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 got it!

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

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

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 become tough to get pregnant

didn’t give a

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

yanked off her headphones and bolted out.

bring Shela

was no trivial matter. It

empire, and he hates nothing more than deceit

him right where it hurts!

and she rushed towards the villa. Turned out,

when she

voice floated down, “In such a

Letitia looked up at him, her eyes sparkling, “You’re back! I

Talk about timing

office! She couldn’t wait another second to spill the

Chapter 115

her bright eyes, Elgin’s heart skipped a heat.

of him Expectant,

she this eager to see him? Elgin couldn’t help but cheer up,

“You’ve been looking for

“Why so late? Were you burning

“Yeah, meetings.”

his clothes, “I’ve got

like this, Elgin was

It’s

just can’t resist the whole sweet and cuddly

too much of a good thing can be intoxicating.

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

out his clothes

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

towards the living room, “You

was genuinely elated, no hiding

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

Innocence”

no fool and quickly surmised,

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

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