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…

pregnant woman… Suddenly, it clicked for Letitia,

meant no miscarriage! That’s why Shela complained to Mark about the pain and bruises from the

was a non-issue! She never even thought about

a woman’s body. Usually, women need to recover, even having a small confinement. Without proper care, it might

Shela didn’t give a

up, pumped, “No pregnancy, no miscarriage, it’s all Shela’s ploy, her way to snag Elgin’s heart and hit

yanked off her headphones and bolted out.

to bring Shela

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

empire, and he hates nothing more than

hit him right where it hurts!

and she rushed towards the villa. Turned out, Elgin hadn’t returned.

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

down, “In such a hurry to fall into

her eyes sparkling, “You’re

Talk about timing

to his office! She couldn’t wait another second to

Chapter 115

bright eyes,

of him Expectant, hopeful,

to see him? Elgin couldn’t help but cheer up, not even realizing the

voice softened, “You’ve been looking for

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

“Yeah, meetings.”

hem of his clothes, “I’ve got

this, Elgin was

It’s

just can’t resist the whole sweet and

good thing can be intoxicating.

slowly came

his clothes on

deeds in front of Elgin filled her with an unmistakable

the living

was genuinely elated, no hiding it.

the couch did she start, “I stumbled upon a secret. Or rather, I found a way to

Innocence”

quickly surmised, “It’s

stairs, had no intention of hurting her. It was all her own doing! She was framing

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