Armond wasn’t dumb. He heard his mother’s grumbling, so he waited till she went into the kitchen then turned to stare at me.

I lowered my head to look at my phone, ignoring his cold stare. Ashton was asking about my whereabouts. Worried that he would overanalyze, I merely replied that I was outside.

Armond snatched my phone right after I replied, then stared at me with a scowl. “Play your role well while you’re here. Are you pregnant?”

My mouth was set in a hard line, and I glared at him as if he was a maniac. “Don’t you have a girlfriend? Why didn’t you bring Nora? Right! I almost forgot people like you don’t deserve her. Good thing you didn’t bring her here and give her some useless hope.”

He was unperturbed by my sarcasm. “Does Ashton know you’re pregnant?”

I truly thought this man was mad. If it weren’t for his mother, I would’ve torn him up into pieces. “Of course, the baby is his. If he doesn’t, who else should?

He smiled creepily and was giving me a spine-chilling stare. I couldn’t sit there any further, just as I was about to stand up and leave.

lovely smile carrying a bowl of soup. “Scarlett, please have more of this soup. It’s good for

lost my appetite, but I could feel her attentive gaze boring into me. I couldn’t think of an excuse to reject her, so I took a small

more sips, I thanked her, “Thank

visit me often. Armond was busy all year round, so I didn’t have anyone to talk

you started planning for your wedding? Don’t

to pay more attention to the wedding. Every parent raises their girls preciously, so you have to treat them right.

not a child anymore. You don’t have to

“Armond!”

to be seen. It could be their chat was taking too long, so Mrs. Murphy started to feel tired. Noticing her fatigue,

car, I said, “Stop here. I can get my own taxi

the road ahead, and so I repeated, “Mr. Murphy, please stop the car.

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