Shrouded Affections Winning Back My CEO Wife

Chapter 309

Chapter 309:

Eileen didn’t know why she had said that.

Suddenly, she realized that perhaps she had never truly understood Bryan.

Interrupting her thoughts, Phoebe asked, “How much longer until your due date?”

Glancing at her swollen belly, Eileen’s face softened. “Just under two months,” she replied.

Phoebe sighed inwardly, reflecting on Eileen’s journey. Eileen had left abruptly and would return with a child in tow.

If Bryan discovered that Eileen had made such a significant decision without consulting him, he might lose his temper.

Yet, Phoebe empathized with Eileen. The fewer people who knew about the pregnancy, the safer it was.

“I’m calling dibs on being the godmother,” Phoebe declared. She paused, then quickly added, “And let’s skip any talks of arranging marriages between our kids. We don’t want them to end up resenting each other and straining our friendship.”

Eileen’s eyebrow arched, her voice tinged with surprise. “Wait, are you pregnant, too?”

“Keeping that to myself,” Phoebe replied playfully. “Why should I tell you when you kept your pregnancy a secret from me?”

Eileen chuckled, and in the background, Jacob’s voice could be heard, dripping with sarcasm.

“Darling, pregnancy truly affects a woman’s sense of logic. It might not be the case for Eileen, but it’s certainly evident with you!” he teased.

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While Eileen remained clear-headed and vigilant throughout her pregnancy, keeping her distance from Bryan for the safety of both herself and her unborn child, Phoebe had approached her situation differently. By not telling Eileen about her pregnancy, she was making a point.

“Looking for a fight?” Phoebe shot back. “I’m carrying your child, and you dare speak to me this way? If you keep it up, I’ll let the child carry my last name!”

“In your dreams!” Jacob retorted, standing firm. “I’m the sole heir to the Meyer family. Our child will carry the Meyer name!”

Unbeknownst to them, the call remained connected, and their heated exchange was overheard by Eileen.

“The child is mine. I’ll choose the last name!” Phoebe asserted boldly. “Go ahead, argue with me again.”

The next moment, Jacob declared defiantly, “Fine, I’ll change my last name to Burton too. It will still be my child!”

Phoebe called him shameless, while Jacob, unfazed, continued talking.

Listening to their squabble, Eileen found herself smiling subtly.

Eventually, feeling a mix of amusement and complicated emotions, she ended the call.

Resting one hand on her growing belly, Eileen absently flicked through her phone with the other, her gaze drifting toward the view outside the window. Her focus was distant, lost in her thoughts.

As spring warmed the air overseas, the progress of her pregnancy made her feel increasingly lazy.

Ruby, ever the motivator, often coaxed her into taking walks, insisting it would make childbirth easier.

Yet, when persuasion fell short, Ruby cleverly shifted tactics, suggesting a shopping trip for baby essentials as a ploy to get Eileen out of the house.

prospect piqued Eileen’s interest, and soon, she found herself driving both

— but secretly hoping

Ruby said, selecting blue items from the

Eileen asked, caught off guard. She

responding, “I have a selfish wish. If it’s a boy, that old lady from the Dawson family will deeply regret her

circles like the Dawson family, there was a marked preference for male heirs, especially since their family rules stipulated

suspicions about Stella’s involvement in Eileen’s breakup with Bryan had sown seeds of bitterness in Ruby’s

glanced at Eileen. “Is it silly of me to feel this way? Are you upset

the cart. “This isn’t about being right or wrong. Dwelling on it only serves to frustrate us further. Why let it bother

but I struggle with that,” Ruby admitted, her voice tinged with

because of her haunted her. If

out differently, her guilt

Eileen hurt and shattered only deepened Ruby’s desire to bear that pain

focus on is raising our child well,” Eileen said, gently diverting the conversation as she picked up a pair of

a variety of baby essentials, captivating

assisted them in loading their purchases into the car, and

Ruby’s mood, and she now

a middle-aged woman

was hidden from view, unnoticed by

over and undid

ambulance. I’m going to check on that

Ruby replied, immediately dialing for an ambulance as she got out

woman, still clutching her chest, was frantically searching for something,

kneeled beside her, her movements quick but steady. “Do

gave a quick nod, her eyes full

through the woman’s pockets, Eileen found a small bottle of fast-acting heart medication. She promptly placed

later, the woman’s distress began to subside. Her breathing eased, and her body

to speak, moving her hand weakly, but

to move or speak,” she said, her

woman ceased her movements but

woman held on to

to accompany her

that Eileen and Ruby were not relatives, began searching the

barriers with the phone, the hospital staff

realized that the woman hailed from the

handful of saved

call was answered almost instantly, and Eileen conversed fluently in a foreign

was now in the hospital, the person on the other

had undergone several medical tests. It was revealed that her heart condition was a pre-existing

she was not left unattended in the future due to the

of a family member, Eileen recorded the doctors’ instructions and helped transfer the woman to a standard

to the ward flew open with a loud

rushing straight toward the

you?” he exclaimed, his face filled with

lift her hand and deliver a slap

the one who drives me to my grave with your antics. No disease could ever beat me!” she exclaimed,

Payne, was okay, he retorted,

only a true mother

is my savior,” Rylie announced, gesturing toward the foot of the bed where Eileen and Ruby stood. Both of them had been completely overlooked by