Chapter 153

There was a cacophony of noise mixed with car horns honking before Mark’s voice came through, “Shela, you seem to be in high spirits. What’s the occasion?”

“Big news. Letitia’s dug her own grave!”

Letitia froze her hands and decided to eavesdrop on what Shela and Mark were chatting about before digging into the recording from that day.

She listened intently.

Mark asked, “Oh, yeah? Spill the beans!”

“Mr. Ramirez has fallen head over heels for her. After he knocked her up and she got an abortion, he wanted to try for another baby. But guess what? Letitia went out and got herself some contraceptives, refusing to get pregnant again! I caught her red-handed!”

“No way! For real?”

Shela was brimming with smugness and reassured, “No kidding! I was planning to go grovel to Mr. Ramirez today to sweet-talk him. But instead, I stumbled upon this jackpot!”

Mark chuckled, “She’s as thick as a brick, slipping all that glitz and glamour through her fingers!”

“You said it,” Shela replied, “I’ve been trying every trick in the book to get knocked up, but Mr. Ramirez won’t lay a finger on me. And her? She gets pregnant one after the other.

“Did you see Mr. Ramirez then?”

“I did, but his attentions are all set on Letitia. He was pretty steamed, so I bailed. But,” Shela huffed, “Letitia’s not gonna have the last laugh!”

Letitia listened with a poker face.

Mark took a sip of water and said, “Shela, no matter what, it’s a win-win for you. Staying close to Mr. Ramirez is still the goal. Now that Letitia has screwed up, it’s your chance to show loyalty and your willingness to have his baby.

“Yep! I’ll keep chasing after Mr. Ramirez!”

“Even if it doesn’t pan out, Mr. Ramirez promised you a house, a car, and ten million. We’ll be set for life.”

Shela retorted, “Dad, the money goes faster than you think…”

“Silly girl, if you run out, just ask Mr. Ramirez for more! Given what happened that night, you think he’d say no?”

Shela giggled, “Dad, you’re the smart one. Yeah, I really left an impression on Mr. Ramirez that night.

clinking of teacups followed as more tea was brewed.

spoke up, “Speaking of that night, it was

did she

Mark was about

truth she’d been dying to

heart raced, and she pressed the earpiece closer,

thought she’d stumble upon such dumb luck?”

it’s all about luck and

bed her and gross her out for life, Shela cursed viciously, “That way, she’d be carrying

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baby’s gone now. Whose it was doesn’t matter

that the baby in her

they said this, they burst into laughter. Their laughter echoed in Letitia’s ears.

and everything

baby

be? What in the world happened?

just Letitia, Mr. Ramirez himself wouldn’t have guessed. He thought he got rid of

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Ramirez had mistaken me for Letitia on that

Our lives have

plans. Without your strategies, we wouldn’t be here today.”

stay between us and not reach a third ear,” Mark advised, “Shela, hurry Mr. Ramirez along. When’s that billion hitting your account?

soon. And there are those

longer cared to

on the revelation that “the baby was Elgin’s,” which kept reverberating

was at a loss for thoughts, with her gaze blankly staring ahead, eyes

baby… Why would it be Elgin’s?

had confessed it themselves, so it

the truth was now

closed her eyes, feeling utterly

geezer’s clutches and inadvertently stumbled into Elgin’s

had a fling with her was

was Elgin’s because she had not been

those four words Elgin whispered in her ear,

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