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, she

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

non-issue! She never even thought about

do a number on a woman’s body. Usually, women need to recover, even having a small confinement.

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 way to snag Elgin’s heart and hit

off her headphones

chance to bring Shela down had finally come!

was no trivial matter. It was beyond belief that Elgin would still keep her around! This

empire, and he hates

hit him right

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

heel, heading out, when she bumped straight into

such a hurry to

her eyes sparkling, “You’re back! I was just

Talk about timing

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

Chapter 115

into her bright eyes, Elgin’s heart skipped

of

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

“You’ve been looking for me?”

Were you burning the midnight

“Yeah, meetings.”

tugged at the hem of his clothes, “I’ve got something to tell you, got

this, Elgin was

It’s

just can’t resist the

a good

the voice of reason, but even after a momentary daze, he slowly came back to his senses Looking down, he saw her hand on his clothing

smoothing out his clothes on impulse, “I got a bit

thinking about revealing Shela’s deeds in front of Elgin filled her with an unmistakable

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

elated, no hiding

she start, “I stumbled upon a secret. Or rather, I found a way

Innocence”

fool and quickly surmised, “It’s about

stairs, had no intention of hurting

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