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.”

continued, I

because I had enough of their conversation. To

need to make a trip to M Country with Scarlett and get her

through a thorough

trip back because

took me more than twelve hours to make

of my actual condition. I couldn’t care less about it as I decided to interrupt their conversation. “Let’s catch up

the call, yet he could barely hear the person on the other end of the call due to

seconds to figure out the thing that the other person was talking about.

once!”

and repeated himself in a serious tone for one last time. “Ashton, I mean it! You need to make a trip to M

he was done, he departed and disappeared amongst the bustling crowd on

I looked at him and wanted to confront him if he were aware of the truth, yet I was afraid that I would expose myself

I decided to call it off and keep the

voice, “I don’t think that we should make a trip to M Country. You’re heavily pregnant-you’re not in

stuttered because I couldn’t grasp the

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 about it, it’s fine. However, I want you to know that everything will be

soon.”

since

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 to have the child’s father around because there are certain moves that require

queried, “What

do!” Since we had sorted things out, I couldn’t suppress my urge to

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