Chapter 221: Chapter 221



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Victoria Forbis said without hesitation, “I would like a girl.”

Boys were too naughty while girls were more gentle compared to boys. It made sense, as girls were said to be the apple of the parents’ eye.

Boys were not as meticulous as girls.

That was why she preferred girls. Nathan White had already asked her this question and she also answered, “I must have a daughter in my life.” However, she had not yet given birth to a girl after all.

Jolene Harris picked up her food: “We both like girls, but I would rather you had a boy this time.”

Everyone in the wealthy families wanted to marry off the daughter-in-law so that there would be many descendants in their families. Although people today were open-minded and thought that boys and girls were equal, these wealthy families hoped to have a boy child, as they needed someone to inherit the huge estates.

Victoria understood what he meant, lowered her head and said embarrassed, “I can’t guarantee it.”

“Are you silly?” Jolene was amused, “I hope so, but I didn’t say you had to give birth to a boy.”

Today’s society is different from that of the past, where the responsibility of having a boy or a girl had to fall on the woman.

Jayden Nelson put down his chopsticks and walked away. He wondered why Jolene seemed to be the father of the child, even though he was exactly the father of the child.

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During the meal, they talked and laughed, ignored him completely.

He felt depressed.

Casually they looked at him.

“He seems to be in a bad mood,” Victoria said.

Jolene could understand his feeling, but didn’t voice it, “Maybe because of work.”

Victoria nodded.

In the evening, Jayden tossed and turned in bed and couldn’t fall asleep, so he came downstairs just as Victoria was coming in for a drink of water. He paused, staring at the woman standing near the table. The dim light enveloped her slender body. It had been almost three months, but she didn’t look pregnant.

She didn’t notice someone standing on the stairs, as she might have something on her mind.

When she went to bed, she received a call from Kevin Forbis, telling her that Nathan was safe and asking her not to worry.

After confirming that Nathan was safe, Kevin took him away.

He was afraid that Nathan would bother Victoria again.

She felt a little melancholy. She grabbed a cup and walked over to the French casement window. The dark night was extremely quiet and that made her feel sentimental.

In the previous twenty years, she had never thought that one day she would be embarrassed as she was now.

She had not expected her twentieth birthday to become a major turning point in her life.

Suddenly, she was living in a city she had never been to and had the most intimate relationship in the world with the person she had never met.

He looked up at the sky. The sky was not full of stars and even the moon was hiding tonight. She smiled faintly, “God, you played a big joke on me.” His smile was beautiful, but full of bitterness.

“Is it that my sudden appearance in your life makes you feel bad, that’s why you are lamenting here?”

Her deep voice was especially clear in the silent night.

She turned around and saw a man standing behind her. He wore a black silk robe and his body was slender. Because the light was dim, she could not see his expression.

“Why, why are you still awake?” She was puzzled when he heard what she was talking about a moment ago.

Jayden walked over and stood beside her in front of the window, then said flatly, “Aren’t you still awake too?”

She looked out the window, “I just woke up and drank some water, I haven’t slept yet.”

“Since you were able to sleep at ease, that means you had let it go.” This came as quite a surprise to her.

Wasn’t she upset after breaking up with her boyfriend?

She gave him a sidelong glance, “I clearly know my situation and I know we can’t go back to the past. Both of us will only hurt each other more if we keep getting entangled. It’s better to let it go quickly instead of being soft-hearted.”

His bold determination made Jayden admire himself, as so many people were stranded in love and dying for him.

How many people could do it with her nonchalance and efficiency?

Jayden looked at her, “Remember one thing in the future.”

“What is it?” Victoria looked at him and felt there was something strange about him tonight.

She couldn’t think of what was odd.

“Remember that I am the father of your baby. You can’t ignore my existence.” He turned and walked up the stairs once he said.

She was speechless.

What did he mean?

The door to the east bedroom closed silently.

The room was where Jolene lived.

She had a poor quality of sleep and could hear even a single movement. When Victoria woke up, she woke up as she was a light sleeper. Later, she woke up when she heard Jayden’s voice.

The corners of her lips began to lift slightly at the sight of his interaction.

He felt that his gaze had settled on Victoria.

Many affections started from attention.

He may not have known it, but he had initiated his action.

Time flew and Victoria was eight months pregnant in the blink of an eye.

Jolene also had to fake her pregnancy.

There were no other people in the house except a gullible maid. She even hid the truth from Coral, who followed her and kept her away during the pregnancy.

Everything was going well according to her plan.

Today was the day of the pregnancy check-ups. She didn’t go to the hospital because she wasn’t really pregnant. She went to the mall to buy some items for Victoria’s soon-to-be-born baby.

Victoria had to go to pregnancy checkups regularly. Since Jayden was off today, Jolene did not go with her to give them some space.

As they monitored the fetal heart, they could hear the sound of a puffing sound.

It was the first time he had heard it and he felt excited.

She looked at him, who was at a loss, and smiled, “Isn’t that amazing?” He nodded.

“I felt amazing too when I first heard it as I felt life is amazing. I remember I didn’t sleep all night because I was so excited when I felt the fetus move for the first time after five months…”

She blinked and her pupils showed amazement, “The fetus moving in the abdomen?”

Why didn’t she tell him and let him feel it too?

At that point, the nurse couldn’t take it anymore and looked at her, “You’re selfish, why didn’t you let the father communicate with the fetus?”

The nurse thought this was odd, as she had never seen a father who did not know the movements of the fetus.

Victoria was reluctant.

He quickly blamed himself: “I was too busy with work and neglected her…”.

“You should care more about your wife no matter how busy you are since you are the father of the child. The child she will give birth to is yours, but not someone else’s.”

“Yes, yes, you are right.” At this moment, the man who was powerful looked like a brat who had done something wrong in front of the nurse.

After finishing the checks, he helped her out of the hospital, asked her to stay there and wait for him, “I’ll drive.” She nodded.

He walked to the front of his car, pressed the unlock button on the car key and opened the door for her. Just as he was about to start the car, the phone in his pocket rang. He pulled out the phone and answered it. His eyes blinked for a moment as Jolene called him.

Jolene spoke softly, “Have you finished the checks?”

“Yes, we’re getting ready to go back now.”

“Don’t come back.”

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