The CEO's Empathy Pregnancy Pains

Chapter 50 Public Humiliation

Evelyn shot Emily a nasty look before turning on her heel and leaving. She was here today because of something Sophia had said.

Word on the street was that Isabella was holed up here. Evelyn knew Emily had done a bang-up job hiding Isabella all these years, keeping everything hush-hush. But she never thought Emily would stash her in a downtown hospital. They'd been searching high and low for Isabella, coming up empty-handed. They figured Isabella was probably never waking up, but there was always that nagging fear. 'What if she does wake up? If she does, all our dirty laundry will be out in the open,' Evelyn thought.

So, Evelyn wanted to check on Isabella herself. But Emily caught her snooping before she even got close. No biggie, though. There'd be plenty of chances later.

Watching Evelyn strut away, Emily felt a chill run down her spine. She had to move Isabella, and fast. Keeping her here was a ticking time bomb. Now that Evelyn and Hayden were in the loop, Isabella was in real danger.

By the time Emily got home, it was super late. She bumped into Ava, who was carrying a small cake. Ava said it was a dessert the nutritionist had whipped up for dinner, but since Emily missed dinner, it had been chilling in the fridge. Seeing the cake, Emily remembered Veda mentioning her birthday and wanting party favors. Emily chuckled to herself but thought, 'Oh well, she's just a kid. Consider it a birthday gift. How hard can making party favors be? I used to be pretty crafty.'

She pondered what Veda might like and thought about asking Mason. But Mason was clueless about what kids were into these days.

Then she thought of Scarlett. Nope, not dealing with Scarlett.

Finally, she landed on Michael. He was the only one in the Smith family who seemed to get along with Veda. So, when Michael got home, Emily cornered him.

But Michael just said, "Don't stress about it. Take a break and don't overdo it."

He just finished comforting

With a frosty look, she snapped, "I'll

was just telling her

whole night brainstorming gifts and party favors for Veda. Finally, she

great party favors. With that plan in mind, she decided to invite Abigail to

she and Abigail headed to a pottery studio to

found out Emily wanted to make

to tick Veda off on purpose? I mean, Veda's not exactly your biggest fan. If you give her something she doesn't like, aren't you worried Michael will get on your case?" Emily looked confused. "What do you mean? How could giving her a

birthday. If you give her a set of cups, she'll think it's too basic and get all huffy. You're just asking for Michael to hassle you. Maybe rethink

Abigail had a point. With Veda's

let's make something fancier and prettier. This pottery studio isn't just for cups,

and Abigail picked out some beautiful crafts. After finishing

coming up, and one

they went into the baby store. Emily had never been into baby stuff

felt a wave of maternal love, wanting to buy everything. Abigail noticed and laughed, "What's going

grinned. "I was just thinking, these clothes are so

at Emily's belly and laughed too. "Yeah, when your baby is born, I want to be the

spent ages in the baby store, but little did