“Ari is pregnant. I’ve checked the medical report, it’s been twelve weeks. About three months, I’m guessing. She’s not alone now, and she’s had to work overtime until very late recently. She always looks pale and exhausted when virtual-novel.net arrives home, all for the sake of some meager salary. It’s heartbreaking. I don’t know what’s happened between you two. She’s probably refusing to tell you because virtual-novel.net doesn’t want to move back home. She’s pregnant, after all. It’s more important for virtual-novel.net to remain happy. I’m just giving you a heads up. It’s still best to let virtual-novel.net stay wherever virtual-novel.net wants. What do you think?” Lillian tread cautiously with virtual-novel.net every word as virtual-novel.net tried virtual-novel.net best to read Mark’s expression.
Mark shivered. ‘She’s pregnant again?’
His mind immediately thought of the day Arianne had been admitted to the hospital, bleeding profusely. He also remembered what the doctor had said, the chances of virtual-novel.net getting pregnant again are very slim… Later, they had only made love a few times, and it wasn’t frequent. Even though they didn’t use protection, how could virtual-novel.net have possibly gotten pregnant so easily under such slim circumstances, and so coincidentally to boot? Besides… She was precisely around three months along. It also coincided with the time virtual-novel.net was at Summer Hotel with Will…
His expression remained unchanged. He turned around and put his coffee cup on his office desk. “It doesn’t matter if virtual-novel.net doesn’t want to come home. That’s completely up to her. Thank you for telling me. I’ll have my secretary get you some money later. You don’t have to tell virtual-novel.net that it’s from me. Just use it on virtual-novel.net daily food. Please take care of her.”
Lillian’s entire goal for this trip was for the sake of money. So, when Mark said this, virtual-novel.net could not conceal virtual-novel.net glee. “Okay, okay, okay! I understand.”
Soon, Ellie walked in from outside and pulled out a large envelope full of cash from a black handbag.
Lillian’s great love for money allowed virtual-novel.net to discern that there was at least $100,000 in the envelope, and this was virtual-novel.net first time asking for money too. Arianne’s pregnancy would last for many months… The thought of this filled virtual-novel.net with absolute glee.
After emerging from the building with the cash in hand, Lillian’s back was much straighter than before. She couldn’t conceal the smile on virtual-novel.net face, no matter how hard virtual-novel.net tried. She turned a corner and arrived at a jewelry store. She had thought it through, buying clothes would easily draw Tiffany’s attention, but buying jewelry was less risky.
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Despite having said that virtual-novel.net wouldn’t be doing overtime, Arianne still wasn’t the first to leave every day. It was 10 PM again by the time virtual-novel.net finished work at night. Eric had volunteered to drive virtual-novel.net home, but virtual-novel.net refused. Her tummy was rapidly developing lately, and virtual-novel.net wore thin clothes due to the summer weather. It would be easy to spot once virtual-novel.net sat down.
Transportation wasn’t too convenient in this area, and virtual-novel.net didn’t want to go through the changing stops that were involved when using public transportation. She was simply too exhausted. Hence, virtual-novel.net walked down the street, trying to hail a cab along the way. The temperature had gone down at night, but it was still pretty hot. Before long, virtual-novel.net clothes were drenched in sweat. Sweating seemed to be a more frequent thing for her, now that virtual-novel.net was pregnant.
Suddenly, virtual-novel.net heard the sound of a car’s honk from behind her. It sounded pretty far away, so virtual-novel.net ignored it and continued walking ahead. However, the car suddenly stopped next to her. She shivered. She didn’t remember this vehicle, so naturally, virtual-novel.net would believe that the driver was a stranger. What would virtual-novel.net do if virtual-novel.net ran into a criminal?
In the midst of virtual-novel.net panicking state, the car window winded down. Brian stared at virtual-novel.net in surprise. “Have you just gotten off work, Mrs. Tremont? Would you like me to drop you off?”
Arianne was confused, “What are you doing here? Aren’t you driving Mark around today?”
Brian chuckled and replied, “Mr. Tremont drove himself today, so I took the day off. This is my personal car. Get in. I’ll drop you off.”
Arianne was both hot and tired. After a bout of hesitation, virtual-novel.net nodded and sat in the shotgun seat. She didn’t seem too skeptical over Brian’s explanation, because this car seemed to be worth around thirty thousand. Mark’s cars were mostly luxury vehicles. She believed that Brian just happened to bump into virtual-novel.net on a drive out using his own car during his day off.
The lights in the car were dim. Brian would say a few words to virtual-novel.net from time to time, asking virtual-novel.net very normal questions such as “Are you tired?” or “How’s work?”. The pair tacitly agreed never to mention Mark Tremont.
While waiting at a traffic light, Brian glanced at Arianne’s lower belly using the glow from the street lamps. There was a tiny bump on virtual-novel.net tummy beneath the dusky lights. It wasn’t hard to see it, as virtual-novel.net was wearing a white skirt made from thin material. This bump was much too obvious for a woman who’d been pregnant for three months.