusing to spill

that something was

hospital a few hours ago, her mind seemed a million miles away, and it

to get to the bottom of it, Irving pulled out his phone and tried calling Elyse. No luck. Several attempts

was too early for Elyse to

Jayden, only to find

at Fiona. “What’s going on? Why can’t I reach either of them? Did something happen at the

up, shutting her eyes and feigning sleep to escape

He frowned and demanded, “Why are you acting like this? We’re talking to you! Where is Elyse?

probing, snapped, “Why are you asking me? If you want

grabbing his

and

exhaled a long sigh of relief, but the weight

thoughts: Elyse’s baby was gone, and her pregnancy had abruptly ended. The baby meant the world

regretted sticking with Elyse at the hospital now; her presence felt like a dark shadow in

to aid Elyse. Fiona braced herself for the inevitable confrontation once Elyse

seemed advantageous to Fiona in a perplexing

Fiona as she wrestled with her conflicted emotions. As she sat on the couch, she racked her

Gavin sat in the car, debating their next move. Should they head to Elyse’s home

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