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 it!

Shela complained to Mark about the pain and bruises from the fall since those were her biggest

even thought about the child or future fertility concerns!

number on a woman’s body. Usually, women need to recover, even having a small confinement.

didn’t give a damn!

it…” Letitia stood up, pumped, “No pregnancy, no miscarriage, it’s all Shela’s ploy, her way to snag Elgin’s heart and hit me where it

yanked off her headphones and bolted

Shela down had finally

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

he hates

hit him right where it hurts!

tightened, and she rushed towards the villa. Turned out, Elgin hadn’t

heel, heading out, when

magnetic male voice floated down, “In such a hurry to fall into someone’s arms?”

him, her eyes sparkling, “You’re back! I was just looking for

Talk about timing

his office! She couldn’t

Chapter 115

into her bright eyes, Elgin’s

seldom had that look in front of him Expectant, hopeful,

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

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

“Why so late? Were you burning

“Yeah, meetings.”

clothes, “I’ve got something to tell you, got

Elgin

It’s

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

of a good thing can be intoxicating.

of reason, but even after a momentary daze, he slowly came back to his senses Looking down, he

even smoothing out his clothes on

Shela’s deeds in front of Elgin filled

Elgin walked towards the living room, “You

was genuinely elated, no hiding

she start, “I stumbled upon a

Innocence”

quickly surmised,

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

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