Chapter 483: Chapter 483

Wendella quickened her pace and left without looking back.

Emerald’s eyes were wide with shock as she exclaimed, “That was amazing, Ms. Garland! Did you see how mad Ms. Sainz was? Her face was as red as an apple!”

“Hmph! That’s what she gets for running her mouth!”

She’s not the only one who has some tricks up her sleeve!

Emerald nodded and shifted her gaze toward Rayna’s tummy.

“You said you and Mr. Faymon were together. Is that true, Ms. Garland? Does this child belong to—”

Rayna secretly clenched her fists while maintaining a neutral expression. “That was a lie. I only said that to anger Wendella. Mr.

Faymon and I never dated, and the babies aren’t his either.”

“Mr. Hamilton’s, then?”

Rayna fell silent for a few seconds before nodding in response.

“So that’s why Mr. Hamilton is so worried about you! It all makes sense now! I saw you and Mr. Faymon being really close to each other back then. You even brought him lunch from time to time. I almost believed the rumors about you two being a couple!”

The look in Rayna’s eyes turned gloomy for a split second before she let out a faint chuckle. “People will spread rumors about anyone who gets close to Mr. Faymon. I remember people talking about Mr. Faymon and Mr. Tylinski being a couple once!”

“Oh, that’s right! I heard that one too! I actually thought Mr. Faymon was bisexual!”

Just like that, Rayna managed to change the topic of the conversation.

As Emerald was extremely passionate about gossiping, she kept rambling on and on.

Rayna would respond every now and then, but her gaze remained fixated on the cell door. An unpleasant feeling formed in her heart as she recalled what Wendella had said earlier.

Are they going to get married?

Still infuriated by Rayna’s taunts, Wendella left the police station with her face scrunched up.

She was about to hail a passing taxi when a young woman walked up to her.

“Ms. Wendella Sainz?”

Wendella frowned slightly when she turned around and looked at the woman. “Aren’t you from Faymon Group’s—”

“Yes, I’m from Faymon Group’s Department of Regulators. My name is Stella Zink. Are you free, Ms. Sainz? There’s something I’d like to discuss with you.”

Noticing that Wendella was in a bad mood, Stella added, “It’s about Rayna.”

“Then go talk to her yourself!” Wendella snapped at her impatiently.

“Ms. Sainz, are you aware that Rayna is pregnant?” Stella pressed on while blocking her path.

Ten minutes later, the two of them made their way to a nearby café.

“What did you mean by that?” Wendella asked the moment they sat down at the table.

Stella simply stared at her without saying a word. After taking a few seconds to connect the dots, Wendella was able to figure it out.

“If you have an issue with her, then you’ll have to settle it yourself. I’m not going to hurt innocent babies,” she said with a frown while leaning against her chair.

Stella retrieved a folder from her handbag and placed it in front of Wendella. “Take a look at this, Ms. Sainz.”

“What is this?” Wendella asked as she opened the folder and glanced through the document. Upon realizing that it was a pregnancy test report, she slammed the document angrily on the table and exclaimed in displeasure, “So what if she’s pregnant with triplets? Do you expect me to congratulate her or something?”

“Aren’t you curious who the father is?”

“What are you trying to say?”

Stella turned the document over and pulled up an itinerary on her phone. “This is Mr. Faymon’s personal itinerary. You won’t find it in the company’s records.”

As Wendella read through the itinerary, she saw that Curtis had been to Jetroina a few days before Christmas.

She then glanced at Rayna’s pregnancy test report and saw the numbers under the gestational age section.

Her face clouded over when she saw that the numbers matched the date of Curtis’ trip.

“They spent Christmas together, and Rayna got pregnant around the same time,” Stella said casually after observing her expression.

Stella used to think that Jefferson was the father of Rayna’s babies.

It wasn’t until she tailed Rayna to the hospital and bribed the doctor to obtain the pregnancy test report that she realized something was amiss. However, she didn’t report her findings to her backer.

Stella then went through Gabriel’s computer while he was away and found Curtis’ personal itinerary. After going through it, she saw that Curtis had headed over to Jetroina a few days before Christmas. Rayna, too, had gone to Jetroina around the same time.

It was as she had expected. Curtis was the father of Rayna’s babies.

Wendella closed the folder. “So what?”

She had gone back to being calm and composed in just ten seconds, much to Stella’s surprise.

Thinking her plan had failed, Stella said, “She’s pregnant with Mr. Faymon’s children, Ms. Sainz. What do you think will happen to your reputation if word gets out about this?”

Wendella leaned back against her chair. “If Curtis really cared about her, he would’ve found out about this long ago. He knows about this. He just doesn’t want to take responsibility, that’s all.”

“What if Rayna decides to tell Mr. Faymon that someone else is the father?” Noticing the frown on Wendella’s face, Stella continued, “It seems you still don’t know Mr. Faymon well enough, Ms. Sainz. He always tries to keep the woman he truly loves hidden from the press. He would never publicly announce his relationship like this. He has been in and out of his relationship with Rayna. He may claim he doesn’t have feelings for Rayna, but you and I both know that’s not true. As a fellow woman, I’m telling you all this because I genuinely feel bad for you. I’m worried that Mr. Faymon might be dating you just to spite Rayna.”

“That woman is unworthy of being compared to me!”

“I’m afraid Mr. Faymon is the one who decides that,” Stella said with a faint smile.

Having achieved her goal, Stella decided it was time for her to go.

“Don’t underestimate Rayna, Ms. Sainz. Your impressive family background is the only advantage you have over her,” she whispered in Wendella’s ear before leaving.

Wendella was still sitting there at the table and staring at the document long after Stella left.

It was soon time for Rayna’s trial, and yet, she hadn’t received her phone call.

She was fully prepared to face the judge in the courtroom when the police officer opened her cell door.

To her surprise, however, the police officer said, “Vivi has withdrawn the lawsuit. You’re free to go.”

Rayna was so shocked that she thought she had misheard him. “What? She withdrew the lawsuit? Are you sure?”

“Yes, I’m sure! Of course, I don’t mind keeping you locked up in here if you prefer it!” the police officer replied impatiently.

Although annoyed with his attitude, Rayna forced herself to bear with it as she needed to get out of there.

After leaving the police station, she had Ella come over to bail Emerald out as well.

Emerald was locked up for driving under the influence of alcohol. All they had to do was pay a fine and sign her bail documents to get her out of there.

“Ms. Garland, do you want to go home and get some rest?” Ella asked when they stepped out of the police station.

“I’m fine. We’ll go straight to the office instead. There’s a lot of work that I need to take care of.” Rayna then turned to Emerald.

“Shall I have my assistant send you home?”

Emerald politely declined her offer, “You two can go on ahead. I’ll just hail a taxi myself.”

“All right. Stay safe out there. Thank you very much for looking after me in there. I’ll be sure to treat you to a meal once this is all over,” Rayna said.