Falling for My Contractual Wife

Chapter 333

Brian felt a pressing need to learn more about the baby.

As for Louise, he hadn't figured out his plan yet. If Louise accepted the child, great, they'd be a family. But if not, he wasn't about to abandon his own flesh and blood for her.

The path ahead looked treacherous. It had poured two days ago, leaving it slick with mud. One wrong step and someone

could take a tumble.

Grace, though, seemed at home here. She'd grown up in these parts and wisely wore shoes with good grip. She navigated the muck with ease.

Brian, on the other hand, wasn't so lucky. He'd come here for a site inspection, dressed in a suit and shiny black shoes, not the best for navigating mud. Seeing Grace zoom ahead, he struggled to keep up, nearly taking a spill into a nearby pond a few times. "Did you live in a cave back then? Why's it so far out?" he grumbled.

Grace glanced back, catching Brian slipping and sliding like a clown.

Suppressing a laugh, she quickened her pace. After about ten minutes, they reached their destination.

The old house stood with its mud walls, a bold "dangerous" sign plastered on the wall.

long gone. Grace eyed

Grace had an idea. With

the time Brian caught up, Grace was wielding the scythe, eyeing the "Dangerous House"

snatching the

doing? Hand

how risky this is? This place could collapse any

"This is

my

I need something

the mud hut, the sort of

me the tool," Grace

didn't budge, then met her gaze. "Is

Grace nodded firmly.

I'll handle

shoes, Grace shook her head "You're not suited for this. Do you even

a resounding clang. Grace winced. Approaching cautiously, she

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