Chapter 39

Hayley suddenly felt a wave of unease and instinctively grabbed Cyrus' hand. "Mr. Gordon, my stomach..."

She couldn't even finish her sentence before the pain overwhelmed her.

Norton answered honestly, "He's known in the industry as quite the scoundrel. He's smart in business, but his reputation is bad. Baldrick, why do you ask?"

"Why indeed?" Baldrick sneered at Cyrus.

Sensing something amiss, Cyrus turned deathly pale and stared at Nancy, his heart pounding. "Nancy, Ogden wouldn't dare, right?"

Nancy didn't address his question. Instead, she looked back at Cyrus with eyes full of scorn. "Does it matter? Weren't you busy with something else and had to leave earlier?"

Cyrus felt his heart racing uncontrollably and impulsively reached out to grab Nancy's hand. He said, "Let's go home."

But Nancy forcefully shook off his hand and stepped back, her expression turning cold and distant.

"I'm here with Baldrick tonight, Mr. Gordon. I'm not leaving with you." she said.

Turning, she walked upstairs.

to follow, Cyrus got blocked

as Baldrick coldly intervened, "Shall we

Cyrus was speechless.

stairs alone, Cyrus clenched his fists, his gaze turning icy. "Alright, let's talk." After Cyrus and Baldrick left,

without

believe Ogden had the nerve to lay his hands on you. But then again, Cyrus was too busy caring for

to see Hayley approaching. Their eyes met, and Hayley's gaze was jealous at the sight of Nancy's refined

use of being pretty if you can't keep your

"Why don't you say that

her face clouding

moment, Nancy stood before

Hayley's pupils dilated, her face twisting with sarcasm. "Of course, Cyrus likes me. Why else

here? More importantly, would he dare admit in front of me whose child you're actually carrying? He wouldn't dare. Otherwise, he wouldn't have claimed the child was Norton's." Nancy

not admit it, but he'll never touch you again. He thinks you're dirty after being taken advantage of by Ogden. Speaking of which, you

hitched, her mind going blank,

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