They were so close yet so far away from each other. "What will it take for you to love me back a little? I don't hope for more…""Nothing," Clara rejected him without any mercy. "I told you that everything is over between us. Let's pretend nothing happened yesterday. I hope that you can forget everything as well!" Wilson looked hurt as he stumbled backward. How could he possibly forget that? Clara took a deep breath, "I hope you won't ever come to my store again. You can contact me by phone regarding Yannick. This is the end for us." She turned around and left after saying that. Wilson was left alone in the room, dumbfounded. His mood changed drastically. He fell to his knees in dismay when the door closed shut. He pounded the ground repeatedly while screaming in agony. -When Clara returned to her store, Mrs. Wells asked concernedly, "Why was he here? What was it about?" "Nothing important, Mom," Clara said. "I made it clear to him that he is not welcome in my store an
"Yeah, it's true," Lisa rubbed her belly and looked at Clara, "By the way, how's Yanny doing these days? Did anyone bully him in school?" "He's fine. There shouldn't be anyone bullying him in the school for now. Thanks to you guys, the school's principal and teachers know that the Valors and the Whites protect him. Everyone is treating him nicely now." "It's great to hear that." They chatted about everything as they ate. When they talked about Peter and Riley, Lisa said she would like to meet Riley after giving birth. Just then, the waiter served them the minced beef that they had ordered. "Try this! It's their specialty. I didn't like it previously, but I've become quite fond of it lately," Lisa said. Clara felt nauseous when the aroma of the minced beef entered her nostrils. She violently stood up, covered her mouth, and sprinted toward the restroom. She vomited non-stop in the sink of the restroom. She only felt slightly better after vomiting up all the food she had ea
Lisa didn't look good, and her expression turned ugly. The strange boy suddenly reached out and pressed his palm on Lisa's belly. Clara and Serenity were startled, and Clara wanted to remove the boy's hand from Lisa. The middle-aged man quickly stopped her. "Don't touch him. You can't afford to touch him." Clara was shocked. She was confident that the man wasn't lying. Something unfavorable would happen if she did touch the boy. "It's…fine…Clare." Lisa gasped. Lisa could feel the obvious change in the fetal movements once the boy placed his hand on her belly. The rapid kicking slowed down, and she felt normal again. Since Lisa was getting better, Clara didn't move the boy anymore. The boy withdrew his hand after a few moments and stared at Lisa. "What would it take for you to give her to me?" Lisa was stunned until she saw the boy pointing to her belly and realized that the boy was talking about the baby in her belly.Although the man and the boy were quite peculiar,
"But the fetal movements are not as intense as before anymore," Lisa said."Oh, really?" Serenity asked."Yes, when that little boy touched my abdomen earlier, the movements seemed to calm down," Lisa explained, glancing in the direction where the boy and the man had disappeared, only to find them gone.Clara said, "You should still go to the hospital for a check-up. Sudden intense fetal movements are not normal."Agreeing with the suggestion, Lisa got into the car, and Serenity drove them to the hospital where Lisa usually had her prenatal check-ups.As a VIP patient, Lisa didn't have to wait and was immediately seen by a specialist doctor. The doctor took the abnormal fetal movements seriously, instantly checking the fetus' heartbeat and arranging for an ultrasound.While waiting outside, Clara suddenly felt nauseous and rushed to the hospital restroom, where she vomited uncontrollably. After a while, she finally stopped throwing up. She rinsed her mouth and looked up at her
"Clara went home because she wasn't feeling well," "Serenity informed Lisa. "How did it go?""I'm fine, everything's normal. However, the doctor advised me to be vigilant about fetal movements. If there are sudden intense movements again, I must come to the hospital immediately," Lisa replied."Yeah, you can't be too careful. Do you want to go home now?" Serenity asked."Sure," Lisa agreed. After a while, she added, "I wonder what's wrong with Clara. She looked like she wasn't feeling so well earlier at lunch."Serenity refrained from speculating since Clara hadn't done any tests yet.Later that evening, Serenity brought up the possibility of Clara being pregnant to Jackson."If Clara really is pregnant, what do you think will happen to her and Wilson Birch?" Serenity asked.Jackson shrugged casually. "It's hard to say, but considering Clara's attitude towards Wilson, I don't believe she would reconcile with him solely because of another child."If she would, she would have don
If it was in the past, he would have chosen to confine her without any hesitation to keep her by his side forever, but now, he understood what it meant to truly love someone with all his heart. Her suffering would pain him even more than his own.Serenity felt a pang of heartache. Although she had asked the question casually, she now felt that making him answer a hypothetical question like that was unspeakably cruel."You're not going to drive yourself insane, and I'm not going to leave you either!" she exclaimed, opening her arms and embracing him tightly.Jackson lowered his head to look at the person clinging to him desperately. A smile formed on his lips as he leaned against her shoulder. "You're not going to leave me, and I'm not going to leave you either."Serenity held onto him until her emotions settled down. Then, she smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "What are we doing? I thought we were talking about Clara and Wilson Birch..."She paused for a moment. "Will Wilson rea
Clara nodded with a faint smile.After putting her son to bed, hunger suddenly struck her, and she decided to cook a packet of instant noodles.However, after a few bites of the noodles, the nauseous feeling resurfaced.She rushed to the kitchen sink and started to vomit. The waves of nausea overwhelmed her, growing stronger despite her attempts to suppress them.Exhausted, she almost collapsed when the vomiting finally subsided. Clara rinsed her mouth and cleaned the sink before sitting down, staring at the ruined instant noodles.Her hand gently caressed her abdomen. Deep down, she already knew the answer, but she didn't want to admit it, didn't want to face it.If there truly was a new life growing inside her at the moment, how should she handle it? What would happen to her and Wilson?!"No, there's no way. It was just one time. There's no way..." she murmured, attempting to deny it, but tears were already streaming down her face.That night, Clara couldn't sleep a wink.In
Clara returned to the convenience store with a heavy heart. Her mother asked, "How did it go? What did the doctor say?""He just advised me to watch my diet," Clara replied vaguely. After some thought, she asked her mother, "Mom, how would you feel if I had another child?"At 35 years old, she knew there could be complications due to her age, but thanks to modern medicine, lots of women her age gave birth safely nowadays.Her mother was surprised at first, but soon replied with a smile, "Thank goodness. Looks like you've finally come around. You're still so young, it's definitely not too late to find a compatible partner and start a new family. Having another child would strengthen your relationship."Clara realized that her mother had misunderstood, but her mother continued, "Are you considering Peter? I like him. Riley also gets along with Yanny. If you want to start a family with him, you have my support.""No, Mom. That's not it. I'm not thinking about starting a new family.