The Woman From Hell

Chapter 229

After lunch, I was planning to send Jerome to the hotel and go back home.

However, this fellow would not let us go. He wanted us to accompany him to the club after our meal.

"Party? Can’t you see that Wanda’s pregnant? Can she go to such places? How is she going to go wild with you?" Cecilia spoke angrily.

"Who says that pregnant women can't go wild? She's been staying at home too often and that's why she's imagining things and getting ill. If we can’t go to the club, then we can go to a karaoke joint. Anyway, you can still drink with me!"

"I'm pregnant too. I can't drink," Cecilia said out loud without thinking.

"Oh sh*t." Jerome's jaw dropped. "You're pregnant? Who's your husband?"

It was only then did Cecilia realize she had said something wrong. Her face reddened and she refused t o speak.

"Do you really believe her? I just prefer quiet places and don't want to go somewhere noisy," I hurriedly said. When speaking about getting pregnant while still single, women would naturally feel embarrassed.

Although Cecilia did not say anything, I knew full well that she had traditional values at heart.

sigh of relief. She pretended to be calm and said, "You're still as dumb as you used to be after so many years of not seeing you.

day. I don’t even know what's true and what's false." Jerome rolled

can't go to the club or go karaoke,

the time. I realized that

head to toe with her eyes full of contempt. "You're not letting us go just because you're still timid and

still in university, the three of us would often go on trips. When we were staying in our hotel rooms at night, Jerome had his

he told us that he was afraid t o sleep alone. We had no choice, so at last, the

been mocking him after that incident. She would mention it to

still remember i t." Even after so many years, Jerome could not help but blush when she brought this up again. "I've been staying alone in a foreign country all these years! It's

so, Cecilia did not say anything more. She turned her head and looked at me. "Why don't we go up and

the first to get out o f the

Jerome said, I had been bottling up my feelings. I had to

There's nothing to be shy about." Jerome went along with

She did not say anything and followed

floor. I asked him in the elevator, "Are you planning

"No."

through the clear walls of the elevator. "My favorite people and the people I care about are here. I've finished my studies, so I'm planning to go back