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As Ronald reached the doorway, he paused, turning back slightly.

"What?" Xander asked, puzzled.

But Ronald wasn't looking at him. His gaze was fixed on Stella behind Xander. "Why don't you head over to the medical room. I'll join you and the baby soon."

Stella nodded obediently. "Okay."

Xander was taken aback. B-baby?!

Before he could voice his confusion, Ronald had already started walking away, leaving Xander frozen in his tracks, his blood seemingly turning to ice.

Baby? He glanced at Stella's flat stomach. "You're pregnant? Whose is it?"

"Are you coming or not?" Ronald stopped again, throwing Xander a dangerous look.

Those deep-set eyes of his radiated a chilling intensity. It was clear that Ronald's mention of the "baby" was meant for Xander's ears.

The conversation Ronald had just had with his mother in the study made it clear to him that Xander still harbored feelings for Stella.

took a shaky breath, meeting Ronald's icy stare. His pupils contracted,

room, Stella put down the photo frame and turned

were you thinking, provoking him like that? You trying to

dangerous look, Yvonne had genuinely feared for her sister. She was half-convinced that if Stella had thrown a vase at him, Xander might have offed her

shrugged. "I saw

I'm not pregnant, and I'm tough as nails. I can take a beating. But what about

still in shock from hearing Ronald announce Stella's pregnancy Realizing the gravity of the situation, she was relieved she had

hovering anxiously, chimed in, "Exactly,

mom; you can't just jump

equally terrified, talking to Stella in a reproachful

twitch her lips at the phrase "jump into fights." In all honesty, when Xander and Yvonne started brawling, she'd

any shape to deal

been confronting Xander a lot lately, and she always returned without

her daughter's capabilities

between these two couldn't be ignored, and that he wouldn't

unintentionally wronged him over the years. Ronald, in particular, had vented his anger about Stella's disappearance on Xander, leaving him no room to explain. He'd been chased around

bed, inspecting Stella. "Let me see