"I feel terrible, Ted," Amy whined.Thaddeus knew a little about the pain of childbirth. When Heather had Sasha, he was seven years old and understood a lot of things. He knew that Heather's morning sickness had been severe. At one point, she vomited so much and became so dehydrated that she had to be taken to the hospital.Most people only had morning sickness for a few months, but Heather had vomited for the entire duration of her pregnancy until she gave birth to Sasha. As a result, the whole family pampered Sasha, the daughter Heather had spent blood, sweat, and tears giving birth to. Their coddling ended up making her arrogant and conceited.Thaddeus returned to his senses and put the lunch box on the table. "Come and eat something, Amy. If you keep vomiting without nourishing yourself, you'll fall apart."Amy frowned and said miserably, "I really can't eat anything! I'll throw up after eating it. It's better if I don't eat. I won't feel that bad."Thaddeus felt helpless.
After the phone call, Amy was happy. She started eating the food in the lunch box with a fork.Thaddeus felt a little melancholic. He could hear the anger in Jessamine's tone on the phone and regretted calling her. He felt guilty toward Jessamine. He never wanted to upset her over some sour cream muffins. As he watched Amy eating happily, he remained silent and didn't want to talk.Amy was in a good mood after having a meal. She put away her fork and wrapped her arms around Thaddeus' arm. "Ted, are you worried about me or our son?"Amy took Thaddeus' hand and placed it on her abdomen.For some reason, Thaddeus wanted to get away from her. He felt awkward at her calling her baby their son. "Amy." He jerked his hand away with a cold expression.Amy whined, "Come on, feel our baby! Aren't you curious about what he looks like?""Amy, I don't like children."He wanted to tell her he had never planned to have a baby. However, he feared Amy would make a fuss, so he held back and ta
Amy looked around to make sure no one was there. Then, she secretly took out a packet of powder from her bag. This was the abortion medicine she had requested from a private doctor. She could only feel at ease when she got rid of Jessamine's babies.Jessamine's babies were like a landmine waiting to explode. When she figured things out and told Thaddeus about her pregnancy, things would worsen for Amy.Amy wasn't confident that Thaddeus would choose her between her and Jessamine at the discovery that they were both pregnant. Since she couldn't take a risk, she could only resort to such actions.Sasha noticed Amy putting a bag of white powder into her drink. The white powder quickly dissolved into the liquid. She was shocked by her actions. "Amy, are you crazy?" she asked. "You're pregnant. You can't just take any medicine you want. If you feel unwell, we'll see a doctor when we reach the shore. Don't take any medicine yourself."A ferocious glint appeared in Amy's eyes. "Sasha,
Jessamine glanced at the water Amy handed her in disdain. Did she take her for a fool?"Since you treat me as a sister, why don't we switch drinks? After all, I don't mind, and your drink looks better."Her words stunned Amy, but she quickly recovered. "Jessie, these glasses have the same drink. It's lemonade. It's not that I don't want to switch drinks. I've been feeling under the weather, and I just don't want to let you catch my illness."Jessamine kept her eyes on Amy, staring at her intently. "Since you have a cold, I don't want to touch the glass you used. You should drink both. Since you're ill, you have to drink some hot water. You'll recover faster that way."Amy realized Jessamine had changed. She wasn't as gullible as before. She was clearly more cautious around her and wasn't easily fooled.At this time, Thaddeus had finished smoking and went downstairs, only to see the three women talking. For some reason, he wanted to avoid them. Right now, he didn't want to deal w
Erik took the glass of lemonade and held it to his nose. When he smelt what it was, his expression shifted. "Where did you get this, Ms. Quilton? There's abortion medicine in this drink. You mustn't drink this."Amy was shocked and sobbed, "Ted, I'm so scared! Why did Jessie give me this drink? My baby is only a few weeks old and is no bigger than a tiny egg! Why is she being so cruel to me?"Thaddeus was shocked. He thought they were just having a catfight. He didn't expect something so cruel to happen. He looked at Jessamine in suspicion as if he was questioning her.His doubtful gaze broke Jessamine's heart. "Thaddeus, she gave me that drink, but I didn't drink it. That's why she's framing me now. You can check the surveillance tapes if you don't believe me."Thaddeus just wanted to know the truth, but he didn't want everyone to know about this scandal. He didn't want to cause a commotion by getting people to investigate the surveillance tapes."Jessamine, you said Amy gave you
Jessamine hadn't done anything wrong, so she had nothing to fear. She said calmly, "I already said what I wanted to say. I've never laid a hand on any of these glasses. If you don't believe me, you can get a professional to investigate. You won't find my fingerprints on them."With that, Jessamine grabbed her bag and left the troublesome situation. "Why did you let her leave, Ted? She's the murderer who tried to kill our baby!" Amy yelled. "Enough!" Thaddeus shouted. Then, he walked away, leaving behind a crying Amy and stunned Sasha.In the afternoon, the ship docked. Thaddeus urged Jordan to drive at top speed, and soon, they arrived at the parking lot of Holt Jewelry's office building. "Bring Jessamine's design draft," he ordered Jordan. This issue had been on his mind all morning. He couldn't wait to get to the bottom of it.He hoped Lolly was her, but at the same time, he also hoped she wasn't her. He was conflicted.Jordan didn't know why Thaddeus wanted the draft, but
Amy could see the confusion in Jessamine's gaze and explained, "Ted worried about me living elsewhere, so he bought me a house in Jardin Estate. Don't worry, I'm not moving into your house. I don't want an outsider to intrude on my life with Ted and our son."Jessamine had already made up her mind about the divorce. She was okay with it. In this way, she could give up on Thaddeus completely. Since Thaddeus had already hurt her so much, she had no hope for him anymore."I'm impressed. You're taking all of this really well. You should enjoy your life while you can. Otherwise, when Thaddeus finds out that he had raised a bastard child, he would blow a gasket. Oh, by the way, you should save some money while you can. I'm sure you know how ruthless he can be."Amy's face turned pale. "What are you talking about? My baby is his."Jessamine scoffed. "There's no point telling me that. Only he has to believe it. You better pray that he won't doubt you and take a paternity test or somethin
Jessamine nodded. "Yeah."Shane could see her determination. It was a far cry from her standing on the side of the road with her suitcase dejectedly. She had grown a lot during this time.Shane helped her carry the suitcase into his home and left the room to give her some privacy. He was a decent man. Although they were friends who could talk about anything, they were of different genders. They needed to have some boundaries."Jessie, don't worry about anything for now. Just get some rest and relax. We'll have fondue tonight."Jessamine smiled. "Don't worry about me. Just go to work. Oh, by the way, give me the wifi password. I need to use my laptop."Shane messaged her the wifi password before going back downstairs to work.Jessamine sent an email to Swan's leader, explaining that she would resume work with the workload she had taken up three years before. She could now design a new product every month.Her immediate boss was also a Crestian. He quickly responded to the email