He looked at her belly in question.

“A month plus,” answered Natalie.

Realization dawned on Shane just then. It seemed like he had already recovered more than a month ago.

“Oh, by the way.” Thinking of something, Natalie abruptly raised her head to look at the man sternly. “Previously on the phone, I heard Dr. Baker saying something about putting you on medication. And I also remember seeing some medicine on the bedside table before. What were they for? What if it ends up affecting the baby?”

Grasping her meaning, Shane's expression turned somber. “They were for infertility. I'm not sure if it'll affect the baby.”

“Infertility? Why were you taking drugs for that?” Natalie asked in surprise.

Shane cleared his throat awkwardly.

But his face turned icy the next second, and a trace of hatred appeared in his eyes. “It was Sam. He knew he couldn't steal Thompson Group from me, so he wanted to ensure I was unable to produce any heirs. This way, Thompson Group would eventually end up in his family's hands.”

Natalie gasped in shock. “But he's your uncle. How could he do something like that to you? First, he killed your parents. Then he did something so horrible to you, his own nephew.”

moment, Natalie's heart ached for

a miracle that he managed to survive this far with Sam

worried about the baby...” Shane clenched

another hospital.” Natalie tugged on his

furrowed at

to go to the hospital where Stanley works

“Dr. Baker is Ms. Graham's boyfriend. If we tell him I'm pregnant, Ms. Graham would end up knowing as well, and I don't want her to know. I'm sure you're aware that I don't like her. I feel like she's out to get

twitched, but before he could say anything, Natalie pressed her index

that I'm being paranoid, but listen to this,

phone and played the recording of the conversation

on Shane's features after

spoke in a hoarse voice. “You think Jacqueline was behind both attempts on your life, and that Mr. Gunn found out

with an expressionless face, “Connor's abduction and car accident, Stanley's car

silent, but his

you might have doubts about it. Let's first ignore whether Jacqueline was responsible for all the things I just mentioned, and just focus on the cat abuse incident Alice talked about. I think you can find out about it easily. Why don't you look into this first, then decide whether or not to believe that Jacqueline is guilty

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