Love at the Next Stop

Chapter 140 Planning My Pregnancy

Yulia knew that Miles would not side with her, so she let go of his arm.

“Stella Johansson, you don’t have to fake it! You’re nothing but the daughter of a rapist!” She did not hold back on her attack.

“That’s enough!” Miles sternly rebuked Yulia to stop her from saying more.

In spite of the accusation hurled at her, Stella was very calm. “My father has confessed to me about his criminal background during New Year, so you don’t have to keep reminding me of it. No matter what my family background is, it is none of your business!”

Previously, the tension between Yulia and Stella had been bubbling under the surface, and they both knew it. But today, their war was finally brought out into the open.

Yulia knew that Miles would not help her, so she quickly changed her tone. “Mrs. Xenon, are you attending the photography exhibition to avenge your ex-boyfriend? Aren’t you worried that you’d make President Xenon jealous?”

When speaking, Yulia highlighted the words ‘Mrs. Xenon’ and ‘ex-boyfriend’ to remind Stella of her place.

Stella smirked and dismissed her. “This issue is between me and President Grant! You should stay out of it.”

Then, she turned around to leave. She figured that Audrey was probably in the darkroom because she could not see Audrey anywhere. Hence, she wanted to head over to find Audrey.

“Why did you do that?” Miles asked her from behind.

“President Grant, I wronged you, and I feel guilty for it. Of course, I would not want to see you surrounded by women like Yulia—they only know how to create discord.” When she addressed Miles, she looked at him with her head held high, showing no sign of affection for him.

After this event, I guess Yulia will not have the confidence to face Miles anymore. She always believed that Miles did not know that she had been raped.

Stella left them and went to look for Audrey in the darkroom. Inside, Audrey was peeking out furtively, asking, “Miles probably won’t see us here, will he?”

“Why are you asking?”

“Think about it: I sent your nudes to him, and he likely thought I did that because I got into a conflict with you. But today, we’re here at the exhibition as besties. He might find out about our plan.” Audrey stole another glance outside, worried that Miles would enter the darkroom at any minute.

Stella thought over Audrey’s words and decided that it was a valid concern.

March was a month full of sunshine. However, a downpour happened on a gloomy afternoon. At first, Stella had planned to stay in the factory, but Zachariah said he had prepared a gift for her, his ‘Mommy’, and persuaded her to come home.

In the past, Zachariah loved to call Stella ‘Mommy’ because he was close to her. Although that embarrassed her sometimes, it made her happy. Now, when she was legally his stepmother, she suddenly felt awkward and weird when he did the same thing.

act, Stella would

would pick her up on his way home from work

she had no umbrella

could see her office from the entrance

away. Seated grimly in the car, he observed Matthew’s car driving into the grounds

office and hop down the stairs, all the while holding a

drenched look, he hurriedly walked up to her and shielded her from the

scoffed and forced a

could you not use an umbrella? What would you do if you catch a cold?” When Matthew saw her in the rain, he could

“I wonder what Zachariah

at her and shook his head. “No, I

factory. In the middle of the heavy rain, he did not spot Miles’ car parked by the roadside. As for Stella, she was busy guessing Zachariah’s gift for her and missed Miles’

like lovebirds. Miles smirked coldly at

home, Zachariah told them that he had created a drawing at school as a gift

proudly showed Stella the drawing. Although she could tell that he had drawn some human figures, she could not identify the subjects. He had drawn four figures on the paper, which he labeled as ‘Daddy’, ‘Mommy’, ‘Zachariah’ and ‘little brother’. Upon seeing that, Stella

there a little brother? Since when did you have a brother?” Matthew was confused by the drawing while Stella stared intently at it as she drowned in her sorrows. The drawing reminded her of the child she had miscarried, the final child that she had carried before she was diagnosed as infertile. She felt pained whenever she thought of the lost child as Miles remained in the dark about the entire

sobbing, but her abnormal behavior had attracted Matthew’s

I have lost two of Miles’ children. Indeed, I am very talented in masking my pain, especially when it comes to

and merely explained that she was reminded of some sad events in her life. Being the child he was, Zachariah pressed on about the ‘sad events’

kid? Zachariah, I was thinking of the baby that

a while and asked, “Was the baby yours and

could not explain

if you’re feeling down, you should take a rest upstairs. I think you seem tired today. Zachariah isn’t very sensible. I’ll teach

head and said, “This has nothing to

it a

flick on the forehead. “Next time, don’t ask things that you aren’t supposed

shouldn’t I be calling

let out a small sigh at Zachariah’s

at peak hour, there would barely be any traffic on her way there. Considering that going to the airport would be a detour for Matthew, she decided to hail a cab instead. She did not have any huge luggage case—only a

her undying love for Miles, he had not taken any step closer to her. There was no chance for

child and, as a result, woke up late the next day. She lazily washed her face, put on her makeup, and put on a pair of white strappy ballerinas before heading out to the airport. She had forgotten how difficult it was to hail a

could not help but recall how Miles had always driven her to the fashion shooting