Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
“Hey, I learned online that the baby’s movements would feel like bubbles being blown. I didn’t know it was true. Is this baby blowing amniotic fluid bubbles in my belly…” mumbled Lina.
Hadwin Stephenson quietly felt the baby’s movement.
Just then, there was suddenly a knock on the office door. The secretary opened it and hurried in.
Hadwin Stephenson frowned slightly, and the secretary momentarily froze after seeing what was going on. Then, they quickly said, “President, there’s news… about Miss Sweeney online. Some reporters have gathered downstairs, but the security guards have stopped them.”
“News?” Hadwin Stephenson’s eyes glimmered.
Lina asked in surprise, “News about me? What news? Where can I read it?”
“Miss Sweeney, just check XX’s trending post if you want to read it,” the secretary said.
Lina immediately turned on her phone and looked for the trending posts. Then, she almost choked when she saw the trending post about herself.
She immediately tapped on it to take a closer look. Anthony Sherman had posted a post on Weibo claiming that the girlfriend he got to know on a blind date was pregnant with his baby but she left him for a rich man. She told the rich man that the baby was his, making him misunderstand.
Anthony Sherman wondered if he should tell the rich man that the woman’s unborn child was not his.
Onlookers found out Anthony Sherman’s so called girlfriend was actually Lina, and some people posted recent photos of Lina and Hadwin Stephenson together. Her baby bump was somewhat obvious now.
Hence, they confirmed Lina and Hadwin Stephenson were the pregnant girlfriend and the rich man mentioned.
The number of netizens interested in the topic increased and the post went viral.
Lina gaped at the post. Although the post did not name anyone, they had uncovered everything about her and Hadwin Stephenson.
Besides, the post was now so viral but Anthony Sherman did not deny anything, seemingly acknowledging what the netizens had uncovered.
Lina could not help recalling Anthony Sherman’s strange phone call today. ‘Was he apologizing… for this?
‘But… the baby in my belly has nothing to do with Anthony Sherman. Why would he say that?’
Grace looked up and saw Hadwin Stephenson also holding a phone while looking at the trending post. His beautiful face seemed gloomy.
Lina’s heart suddenly seemed to have skipped a beat.
“Hadwin… The baby in my belly really isn’t Anthony Sherman’s. I swear nothing’s going on between us…” Lina eagerly tried to explain.
said, “Go out and reject whoever is asking for an interview.
Also, tell the company’s employees to know whot they should and should not say!”
“Yes,” the secretary replied and quickly walked out of the office.
The huge office was suddenly quiet again.
It was so quiet Lina could feel her own breathing and heartbeat.
Hadwin… didn’t misunderstand, did he? Would he think something’s going on between Anthony Sherman and me and that I’m fooling him?’
She had no idea why Anthony Sherman, who had helped her so much, would do something like that. However, she was scared of Hadwin misunderstanding her!
She did not want them to argue over a misunderstanding and separate again.
Lina’s lips quivered. She knew she should explain, but her voice seemed to be stuck in her throat. She could not even utter a word.
Hadwin Stephenson looked up, only to see Lina’s pale face. She had large beads of sweat on her forehead. When he raised his hand to wipe them away, she began trembling slightly.
“I… I…” Her lips moved, but there was palpable fear in her face “Did the way I look just now scare you?” His rage subsided when he realized it. He got up and said, “I’ll arrange someone to take you home while avoiding those reporters. Wait for me. to…”
However, before he could take more than two steps, she suddenly grasped his hand. “I’m not afraid of what you looked like just now. I’m just afraid you’ll misunderstand!”
She went all out and said it. Then, she took two deep breaths. Yes, her greatest fear was them having another misunderstanding!
She gripped his hand with a quiver. It was as if she was afraid that things would go back to the way they were when they had so many misunderstandings if she let go of him.
Hadwin Stephenson’s gaze moved from her trembling hand to her pale cheeks. Her round eyes were misty, making his heart ache.
“I won’t misunderstand. I know the baby in your belly must be mine, and you won’t have that kind of relationship with Anthony Sherman either,” said Hadwin Stephenson as he bent over and caressed Lina’s face.
“Are you sure… you won’t misunderstand?” she muttered.
He said, “Yes, because I’m the only one you love, aren’t I?”
When Lina heard that, she suddenly cried and embraced Hadwin Stephenson’s neck. She started crying on his shoulder “I… I only love you… Hadwin, you… You’re the only one I’ve ever loved. I… I’ve never been intimate with anyone. I never… Never..”
She cried like a child.
He soothed her gently. “Okay, okay. I understand. You don’t have to worry about this. I’ll take care of it, and I won’t let yo suffer this undeserved injustice. Stop crying. Didn’t the doct say your greatest task now is to be happy? It’ll be good for 1 baby.”
Upon hearing the mention of the baby in the belly, Lina hurriedly said, “Okay, okay, I’ll stop crying… I’ll stop crying..
However, her shoulders still could not help twitching.
Hadwin Stephenson looked at the sleeping figure, and tender affection flashed across his eyes.
He placed her carefully on the couch and covered her with a thin blanket.
It was not until he finished doing all these that his face darkened. The incident might seem to be only one post from Anthony Sherman, but it was definitely not accidental that it went viral. Someone did it on purpose.
‘But who’s the mastermind behind Anthony Sherman? Who on earth wants Lina to bear this disgrace?’
Just as he tried to turn around to leave, Lina’s hand unconsciously held his hand, making him stop in his tracks.
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