Before leaving, Horace stared at Clarence for a long time, wondering if Clarence had known that Stella was pregnant.
âMr. Jason,â Clarence called him and said in a flat tone, âI donât hope such a matter would happen again in the future.â
Horace paused his pace. After thinking for a while, he asked, âMr. Conrad, since you said so, are you worried about Annie Conrad?â
Clarence didnât answer, but instead, he asked, âAfter all, sheâs my cousin. Shouldnât I?â
âIâm indeed surprised. Mr. Conrad, although you are a disqualified husband, at least you are a good cousin.â
Clarenceâs expression changed gradually, gazing at him coldly.
Horace nodded at him slightly and turned away.
Clarence looked back, only to find Annie was standing not far away. Dempsey and Joanna were sitting on the sofa, both looking annoyed.
It was originally Horaceâs fault. However, after making a fuss, Annie couldnât give them the evidence. Instead, it looked like that the Conrad family was making trouble out of nothing.
Dempsey snapped, âAnnie Conrad, tell me the matter from the beginning to the end in details. Is it Horace didnât want to admit or you made trouble out of nothing?â
âI...â
In Clarenceâs presence, Annie didnât have the guts to make any trouble. Fortunately, Justin saved her. He said, âAnnie is too young and she cares about her love. Itâs normal she would misunderstand something. Since the matter was explained clearly, the Jason family didnât complain either.â
As he spoke, Justin said to Annie, âAnnie, you canât do this again next time. Both Mr. Jason and you are adults. If you want to be with him together longer, you should resolve the conflicts with him in private. You canât bother the elders from both families again.â
Annie lowered her head, feeling wronged, âI see.â
Since Justin said so, Dempsey didnât have the heart to blow up. He was so angry but couldnât vent his anger. After a sneer, he walked upstairs with his walking stick.
After he was gone, Joanna also stood up. Casting Annie a glance and glanced at Clarence, she also left, lost in thought.
Justin said, âAnnie, please send me back to my room.â
As if she was rescued, Annie immediately answered, pushing Justinâs wheelchair into the elevator.
However, after she had just relaxed, she encountered Clarence on the way back to her room.
âHi...Clarence...â
With a hand in his pocket, Clarence said with a cold look, âFollow me.â
She followed Clarence to the garden. Biting her lower lip, Annie couldnât help but ask, âClarence, I didnât insult her. I also didnât tell Uncle and Aunt who she is. I truly...â
Clarence interrupted her in a cold tone, âWhen did you know she got pregnant?â
Annie probably hadnât expected that he would ask such a question. She became tenser. She couldnât tell Clarence that she got to know it at Joannaâs birthday banquet. Stella happened to be drowned that night. She was afraid that Clarence would suspect her.
She answered hurriedly, âA few days ago, Horace said...â
Clarenceâs expression didnât change, âDid Horace Jason tell you in person?â
Annie bit the tip of her tongue, nodding seriously, âHe said Stella is pregnant with his baby. Even if we are engaged, he wouldnât leave her.â
Clarence was standing there, and Annie couldnât tell anything from his expressionless face. She wondered if he had believed her words or not.
âClarence...â Annie asked tentatively, âSheâs pregnant with Horaceâs baby. Will you let her give birth to it?â
Clarence cast her a smile and answered in a cold tone, âNo matter if she gives birth or not, does it have anything to do with me?â
âNo... Nothing. Clarence, I can tell you treat her nicely recently. I thought you are going to remarry.â
Clarence snorted. He didnât speak and strode away.
After taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped. Without looking back, he warned, âI donât hope anyone else in the Conrad family would know sheâs pregnant.â
Annie was startled, feeling the chill rise from her soles, âI... I wonât tell anyone else.â
After Clarence was gone far, Annie finally felt that she returned to alive. When she turned around and was about to walk back to her bedroom, she saw Joanna appear from aside.
Annieâs heart jumped into her throat, âAunt... Have you heard our conversation?â
Joanna crossed her arms on her chest. She looked indifferent, âIf I didnât, you wouldnât tell me, would you?â
âNo. Clarence didnât want me to tell...â
Joanna smiled disdainfully. She didnât take Clarence seriously at all, âSince you are so afraid of him, why did you have the balls to push Stella down from the stairs?â
Annie was afraid that Clarence was still nearby. Her voice became harsher, âAunt!â
âNo worries. Iâve dealt with all the things for you. He wouldnât be able to find it.â
Annie bit her lips tightly in fear, her face turning pale. At that time, when Stella was lying on the floor, she bled a lot. Although Annie always said that Stella was pretending to be pregnant, there was so much blood, so it was possible that...
If Clarence knew it, Annie believed that he would kill her definitely.
Before Annie could answer, Joanna added, âAnnie, you should know Stellaâs baby canât be alive this time, right?â
...
âAtishoo-â Stella sneezed, rubbing her nose.
It was rainy in the past few days. The temperature dropped a lot. She only brought short sleeves for summer and she hadnât got time to shop yet.
Dolores lent Stella a few of her clothes, âI used to wear them before. If you donât mind, please wear them.â
Although Stella could tell the age of the clothes from their style, they were not out-of-fashion at all. They were all vintage.
Each of them was neat and clean, quite well-saved.
âThank you, Ms. Anderson.â
Stella was pretty. After putting on Doloresâ dress and knitted coat, she looked like a girl from the local town - beautiful but not enchanting.
Wearing the dress, she circled in front of Dolores, âMs. Anderson, how do I look? Do you like it?â
Dolores looked rarely satisfied. She nodded, âNot bad.â
Mr. Conrad Proposes to His Ex-wife Again ï¤Chapter 77: Misunderstanding An Eight-year-old Princess ï¤Chapter 1410 Go And Return Quickly Critic ï¤Chapter 105: Missing Drake âOkay. Iâm going shopping. Ms. Anderson, do you want anything? I can buy them for you.â
Dolores said, âPlease get some knitting wool for me.â
Stella nodded, âOkay. What colors?â
âJust up to you.â
Before Stella left, the male tenant next door happened to go out. Seeing Stella, he greeted her warmly, âHi, Ms. Radomil. Where are you going?â
âIâll just wander around and buy something.â
âItâs quite far away from here to downtown. How about I give you a ride?â
Stella smiled, âNo, thanks. I can walk there.â
The male tenant didnât insist. He left reluctantly.
The weather was quite pleasant after the rain. The sun was hanging in the sky behind a thin layer of cloud. Golden fallen leaves covered all the streets. Stella enjoyed the smell of life.
She went to get the knitting wool for Dolores. Then she went to a hospital for the prenatal examination.
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