Chapter 970

A thought flickered through her mind, unraveling the month-long mystery that had been gnawing at her. It was the scent. Something was off with the perfume. Chloe, already piecing the puzzle together in her head, managed to maintain her cool, only showing a brief moment of shock before regaining her composure.

"Maddie."

Maddie had stopped by twice before, both times with Grant in tow.

"Is Maddie flying solo this time? Where's my buddy?"

Maddie replied, "Your friend's up on the rooftop waiting for you."

Chloe furrowed her brow, as if Maddie's words didn't quite register.

Maddie cast a casual glance around the room, eventually hovering near the crib. Her long nails gently tapped the baby's soft cheek as she remarked, "You've got it all-cool and open-minded parents, four talented and doting brothers, a husband who adores you like no one else, and now this cute little one. It's enough to make anyone green with envy, to the point of wanting to smash it all to bits."

an undercurrent of hostility in Maddie's tone.

plotted to make me miscarry, Maddie? How could you be so

tassels swaying with her movement. Her face, usually marked by a bored

"You figured it out?"

hadn't been entirely

lack of

a moment, she couldn't quite make sense of the person standing

a whiff of a strange perfume. The placenta abrupted-it was your doing. The perfume had something in it to trigger strong uterine contractions.

spoke, her mind buzzed with questions. Sure, Maddie had a thing for Connor, which could explain her motive. But it didn't quite add up Maddie had been the one to rush her to the

on

the larger center, the baby might not have survived. So, in a way, Maddie's decision saved her baby's life. Didn't that just contradict everything? Or had Maddie suddenly grown a

I didn't want your child born, do you think we'd be having

in closer, grabbing Chloe's chin: "Remember, I

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