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…

it clicked for Letitia,

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

a non-issue! She never even thought about the child or

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

Shela didn’t give a damn!

it, I got it…” Letitia stood up, pumped, “No pregnancy, no miscarriage, it’s all Shela’s ploy, her way to snag Elgin’s heart and hit me where it hurts!”

off her headphones and

chance to bring Shela

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

runs a financial empire, and he hates nothing

him right

towards the villa. Turned out,

heading out, when

male voice floated down, “In such a hurry to fall into

him, her eyes sparkling, “You’re

Talk about timing

She

Chapter 115

looked into her bright eyes, Elgin’s heart

of him

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

“You’ve been looking for me?”

late? Were you burning the midnight oil at the office?”

“Yeah, meetings.”

of his clothes, “I’ve got something to tell you, got a

this, Elgin was defenseless.

It’s

can’t resist the

too much of a good thing can

a momentary daze, he slowly came back

her hand, even smoothing out his clothes

of Elgin filled her with an

Elgin walked towards the

was genuinely elated, no hiding

when he sat down on the couch did she start, “I stumbled upon a secret. Or rather,

Innocence”

quickly surmised,

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

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