Taming The CEO The Escaping Wife

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

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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 for

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

a non-issue! She never even thought

body. Usually, women need to recover, even having a small confinement. Without

didn’t give a damn!

pregnancy, no miscarriage, it’s all Shela’s ploy, her way to snag Elgin’s heart and hit me

yanked off her headphones and

bring Shela down had

was no trivial matter. It was beyond belief that Elgin would still keep

empire, and he hates nothing more than deceit

hit him right where

she rushed towards the villa. Turned out,

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

male voice floated down, “In such a hurry

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

Talk about timing

to his office! She couldn’t

Chapter 115

bright eyes, Elgin’s

in front of him Expectant, hopeful, vibrant,

help but cheer up, not even realizing the

softened, “You’ve been looking for me?”

Were you burning the midnight oil at the

“Yeah, meetings.”

the hem of his clothes, “I’ve

this, Elgin was defenseless.

It’s

deep down, men just can’t resist the whole sweet and

much of a good thing can be intoxicating.

even after a momentary daze, he slowly came

Letitia withdrew her hand, even smoothing out his clothes on impulse,

front of Elgin

towards the living room, “You

was genuinely elated, no

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

Innocence”

fool and quickly

intention of hurting her. It