Chapter 167

He shook his head and suggested, “Nope! Care to join me for a meal?”

I got ahead of Ashton and uttered before he could reply, “I’m afraid that we’ll be unable to keep you company because we have something else to tend to! You should head over and have your dinner without us!”

Jackson reprimanded me, “Hey! You can’t do this to me! You were the one who’d summoned me back from M Country!”

I felt lightheaded all of a sudden because of his words. In the end, I warned him and showed him my exhausted front. “Have you seen my tummy? I’m afraid that my child will be born way ahead of the estimated date of delivery if I don’t restrain myself.”

He looked at Ashton and muttered, “Since you’re exhausted, you should head back home without Ashton because he’s the one that I’m looking for.”

Ashton turned around and asked, “Why? What do you wish to talk about?”

Jackson stared at me as he directed another question at Ashton. “Are you not aware of your wife’s condition?”

I was utterly dumbfounded because the fool had actually turned his back against me, selling me off in front of Ashton.

Ashton narrowed his eyes in return and affirmed, “I’m well aware of her condition.”

EExcuse me

Jackson was taken aback as well. He paused for a few seconds and gave it a thought before throwing another question at him. “If that’s the case, why have you not done anything about it?”

“I’ll think of something and deal with it soon.”

conversation continued,

of their conversation. To begin with, they seemed to be on a

you need to make a trip to M Country with

a thorough diagnosis,” Jackson

you made a trip back because

“Why else would I return? It took me more than twelve hours to make a trip back. I don’t have

was aware of my actual condition. I couldn’t care less about it as I decided to interrupt their conversation. “Let’s catch up some time in the future! We’ll

but he received a call out of the blue. He answered the call, yet he could barely

other person was talking about. Eventually, he burst out laughing as

once!”

reached the designated floor. He looked at Ashton and repeated himself in a serious tone for one last time. “Ashton, I mean

done, he departed and disappeared amongst the bustling crowd on

car and had his eyes on the road as we made our way home. I looked at him and wanted to confront him if he were aware of the truth, yet I was afraid that I would

to call it off and

brought to a halt when we reached the junction. He turned around as he professed in a husky voice, “I don’t think that we should make a trip to M Country. You’re heavily pregnant-you’re not in the best condition to do that. Let’s drop by K City a few days later. I have gotten in

stuttered because I couldn’t

dropped by the hospital during the last prenatal care, the doctor brought it up in front of me. Also, do you remember the time when you were completely soaked in rain? I noticed that something was off since then. If you’re still unwilling to tell me

soon.”

a sigh, he continued driving since the traffic light

nodded in return because I was too tired to be bothered by other things by then. I suggested, “Let’s head over and pay Grandpa a tribute tomorrow. Why don’t you join me during my yoga class in the afternoon? The instructor told me that it would be great

queried, “What do

things out, I couldn’t suppress my urge to

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