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…

person, pregnant woman… Suddenly, it clicked

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

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

need to recover, even having a small confinement. Without proper care, it might become tough to get pregnant again.

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

headphones and bolted

chance to bring Shela down had finally come!

miscarriage; this was no trivial matter. It was beyond belief that Elgin would still

empire, and he hates nothing

him right

grip tightened, and she rushed towards the villa. Turned

her heel, heading out, when she bumped straight

voice floated down, “In such a hurry to

looked up at him, her eyes sparkling, “You’re back! I was just looking

Talk about timing

drive to his office! She couldn’t

Chapter 115

looked into her bright eyes, Elgin’s heart skipped a

in front of

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

“You’ve been looking for

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

“Yeah, meetings.”

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

Elgin

It’s

just can’t resist the whole sweet and

too much of a good thing

slowly came back to his senses Looking down, he saw her hand on his

Sorry.” Letitia withdrew her hand, even smoothing out his clothes on impulse, “I

revealing Shela’s deeds in front of

Elgin walked towards the living room,

was genuinely elated, no hiding it.

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

Innocence”

fool and quickly surmised, “It’s

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

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