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.
Wilson's heart tightened at the thought. He was even trembling slightly.She must be fine! She must be!He couldn't bear the thought of losing her, as she meant more to him than anyone else.As Clara left the hospital, she was unaware of the black car following her. Wilson watched her intently from behind, and just then, his phone rang.He answered the call and immediately asked, "What's wrong with her? Is she sick?""Mr. Birch, Miss Wells is not sick. She's actually pregnant," the person on the other end of the line informed him. "She's currently four weeks pregnant, and today's blood test came back normal..."The person on the phone continued to speak, but Wilson couldn't hear anything else. His attention was solely focused on Clara.She... She's pregnant?!He knew right away that the baby she was carrying was conceived that night they spent together. It was their baby!In an instant, tears welled up in Wilson's eyes. She's pregnant with their child! He failed to prope
Wilson noticed the panic and nervousness in Clara's eyes. He said, "That's right, I know you're pregnant. Four weeks pregnant, to be precise. You got pregnant that night!"He wasn't asking her for confirmation. He was stating it confidently, as if he knew that it was true.Clara's palms grew sweaty and her back tensed, but she denied it. "I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm not pregnant. You're delusional."He scoffed at her denial. "Should I drag you back to the hospital to ask the doctor who confirmed your pregnancy?""You spied on me?" Her voice turned sharp."I didn't do it on purpose. I happened to see you at the hospital earlier, and I was concerned about you, so I wanted to know if your illness is serious," he explained. He discovered her pregnancy completely by accident!"If I hadn't found out, were you planning to keep it from me forever?" he pressed.She pressed her dry lips together. "It's none of your business.""How is it none of my business?!" he exclaim
“……” Morgan suddenly found himself unable to retort. She... wasn't wrong. “But when you play house, you can pretend to be parents with one person today and another person tomorrow. Real marriage is different; you can’t choose someone else.”Renee widened her eyes, listening intently.“The only person you can choose is me. Do you understand, Renee?” he continued.She nodded vigorously. “I understand!”“Do you really?” Morgan asked, a little skeptical. He was already fifteen, so he could grasp the concept of marriage, but she was only eight. Could she truly comprehend it?“So, in the future, I can only marry Morgan and be your bride, right? I can't be someone else's bride, right?” she asked. “I don’t want to marry other boys anyway. I like you the most, Morgan. Of course I’ll only be your bride!” she happily declared, her worries fading away.So she could be Morgan's bride when she grew up! That's great!After finishing another piece of snack, Renee thought of something. She put o
Despite her unease, she couldn’t resist when she saw the sweet desserts. She indulged herself.However, as she ate, her eyes remained fixed on Morgan, clearly still waiting for him to clarify Lucy’s claims.“You want to know if you’re a child bride, right?” Morgan began.Renee nodded.“Do you know what a child bride is?” he asked.She blinked. She had a vague idea, but not enough for her to articulate it.“To put it simply, a child bride is a girl raised by a boy's family. The girl will marry the boy when she comes of age. In the old days, some families were too poor to raise their daughters, so they would sell their daughters to become child brides for richer families,” Morgan explained.Renee blinked. “But my parents aren’t poor, and I'm raised by them, not by other people. That means I’m not a child bride, right?”“Correct, you are not,” Morgan affirmed.She breathed a sigh of relief, and a bright smile spread across her face. “I knew it! My parents would never sell me! The
"Morgan!" Renee turned to Morgan, unease etched on her face."The Moon family, eh? I'll remember this," Morgan replied calmly, then lowered his head to meet Renee's anxious and confused face. "Let's go, Renee. I’ll tell you what you want to know later."He led her away holding her hand.Benson looked worried. "Miss Lucy, how could you say that?""It's the truth!" Lucy shook off her fear and spoke defiantly. "Daddy and Mommy said she’s a child bride. A child bride is a girl sold by her own parents!""But the White family is not like that. Those things only happened to daughters of poor families in the old days," Benson explained. "You really shouldn’t have said that, Miss Lucy. You shouldn’t do that again.""Why do I have to listen to you?" Lucy retorted, displeased.Benson was too ashamed to tell Lucy in front of others that the Moon family simply couldn’t afford to offend Morgan. Dealing with the White family was already a headache, and Morgan's background was even more formi
Benson and Lucy were also dumbfounded. Benson started getting anxious. He felt like things were starting to unfold in ways that he did not expect."Mr. Grimes, I..." Benson stepped forward, intending to speak to Mr. Grimes.However, Mr. Grimes moved past Benson without so much as a glance at him. He went up to Morgan and said, "Master Morgan, I apologize for the oversight!"Everyone was stunned to hear that, including the security guards who had been called over. They were secretly relieved they hadn't forcibly removed anyone yet. If they had offended someone Mr. Grimes was showing so much respect to, it would have been really bad for them!Morgan regarded Mr. Grimes with an unreadable expression. He calmly recounted the situation to Mr. Grimes.After hearing about what happened, Mr. Grimes responded, "This set of stamps was not pre-ordered. If you like it, please take it. Feel free to take anything else in the exhibition that catches your eye."This declaration shocked every
"Who are you?!" Benson exclaimed, astonished. The mysterious figure remained silent, simply looking at Morgan.Morgan calmly reiterated to Benson, "I said, wait for Mr. Grimes." He then pulled out his phone and dialed a number. "I'm Morgan Wood. Please have Mr. Grimes from Lazy Cat Culture come to the Sleepy Cat Exhibition in Solaria. He should be in the area, right?"After ending the call, the person on the other end stared at the phone in disbelief.The Sleepy Cat Exhibition? What's going on?Benson, Lucy, and the staff stared at Morgan in shock, but the look in their eyes quickly turned to ridicule."Ah, a young man's naive bravado – how impudent!" Benson scoffed."Sir, please don't cause trouble," the staff member warned. "Or I'll have to call security."Morgan simply lowered his head to say to Renee, "Looks like we'll be here for a while. If you're bored, I can ask someone to walk around with you."Renee shook her head. "Morgan, what if this stamp set has really been p
Benson's words were not only meant to exert pressure on the staff, but also to inform him that they were on the same side.As expected, when the staff heard what he said, there was an instant change in his expression. He turned to Morgan and Renee and said, "I'm sorry, but it turns out this stamp set has already been pre-ordered by this customer."Morgan saw through the so-called pre-order as nothing more than an act. "When I asked you to wrap it up earlier, I didn’t hear you mention it was pre-ordered.""We forgot to mention that. Our apologies," the staff replied.Lucy, wearing a smug expression, raised her chin at Renee, causing Renee to puff out her cheeks in frustration.Benson calmly observed Morgan and Renee. The White family's White Maple Group had numerous overlapping businesses with the Moon Group. They were often competing with each other. Originally, the White Maple Group’s business activities weren't concentrated in Solaria, so even though there was competition wi
But before Morgan had even finished speaking, a girl's voice piped up, "I want this stamp set!"He turned to the voice and, upon seeing who it was, narrowed his eyes slightly. It was Lucy Moon, the girl Renee mentioned earlier. At the sight of Lucy, Renee immediately reacted like an angry little kitten. "Lucy Moon, why do you always try to take my stuff away?""Your stuff? How is this your stuff? You haven't paid yet!" Lucy shot back, her eyes fixed on Morgan.Morgan was well-known in their class, admired by many girls who claimed he was even more handsome than movie stars. If only Lucy had a big brother like that! She would be the envy of all the girls in class... no, all the girls in school!Unfortunately, her own big brother was not as good-looking.Last time, Lucy had tried to give Renee Sleepy Cat toys, asking for Morgan's email address in return. However, Renee accepted gifts from everyone but her, which infuriated Lucy."But if you want, I can give this stamp set to Re
Unlike many wealthy kids, Renee was quite restrained with her spending. She had never spent recklessly and often saved leftover money. Of course, when she wanted something beyond her budget, she would act cute and ask her Daddy or Morgan to buy it for her.Lisa was the least susceptible to her charms, so Renee didn’t dare to bother her!When they arrived at the exhibition, Renee’s eyes sparkled with excitement. There were so many adorable Sleepy Cat merchandise! They're all so cute! She wanted a lot of them, but realizing her limited budget, she knew she needed a sponsor! The best one was right beside her: Morgan!"Morgan," she said, flashing him a super bright smile.Seeing her like this, Morgan immediately knew she wanted to ask him for something. "What is it? Do you want me to buy you Sleepy Cat merchandise?""You’re so smart, Morgan! No wonder so many girls in our class like you and asked me for your phone number!" Renee praised him.As soon as she mentioned it, Morgan'
"Okay," Renee replied obediently, snuggling up to Morgan and acting cute. "Take me to the exhibition, Morgan! I know you’re the best. You’ll definitely take me, right?"Morgan pursed his lips. At 15, he was no longer a little boy. Although Renee was only 8, she was his destined wife.He had been protecting her since the day she was born. At first, he thought that he would only marry her because according to the family prophecy, she was the one most suitable for him. Over the years, however, he realized that his feelings for her ran deeper than he had initially thought.He found himself wanting to help her fulfill her wishes, and would clean up the mess when she caused trouble. Things had become different from what he had expected, but he welcomed them. He felt grateful that she was the one who was destined for him!With her by his side for the rest of his life, he would never feel lonely."Will you get into fights again?" Morgan asked."No more fighting, I promise!" Renee quickly