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In the evening, Whitney accompanied Joanna to the hospital so Ellie could go home for a much–needed rest. After leaving the hospital, Ellie suddenly collapsed, overwhelmed by exhaustion. She was discovered by Marvin’s son, Lewis.

“Are you pregnant?” he asked, his concern evident. Lewis was tall and slender, in his thirties, with a buzz cut and casual summer clothes. He quickly helped Ellie to a shaded spot while checking her pulse.

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Feeling weak, Ellie pulled her hand back and avoided Lewis’s gaze, panic washing over her. “Lewis, I’m not pregnant. There’s just been a lot happening at home lately, and I’ve been feeling low. That’s why my pulse is off.”

Where are you headed? Let me give you a ride,” Lewis offered, trying to steer the conversation

into his car. Lewis was a skilled practitioner of medicine; he had learned to diagnose pulses by the age of seven and

her condition was his way of trying to ease the tension. She couldn’t bring herself to share the truth

Even without checking her phone all day, she knew that this scandal had exploded on social

wrong with the Owens family had started with Alex, and she felt no gratitude toward him.

drive away, with Ellie inside, Quinlee

bitch is pregnant?” she fumed. Although Ellie hadn’t admitted it outright, her frail look and evasive expression were

Quinlee had planned to use Ethan as a pawn to get rid of Ellie but was taken aback when Ethan couldn’t fend off Aaron,

had been fetching nothing. But with Ethan gone, she

wasn’t pregnant, it would break any chance of Alex and Ellie reuniting.

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