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, she got

never pregnant! No pregnancy meant no miscarriage! That’s why Shela complained to Mark about the pain and bruises from the fall since

never even thought about the child or future

miscarriage can do a number on a woman’s body. Usually, women need to recover, even

didn’t give a

up, pumped, “No pregnancy, no miscarriage, it’s all Shela’s ploy, her way to

off her headphones

Shela down had finally

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

empire, and he hates nothing more than deceit and betrayal!

right

she rushed towards the

spun on her heel, heading out, when she bumped straight into

“In such a hurry to fall into someone’s arms?”

him, her eyes sparkling, “You’re back!

Talk about timing

his office! She couldn’t wait another second to

Chapter 115

her bright eyes, Elgin’s heart skipped

that look in front of

eager to see him? Elgin couldn’t help but cheer up, not even realizing the corners of his mouth

voice softened, “You’ve been looking

so late? Were you burning the midnight oil at the

“Yeah, meetings.”

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

like this, Elgin was

It’s

resist the whole sweet and

too much of a good

slowly came back to his

withdrew her hand, even smoothing out his clothes

front of Elgin filled

Elgin walked towards the living room, “You

was genuinely elated, no hiding

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

Innocence”

was no fool and quickly surmised, “It’s

didn’t drag her down the stairs, had no intention of hurting her. It

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