Even though Sabrina was pregnant, things didn't go as she'd expected. Lincoln and Ophelia used her pregnancy as an excuse to postpone the engagement; she'd have to wait until she'd given birth to the baby."Mom, what should I do?" Ivy and Sabrina were discussing this matter in the room.Sabrina was anxious as she paced around. Her face was pale as she stared at Ivy and whispered, "I can't give birth to this child." Ivy's expression didn't look good either. Looking exasperated, she rebuked in a low voice, "What were you thinking? Why were you messing around with someone else when you already have Harold? You're usually so smart. How could you be so careless about this?" Ivy hadn't expected Sabrina to get pregnant with someone else's child.Sabrina remained silent. She hadn't wanted this either, but when her friend had invited her out that night, things had gotten out of hand after she'd drunk too much.Actually, she wasn't sure who the father of the child was because the interva
When Samuel came to deliver the documents, he was puzzled when he saw Lucille look preoccupied. He seldom saw her look like this.He asked with concern, "Ms. Johnson, are you not feeling well?" Hearing this, Lucille came back to her senses. She casually brushed it off and said, "I'm fine. It's just that I didn't sleep well last night."Samuel wondered what Lucille meant when she said she didn't sleep well. Suddenly, he remembered that she was a married woman, and her husband was a powerful man in Whiteloop City. Their sex life must be interesting.He had a look of understanding as he put down the documents. "This is the new collaboration proposal. I've gone through it; there aren't any problems with it."Lucille didn't notice Samuel's expression. Due to her trust in Samuel and her approval of him, she signed the documents without looking at the content.Seeing that she'd finished signing, Samuel reminded her, "There's another page at the back that needs your signature as well."
At noon, Lucille was busy with answering calls and replying to messages. She couldn't focus on her work.Just as things momentarily quieted, the phone rang again as Lucille put down her phone. She closed her eyes and let out a deep sigh."Lulu, happy birthday! I sent you a gift. It should arrive today."Lucille had answered the phone without looking at the caller ID. Jessica's voice sounded from the other end of the phone.Lucille switched from her cold tone to a gentle one and said, "Thanks. Okay. I'll unwrap the gift when I'm home."Jessica said, "I know you don't like birthday parties. Otherwise, I would've flown over to see you last night."Both of them had a chat. After Jessica's assistant called out to her, she hung up the phone.The calls and messages Lucille received that day were all from people wishing her a happy birthday and telling her to receive their gifts.She was quite depressed because Spencer was the only one who had yet to wish her a happy birthday or send h
Bailey kept finding topics to talk about with Lucille in the private room.Lucille eyed Bailey suspiciously. It was understandable that Bailey was a talkative person, but she noticed she was looking at the time every now and then. This wasn't like Bailey at all.Lucille calmly took a sip of lemonade and asked casually, "Are you waiting for someone?"Bailey immediately denied it. "No. I'm not."Lucille thought that was a weird reaction. The casual and easygoing Bailey was nervous for some reason. Although Bailey thought she hid it well, Lucille noticed something was off with her. She didn't plan to expose Bailey.About half an hour later, Bailey stood up and said, "Babe, I'm going to the washroom. I had too much water earlier. Do you want to go too?"Lucille shook her head and responded calmly, "No. Why don't you go ahead?"She didn't overthink it. After all, Bailey had indeed had a lot of water earlier.Three minutes later, Lucille's phone dinged. It was a text from Bailey. "
In fact, Lucille hadn't had much expectation for her birthday celebration. Besides, she and Spencer were already married, so she didn't think it was necessary. She was always easily satisfied when it came to this sort of thing.She lowered her head to look at Spencer, who'd dropped to one knee before her. Suddenly, everything became blurry; she didn't even realize tears had filled her eyes.At this moment, she was touched. She nodded and said, "Yes, I will."As soon as she said those words and was about to tell Spencer to get up, a group of people emerged from the side.It was Bailey, Jonathan, Seth, Ethan, Eunice, James, Marie, Lila, Eric, and the others."Lulu, are you surprised?" At this moment, Jessica's voice sounded from the crowd.Lucille was dumbfounded. She looked at Spencer, who had stood before her. Just as she parted her lips to ask him a question, everything went dark as he leaned in and kissed her lips.The next thing she heard was the sound of people cheering for
At Sparrow Residence, Spencer came out from the shower and saw that the room was empty. Lucille, who said she would wait for him, was nowhere to be found. He put on his pajamas and left the bedroom before running into Herbert. "Herbert, where's Mrs. Layton?" Herbert smiled and said, "Oh, Mrs. Layton is opening her presents in the storage room." Spencer then headed to the storage room. Inside, Licille sat on the carpet with her legs crossed. She felt overwhelmed looking at the pile of presents, but accepted her fate and started unwrapping them. After unwrapping a few, she felt a warmth coming from behind, along with the familiar scent of bodywash. Spencer easily lifted her and placed her on his lap. He touched her neck, his thumb caressing her earlobe. He said huskily, "Are you hiding from me?" Lucille wrapped her arm around his shoulder. "Huh? No. Can't you see I'm unwrapping the presents?" She pointed at the mountain of presents, proving that she wasn't lying. Spencer
Lucille procrastinated and finally arrived at the office at about 11:00 am. Luckily, it had gotten colder recently, so she could wear a turtleneck to cover up the hickeys Spencer had left on her neck.She wore a tailor-made blue casual suit with a black turtleneck shirt inside. She even put on shoes instead of her usual high heels. But when Bailey saw her, she immediately asked, "Babe, why are you wearing a turtleneck? Don't you hate turtlenecks?" Lucille lightly coughed and said, acting normal, "It's cold today. I found out turtlenecks are quite comfy." "But you always said turtlenecks constrict your neck, right?" Bailey asked. Lucille maintained her expression. "Yeah, but people change." Bailey wasn't easily fooled. She knew Lucille very well. She leaned closer to the latter suddenly and smiled sneakily. "Be honest. Did you really not do anything with Mr. Layton last night?" Lucille remained silent. Bailey had such a sharp nose. "What could we have done? I was busy u
Lucille didn't even bother to blink when William roared at her. She tilted her head and cleaned her ears unconcernedly, as though she weren't the one getting shouted at. Her indifferent reaction made William even more frustrated. Yet, there was no way he could vent.After a moment of silence, Lucille lifted her cold eyes at them. She said in an emotionless yet slightly chilling voice, "Originally, I had no interest in Johnson Group's shares. Plus, since I've already gotten my mom's memento back, I did think about returning the shares to you." Horace's and William's eyes sparkled with joy for a second. Lucille continued, "But I've changed my mind." Horace's and William's smiles immediately stiffened. "You—" William burst in anger. He jolted up, pointing his finger at Lucille. But before he could start screaming at her, her piercing, hostile eyes glared at him, leaving him stunned. Seeing his fearful expression and how he was hesitant to speak, Lucille chuckled disdainfully.