Chapter 153: Chapter 153

There was a cacophony of noise mixed with car horns honking before Mark’s voice came through,

“Shela, you seem to be in high spirits. What’s the occasion?”

“Big news. Letitia’s dug her own grave!”

Letitia froze her hands and decided to eavesdrop on what Shela and Mark were chatting about before

digging into the recording from that day.

She listened intently.

Mark asked, “Oh, yeah? Spill the beans!”

“Mr. Ramirez has fallen head over heels for her. After he knocked her up and she got an abortion, he

wanted to try for another baby. But guess what? Letitia went out and got herself some contraceptives,

refusing to get pregnant again! I caught her red-handed!”

“No way! For real?”

Shela was brimming with smugness and reassured, “No kidding! I was planning to go grovel to Mr.

Ramirez today to sweet-talk him. But instead, I stumbled upon this jackpot!”

Mark chuckled, “She’s as thick as a brick, slipping all that glitz and glamour through her fingers!”

“You said it,” Shela replied, “I’ve been trying every trick in the book to get knocked up, but Mr. Ramirez

won’t lay a finger on me. And her? She gets pregnant one after the other.

“Did you see Mr. Ramirez then?”

“I did, but his attentions are all set on Letitia. He was pretty steamed, so I bailed. But,” Shela huffed,

“Letitia’s not gonna have the last laugh!”

Letitia listened with a poker face.

Mark took a sip of water and said, “Shela, no matter what, it’s a win-win for you. Staying close to Mr.

Ramirez is still the goal. Now that Letitia has screwed up, it’s your chance to show loyalty and your

willingness to have his baby.

“Yep! I’ll keep chasing after Mr. Ramirez!”

“Even if it doesn’t pan out, Mr. Ramirez promised you a house, a car, and ten million. We’ll be set for

life.”

Shela retorted, “Dad, the money goes faster than you think…”

“Silly girl, if you run out, just ask Mr. Ramirez for more! Given what happened that night, you think he’d

say no?”

Shela giggled, “Dad, you’re the smart one. Yeah, I really left an impression on Mr. Ramirez that night.

The clinking of teacups followed as more tea was brewed.

After a quiet moment, Mark spoke up, “Speaking of that night, it was quite a luck for Letitia.”

That comment made Letitia freeze. How did she luck out that night?

Letitia had a hunch that Mark was about to spill the beans about that night!

The truth she’d been dying to know might soon be revealed!

Her heart raced, and she pressed the earpiece closer, afraid to miss a single word.

Shela responded, “Who would’ve thought she’d stumble upon such dumb luck?”

True, it’s all about luck and fate.”

“She should’ve just let that geezer bed her and gross her out for life, Shela cursed viciously, “That way,

she’d be carrying his spawn, and we’d see if she still wants the baby”

Mark replied, “The baby’s gone now. Whose it was doesn’t matter anymore.”

“Right, Letitia will never guess that the baby in her belly was Elgin’s!”

As they said this, they burst into laughter. Their laughter echoed in Letitia’s ears.

Her mind buzzed and everything went blank.

What were they saying? The baby she aborted was Elgin’s?

How could that be? What in the world happened?

Mark’s voice rang out again, “Not just Letitia, Mr. Ramirez himself wouldn’t have guessed. He thought

he got rid of a bastard, but it was his flesh and blood.”

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“Yeah, Mr. Ramirez had mistaken me for Letitia on that passionate night.”

“Good thing you replaced Letitia that night. Our lives have been so cushy since.”

Shela cooed, “It’s all thanks to your cunning plans. Without your strategies, we wouldn’t be here today.”

“Let’s not dwell on it. This must stay between us and not reach a third ear,” Mark advised, “Shela, hurry

Mr. Ramirez along. When’s that billion hitting your account? I won’t rest easy until the money’s in.”

“Sure, Dad, I’ll ask him soon. And there are those properties…”

But Letitia no longer cared to listen.

Her mind was fixated on the revelation that “the baby was Elgin’s,” which kept reverberating in her

ears.

At this moment, Letitia was at a loss for thoughts, with her gaze blankly staring ahead, eyes unfocused.

The baby… Why would it be Elgin’s?

She couldn’t believe it. But Mark and Shela had confessed it themselves, so it couldn’t be wrong.

Even if she was reluctant to think about it, the truth was now staring her in the face.

Letitia closed her eyes, feeling utterly defeated.

So… That night, she escaped from the geezer’s clutches and inadvertently stumbled into Elgin’s suite.

The man who had a fling with her was Elgin.

Naturally, the baby was Elgin’s because she had not been with any other man.

Letitia would never forget those four words Elgin whispered in her ear,

“I will marry you.”

Elgin kept his word and searched for her after that night.

But Letitia was in the dark, while Mark knew. He lured her from the mental hospital to the hotel, offering

her to the geezer… Afterward, when Elgin’s people were searching for her, Mark set Shela up to take

her place.

All the truths became crystal clear in her mind.

Letitia knew this must have been how the events transpired.

This also explained why Elgin was so adamant about marrying Shela and why he said Shela had done

him a favor.

“What a farce…” Letitia murmured, with her nails scratching the desk unconsciously, “It was all just a

big dream.”

The dream was over, and it all came to nothing.

Her heart was gripped so tightly that she could barely breathe, only managing to press her hand

against her chest to ease the pain.

Letitia took a deep breath, nearly biting her lip to bleeding.

She was doing her best to keep her cool, pulling up the conversation that Shela had with her mom in

the hospital room that day.

After a lot of noise, she heard ‘her mother’s voice.

“You’re talking out of your hat, I won’t buy it! I only trust my daughter!”

Shela replied, “I swear, if I’m lying, I’ll drop dead. Every single word I’m saying is the real deal. I just

feel sorry for

you being kept in the dark, so I thought I’d spill the beans.”

“What are you here to tell me this time?”

“Letitia’s knocked up, did you know?”

“Last time you said, she, she married Elgin, so the baby is…”

“Letitia’s bun in the oven is Elgin’s, that’s right!”

These words, each one was like a knife, stabbing right into Letitia’s heart.