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But the name printed clearly on the report was hers.
And all the indicators were normal.
There was even a handwritten note at the bottom from the doctor, estimating the pregnancy at four weeks and a few days.
There was no doubt-she’d gotten pregnant that night when he was set up.
He was going to be a father.
James, usually so composed and self-controlled, was so overwhelmed he could barely hold onto the thin piece of paper.
When he finally gathered himself, his fingers trembling, he pulled out his phone to call Lily.
But a robotic female voice answered.
Sorry, the number you have dialed is currently powered off.
She must’ve turned off her phone for the flight. She still hadn’t landed yet.
He had to find her.
He remembered how at the hospital, she’d looked at Jackson with such care and concern-it had torn him apart.
He didn’t want her to hate him. He only wanted her to be happy.
That was why he’d agreed to the divorce. Why he’d signed those papers.
But now?
Now he didn’t want to let her go. Not to Jackson.
That baby inside her-that was his child. Why should he give them his blessing?
Desperate and shameless, he actually wanted to use that child to keep her.
He couldn’t wait another second.
Gripping the medical report tightly, he called Ashton and ordered him to find out which flight she’d taken. Then he rushed downstairs like a man possessed.
Earlier that evening, after the divorce-and after James’s sudden claim that he wanted a boyfriend-the entire Luke family had been in total disarray. Even though it was late, no one had been able to sleep.
Henry, Grace, Blanc, Nancy, and Ivan all sat in the living room, sighing and miserable.
“You little brat!”
The moment Henry saw James come storming down the stairs, his blood pressure spiked. He tore off his slipper and chucked it at him.
The slap of impact was solid. James’s step faltered slightly.
“It’s the middle of the night-where the hell are you going?! Don’t tell me you’re off to meet some random man!”
The very thought made Henry’s breathing grow ragged. He clutched at his chest, nearly suffocating from the rage, pounding his fist over his heart.
But still, he gritted his teeth and shouted, “You better stay your ass at home! If I ever find out you’re out there fooling around with some sissy boy, I’ll break your damn legs!”
Blanc looked equally furious, his voice harsh. “I will never accept a male in-law. Get that garbage out of your head!”
Grace could only sigh again and again. “Lily’s such a wonderful girl… How could you be so blind? Why insist on being with a…” She couldn’t even finish her sentence.
Nancy was fuming, trying to calm herself down as she rubbed her chest. Her usually radiant face was clouded with deep worry.
Sure, each generation should live their own life-but when she thought about her eldest son choosing to be with a man, her chest just tightened unbearably.
She spoke weakly, “Being with a man… it’s not good for your health either. You really should-“
“Lily’s pregnant.”
Nancy hadn’t finished her sentence when her son’s voice interrupted, shocking her so much her eyes flew wide open. She completely forgot what she was going to say next.
The others-Grace, Henry, Blanc, Ivan-were all visibly stunned as well.
After all, they believed Lily was unable to conceive. To hear this out of nowhere was unbelievable.
Once the shock passed, suspicion settled in.
If Lily was pregnant… whose child could it be?
It couldn’t possibly belong to their son, who was supposedly only interested in men.
But even if Lily was pregnant with another man’s child, none of them blamed her. After all, marrying James had been the worst luck of her life.
What kind of husband introduces his own wife to other men?
If she’d ended up with someone else’s child, James was surely to blame.
“Bastard!”
Henry was about to rip off his other slipper to hurl at him again-when James spoke once more:
“It’s my child.”
“What?!”
They all shouted at once.
Ivan was so shocked he slipped off the couch and crashed to the floor.
Blanc slammed his hand on the coffee table. “You little punk-what did you just say?! Say it again!”
James knew he had to be honest. This wasn’t something he could hide from his family.
He held out the medical report. “I found this in Lily’s room tonight. She didn’t tell me about the pregnancy, but the child is mine. That night-when Wesley drugged me-Ashton called Lily to come help.
I… I wasn’t in my right mind. I forced myself on her. I told her to call the police. But she said you all had been good to her, so she didn’t press charges.”
“Animal!”
Henry couldn’t take it anymore. He yanked off his slipper and threw it again. “Ivan! Call the cops and get this beast locked up!”
Grace was so enraged she couldn’t even speak.
The Luke family had always held themselves to the highest moral standards. They were upright, honest people.
She couldn’t believe it. Her grandson-who always claimed to only like men-had assaulted Lily?
And after everything, instead of taking responsibility, he tried to set Lily up with another man. Even dragged Jackson into it, forcing Lily to fake a relationship with him…
What kind of person did something like that?
He wasn’t even human!
The more she thought about it, the more furious she became. Gritting her teeth, she turned to Ivan and said, “Call the police. Now. We can’t let a monster like this stay in our family. The Luke family won’t shelter filth!”
But Ivan didn’t call.
Because he knew-if Lily chose not to press charges, then no matter how angry they were, the police wouldn’t arrest James.
Still, the disappointment in Ivan’s eyes was sharp and clear as he looked at his older brother. “Lily’s so kind. After everything, how could you still force her into a divorce? You really can’t tell the difference between trash and treasure.”
Even Henry didn’t feel satisfied after beating James with a slipper. He turned and kicked his own son in the shin. “What the hell did you raise?!”
“Bastard!”
Blanc was just as furious. “What have I always taught you? A real man takes responsibility. You-starting something and abandoning it, selfish, cold-hearted-this is what you call accountability? Lily… she’s I suffered so much.”
Nancy’s face was streaked with tears. She was heartbroken over her son’s cruelty and deeply pained for Lily. “She left so suddenly today-did you chase her out? You’d better make yourself clear right now. Are you really going to keep messing around with random men, or are you finally going to step up and do right by Lily?”
Before James could speak, Nancy wiped at her red-rimmed eyes and snapped, “No-whether or not there’s a reconciliation, that’s Lily’s decision. She might not even want to patch things up! If it were me- pregnant and forced into blind dates, pushed into a divorce-I’d never forgive you!”
Nancy had never experienced the horror of being forced to divorce while carrying a child.
But she didn’t need to. Just imagining it made her blood boil.
Especially when she looked at her eldest son’s face-so much like her husband’s-it made her even angrier. She scooted to the far end of the couch, putting space between them.
“You…”
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