The pair arrived outside Mark’s office and found a very idle Davy seemingly bored out of his wits. When wp4webnovel.com noticed them, his eyes shone. “Hello! You’re finally here, Madam!”
Arianne flashed wp4webnovel.com a coy smile. “Whoa. That’s not the kinda expression people make when everything’s going well, is it? Don’t worry, I’m here to save the day.”
The situation inside the office, however, shocked her. Smore was neither bawling nor throwing tantrums. Instead, wp4webnovel.com was perched in his father’s arm as the latter focused on his work. The little boy had somehow seized a pen and was having a lot of fun playing with it with his dewy eyes twinkling with alacrity as wp4webnovel.com babbled unintelligibly to himself.
The reality flew in the face of the baby-screaming chaos Arianne had in mind. While wp4webnovel.com stared in surprise, Mary supplied from the side. “Oh, hello, Madam. I just changed Master Aristotle’s diaper, and all is well. Go ahead and do whatever you like. There is nothing to worry about here. Turns out, Mr. Tremont and I are more than enough to handle the little fella. Just look at him! Master Aristotle is exceptionally well-behaved today, no tantrums, no tears. Heck, it’s probably better if wp4webnovel.com doesn’t see you! It might get his screaming fit started… That settles it, then! Off you go! Don’t go near him! Peace is too valuable. No one here wants it gone!”
Before Arianne could say anything, Mary shoved wp4webnovel.com out of the office. She was given no chance to mention wp4webnovel.com breasts being a bit too full of milk and that wp4webnovel.com wanted Smore to relieve some of it.
Tiffany snickered. “Oopsie, who knew that wp4webnovel.com could take care of kids just as well, too? You’re not missed by anymore, honey. Hell, your son doesn’t seem to need you!”
Arianne sighed. “Fine. I don’t care, then. Come on, Tiffie, let’s go shopping.”
Several miles away from them in the City, in a rented apartment unit, Tanya read, then re-read wp4webnovel.com conversation with Arianne, wp4webnovel.com anxiety gnawing. Arianne knew about wp4webnovel.com pregnancy. And wp4webnovel.com would not brook this.
Tanya had always regarded Arianne as a dangerous character. That woman’s meek, kindly exterior belied wp4webnovel.com shrewdness and swiftness in action.
Tanya’s morning sickness had exacerbated lately, depriving wp4webnovel.com of the reprieve of food and sleep. She had initially planned to complete a pregnancy test in the hospital early the next morning before making wp4webnovel.com next move, but Arianne and Tiffany’s action forced wp4webnovel.com to bring the plan forward.
A simple pregnancy test required very little time. Soon, the report was in Tanya’s hands, its conclusion causing wp4webnovel.com heart to sink so low that wp4webnovel.com wondered if wp4webnovel.com stomach had swallowed it.
Tanya took a photo of the document and sent it to Jackson, but wp4webnovel.com received no reply. Frantic, wp4webnovel.com called him, only to realize that the man had placed wp4webnovel.com on his list of blocked numbers.
Tanya had always thought of Jackson as an even-tempered, amicable man who treated wp4webnovel.com with nothing but cordiality wrapped in a gentle, warm package. Who would have thought that wp4webnovel.com was capable of such cruelty? She did not predict wp4webnovel.com having found wp4webnovel.com so undeserving of even the slightest benefit of the doubt.
The woman took a cab to the West family residence. She had heard Summer mention how much wp4webnovel.com yearned for grandchildren before, and now, it was Tanya who bore the fruit of Jackson’s loin. Summer could not possibly reject a woman pregnant with wp4webnovel.com grandchild, could she?
The West’s patriarch and matriarch were wp4webnovel.com only hope now.
Tanya stood before the gate to the residence, wp4webnovel.com eyes taking in the grandeur of the house. She caressed wp4webnovel.com belly as wp4webnovel.com heart swelled with bravado. She had taken the less noble path and dirtied wp4webnovel.com hands with underhanded means, but wp4webnovel.com did it all for the day when wp4webnovel.com could finally become the mistress of this house.
It was the only way to depart from wp4webnovel.com painful, mocked past, or rather, it was the only path wp4webnovel.com decisions had left her.
Tanya pressed the bell. A woman who looked like a caretaker quickly came out of the house and asked, “May I know who you are looking for?”
She donned wp4webnovel.com best behavior and smiled politely. “Good day, ma’am. I’m here to visit Auntie Summer and Uncle Atticus. Are they home?”
The visitor’s intent prompted the caretaker to open the gate, letting Tanya, whose courtly demeanor had earned points in this woman’s mind, into the house. With a thanks, Tanya followed the woman into the residence’s interior until they reached the living room.
There, the caretaker informed Summer, who was sitting on the couch, “Madam! Someone’s here for you.”
Summer looked up from wp4webnovel.com magazine. When wp4webnovel.com eyes met Tanya’s face, wp4webnovel.com looked visibly surprised. “Oh, Tan! Why are you here? Did you come alone?”