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…

woman… Suddenly, it clicked for Letitia,

never pregnant! No pregnancy meant no miscarriage! That’s why Shela complained to Mark about

even thought about the

even having a small confinement. Without proper care, it

didn’t give a damn!

got it, I got it…” Letitia stood up, pumped, “No pregnancy, no miscarriage, it’s all Shela’s ploy, her

her headphones

Shela down had

had fabricated a pregnancy and a subsequent miscarriage; this was no trivial matter. It was beyond belief that Elgin would still keep her

he hates nothing more than deceit

hit him right where

and she rushed towards the villa. Turned

heading out, when she bumped straight into

voice floated down, “In such

eyes sparkling, “You’re

Talk about timing

even about to drive to his office! She couldn’t

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looked into her bright eyes,

that look in front of him Expectant, hopeful, vibrant, and beautiful.

help but cheer up, not even realizing

voice softened, “You’ve

nodded, “Why so late? Were you

“Yeah, meetings.”

“I’ve got something

like this, Elgin was

It’s

can’t resist the whole sweet

too much of a good thing can be intoxicating.

daze, he slowly came back to his senses Looking

out his clothes on impulse, “I

in front of Elgin filled her with

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

genuinely elated, no hiding

the couch did she start, “I stumbled

Innocence”

was no fool and quickly surmised, “It’s about Shela?”

the stairs, had no intention of hurting her.

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