Chapter 115

Neil’s entrance into her life was like this bouquet of flowers.

He was her ray of light, a savior in her darkest times.

In the evening, Letitia dragged her exhausted body back to Ivory Towers and after freshening up, as per usual, she popped on her headphones.

Shela’s voice came through.

She listened while doodling design drafts with a pencil on paper.

Until Mark’s voice emerged from the headphones, Letitia’s hand with the pencil froze in an instant.

She focused, afraid of missing a single word

The conversation wasn’t long, just half an hour. And it laid bare the whole thing it was a setup, a scheme orchestrated by her and her father Letitia was innocent from start to finish; they had conspired against her!

But more importantly, Letitia latched onto the two key sentences

“Take it step by step. Anyway, she doesn’t know who the father of that child really is.”

“Dad, tell me, if I, a normal person, can barely handle it, hurting for days, then how on earth could a pregnant woman just be okay?”

Yes, Letitia truly didn’t know who the father of the child was, only Mark and Shela knew for sure. But that second sentence, it threw Letitia for a loop

Why did Shela say she was a normal person?

And why mention that after tumbling down the stairs, she was just in pain for a few days, while Letitia, a pregnant woman, seemed

unscathed?

Something was off.

Letitia held her breath, her brain whirring at top speed.

Shela wasn’t a normal person, she was pregnant

Letitia was a pregnant woman, no doubt, and so was Shela

Mark’s main concern was entirely about Shela herself, not a word about the lost child…

person, pregnant woman… Suddenly, it clicked for

That’s why Shela complained to Mark about the pain and bruises from the

never even thought about the child or future fertility

can do a number on a woman’s body. Usually, women need to recover, even having a small confinement. Without proper care, it might become tough to get pregnant again.

Shela didn’t give a damn!

all Shela’s ploy, her way to snag Elgin’s heart

headphones

bring Shela down

and a subsequent miscarriage; this was no trivial matter. It was

empire, and he hates nothing more

right where

and she rushed towards the villa. Turned out,

her heel, heading out, when she bumped straight into someone’s arms.

voice floated down, “In such a hurry to fall into someone’s arms?”

at him, her eyes sparkling, “You’re back! I was just looking for you!”

Talk about timing

even about to drive to his office! She couldn’t wait another second to spill the

Chapter 115

eyes, Elgin’s heart

had that look in front of

couldn’t help but cheer up, not even realizing the corners of

voice softened, “You’ve been looking

Letitia nodded, “Why so late? Were you burning the midnight oil at the

“Yeah, meetings.”

“I’ve got something to tell you, got a

Elgin

It’s

resist the whole sweet and cuddly act.

a good thing can

daze, he slowly came back to his senses Looking down,

out his clothes on impulse, “I

deeds in front of Elgin

up?” Elgin walked towards the living room, “You seem thrilled.”

elated,

behind him, only when he sat down on the couch did she start, “I stumbled

Innocence”

no fool and quickly surmised, “It’s about

hurting her.

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