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…

pregnant woman… Suddenly, it clicked for

Mark about the pain and bruises from the fall since those were her

She never even thought about

number on a woman’s body. Usually, women need to recover, even having a small confinement. Without proper

Shela didn’t give

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

yanked off her headphones

chance to bring Shela down had

a pregnancy and a subsequent miscarriage; this was no trivial matter. It was beyond belief that Elgin would still

empire, and he hates nothing more than deceit

him right where it

rushed towards the villa.

out, when she bumped

voice floated down, “In such

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

Talk about timing

even about to drive to his office! She

Chapter 115

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

look in front of him Expectant, hopeful, vibrant,

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

softened, “You’ve been

you burning the midnight oil at the

“Yeah, meetings.”

of his clothes, “I’ve got something

this, Elgin

It’s

men just can’t resist the whole sweet and cuddly act.

too much of a good thing can be intoxicating.

after a momentary daze, he slowly

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

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

genuinely elated, no

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

Innocence”

fool and quickly

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

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