Conrad sat by the bed and quietly patted Fia’s arm.“I’m not lying, Fia. I was really happy when I found out about the baby.”Fia still held her head low with her back against him. She was still not speaking, but the anger inside of her was already slowly disappearing.Mainly, it was still because she loved him too much. He already had her heart even when she knew so little. Her love for him had been burned into her bones. All he needed to do was to treat her better and to coax her patiently, and she would put down all her armor.“I know that everything that happened lately can’t make you believe me. Just look at me, Fi.”Conrad held her arm. “I’m a man of my word.”Fia choked and said, “Please, don’t say anything anymore. I’m very tired. I need to rest.”“Sleep well. I’ll watch over you.”The ward became quiet as the sky fell into complete darkness. Conrad didn’t switch on the light, worried that he would disturb her sleep.Fia didn’t sleep at all and her mind was in a mess.
“Yeah.”Conrad didn’t wait and immediately used her fork to eat the leftover food in front of her.Fia frowned. She remembered that he was quite a neat freak. Even when he was dating Esme, he would immediately give up his cup if Esme used it to have a drink.During their marriage in the past three years, their possessions had been separated clearly. What was wrong with him?“Uh… The fork… I’ve just used it.” She couldn’t help but remind him. She wanted to make him feel disgusted.“Is there a problem?” Conrad raised his eyes and looked at her. He speared the fork into a cherry tomato and ate it.Fia looked at him carefully. She didn’t see anything unnatural at all.Not only did he use the fork that she had just used, he even finished her leftovers. It was so, very bizarre.“I thought you didn’t like to use stuff that other people had used?”“You’re not other people. You’re my wife,” he said and began munching. It seemed like he was very hungry.Fia’s mind was somewhat confused
“Sure,” Conrad agreed and asked, “Doctor, is there anything that I need to take into consideration?”As long as he was not talking to Jason, his attitude toward a doctor was quite friendly.Sally put her pen back into her pocket and stared at Conrad for a while before saying, “If you don’t have much to do, chat with your wife. Make sure that she’s feeling happy and don’t just let any random person appear in front of her.”Conrad frowned. No matter how foolish a person was, he knew that he was being scolded.After Sally left, Conrad sat down by the bed and gave Fia a massage. He then asked, “You’re close to that doctor?”“What about it?” Fia asked as she glanced at Conrad coldly. “Do you think that Doctor Hall is the same type as my cousin and looks like a mature and beautiful woman?”Conrad’s expression changed slightly and the strength of his massage increased along with it.“Stop being ridiculous. It’s just that she seems to be giving you special treatment.”“Doctor Hall is s
“I’m paying you a visit, and this is a little something from me.”When Fia saw her, her eyes became sharp. “How dare you come here!”“Fia, I’m worried about you. After Conrad fainted last night, I thought you ran out to call for Mrs. Taylor. I didn’t dare leave Conrad alone. If I had known that you would fall from the stairs, I would have had you keep an eye on Conrad and I would have gotten Mrs. Taylor instead.“At the end of the day, you’re the one that’s being so childish. Why are you hiding your pregnancy from all of us? So many people are worried about you as you haven't gotten pregnant for three years. This is a good thing. Why didn’t you tell us?”Fia could feel herself getting a headache and her eyes almost popped out from staring at her.“You manipulative woman!”“What are you doing?!” Esme acted out like she was shocked. “I didn’t yell at you. I was simply stating facts.”“The way you’re saying it is making others suspect me and the baby!”“I’m not.” Esme glanced at C
Fia’s eyes were red out of hatred. She gripped Conrad’s arm tightly and said with a cold, hateful tone, “I didn’t lie. She didn’t touch me, but she was the reason that I fell from the staircase!”Conrad frowned as he didn’t know what to say.When he looked at her like this, the scale in his mind slowly tilted toward her.She was his wife and she bore his child. He should believe her.“And about Eileen.” The vein on Fia’s neck was popping as she gripped Conrad’s arm even tighter to the point that she was scratching him. “It’s definitely her doing! No one else would do it!”Conrad’s heart sank. He already knew about Eileen and Victor some time ago. It was just that his relationship with Victor had always been sour and he didn’t understand the worry Fia had for her best friend. That was why he wasn’t that proactive in dealing with it.“Conrad, I’m telling you right now. Esme hurt Eileen because of me. You can’t simply stand by and do nothing!”“Alright. I’ll help you deal with this
“If necessary, I would have her prove that the person in the video is not Ms. Reid, but her and Victor.”Fia could feel her heart tightening. It was too cruel to Sapphire.Conrad could see Fia’s emotions through her eyes. “This has nothing to do with you. This is the method I came up with. I’m simply telling you how it is.”At this time, there was a knock at the door. It was Sally coming with breakfast.She looked at Conrad who was standing coldly by the window and she walked over to Fia with a smile.“I just went to the cafeteria to have some breakfast, so I brought you some.”“Thank you, Doctor Hall.”“You’re welcome.”Conrad quickly walked over, worried that Fia would accept it. He refused her coldly. “No thanks.”Sally didn’t even glance at him before saying, “I bought this for Fia, not for you. If you don’t want to eat this, go and buy food yourself.”Conrad was speechless.“I’ll help you up, Fia?”Fia felt somewhat on the defensive. She felt that it was not from Sally
Conrad stared at the television screen with mixed feelings. He then answered Fia’s question. “It wasn’t me.”“Not you? But what she did was what you said this morning.”Conrad turned around and looked at Fia. “Other than that, another way is to have Sapphire and Victor announce that their engagement had already been canceled and that he’s dating Ms. Reid.”Fia’s heart turned cold as she looked at the television. She looked at Sapphire getting escorted by several bodyguards to a car and leaving. There was a man inside the car. While she only saw his face from one side, she knew who he was because he looked somewhat similar to Conrad. It was Victor.“Your cousin forced Sapphire to do that?”“There’s also a possibility that Sapphire wanted to do it.”“Why? She knows it’s not her. How’s it possible for her to take it lying down as his fiancée?”Conrad could see all the different types of emotions in her through her eyes. On one hand, she was worried about Eileen. On the other hand,
“Just like us. I chose to live with you, but I needed to hurt Esme.”Fia smiled bitterly. “Just like if you chose to chase after your love, the baby inside of me would suffer, right?”Conrad frowned as he found it to be quite offensive.He noticed that no matter what he said, Fia would never believe that he really wanted to cut Esme out. “Speaking of which, the reason that you changed must be because you pitied me for losing my mom and grandma, and now because I have a child. Most of this is because of the child, isn’t it?”Fia felt that her thoughts were getting more and more muddled.“You can think of anything, but why won’t you believe that it’s because I have feelings for you?” Conrad said angrily. He said it in a rush to the point that he frowned.There was no mistake that he had feelings for her. However, he didn’t know how deep they were.He had grown to dislike Esme’s plots and changes, and he missed the Fia who he had been married to for the past three years.Yes… He w