Chapter 1005:

Marina proposed they head to the courtyard pond to feed the koi.

No sooner had they settled by the pond than Marina gripped her stomach, excused herself urgently for the restroom, and hurried away, leaving Carrie and Kyson exchanging uneasy glances in suddenly strained silence.

As Carrie was trying to come up with an excuse to leave, Kyson spoke up, breaking the silence. “I’ve heard about the pregnancy.”

To prevent any negative gossip and acknowledging that pregnancy becomes visible after three months, the Morrison family had somewhat conspicuously leaked that she and Daxton were a couple. Carrie remained silent, lips pressed tightly together, intuiting that Kyson was not finished speaking.

Kyson cut to the chase. “The child isn’t Daxton’s, is it?”

reasoned that had Carrie intended to have Daxton’s child, they would have publicly celebrated their relationship long before now, perhaps even planning their wedding, rather than just now acknowledging

hadn’t fully understood that Daxton loved Carrie so deeply that he was willing to

this way about anyone before. But if Daxton was willing to do this for her and he wasn’t, wouldn’t that make his own feelings seem shallow in

him, unchallenged.

this child as his own, so can I. Regardless of who the father is, I’m prepared to offer the same protection. And the status of the Webster family will make protecting this child easier,

was momentarily taken aback, not expecting Kyson

coldly, “Is this sentiment

faltered, lost for

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understandingly, her smile gentle. “Kyson, you’re no longer a child. You’re the only male heir in your generation of the Webster family, and it’s

interjected hastily, “I’ve never intended to have children,

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