Chapter 6

Naomi’s face was slightly contorted as she recovered from the shock after much difficulty..

It never occurred to her that Tabitha could be pregnant after sleeping with Malcolm only once that night.

She thought, ‘No way! Just when I’m so close to achieving my goal!’

Naomi quickly mulled over what to do. The next second, a gleam flashed across her eyes. “Malcolm, since Ms. Jarvis is also pregnant, I can’t do this. I can’t put you in a difficult spot.”

She started to cry and turned around to leave, but Malcolm stopped her.

He stood with his back straightened. Giving off an innate indifferent and aloof aura, he stared directly at Alaric without flinching. “Grandpa, all these years, I’ve never defied any of your orders. But I can’t back down regarding this matter. I have made up my mind to get a divorce!”

“Asshole! Is that what a man should say?” Alaric didn’t expect Malcolm to rebel and go against him. He instantly flew into a rage, grabbed the cup placed at one side, and threw it at Malcolm.

Malcolm didn’t dodge. The coffee cup grazed his eyebrows and made a large gash. Immediately, crimson blood flowed out.

The blood streamed down his handsome features, giving him a colder, more menacing appearance.

Still, he did not back down.

In his eyes, Tabitha had made a promise to part ways with him on good terms back then, but she secretly cheated on him with other men. She promised him they would get a divorce but secretly met with Naomi to trouble the latter behind his back.

Alaric’s face became drained of color, and he clutched his chest after seeing that. Then, he slumped into the chair with an agonized look on his face.

MM BBB BBM M ANN Involuntarily, Tabitha sat up straight and shouted, “Grandpa Alaric!”

Malcolm’s expression also changed dramatically, and he frantically hurried forward to help Alaric.

“Grandpa!”

40% 16:38 Alaric reached out to grasp Malcolm’s arm and stared intently at his grandson. “I’ll make it clear today.

If you dare to divorce Tabby, I will expel you from the board members during the board meeting tomorrow! I will only accept heirs of the Sinclair family that Tabby carries!”

Naomi’s expression shifted after she heard those words. She gnashed her teeth in exasperation.

She thought, ‘The Sinclair family’s business is very well-established and expansive. Countless people rely on the Sinclair family to make a living. Everyone in Xosa knows Malcolm is the only child of the Sinclair family and possesses the absolute right of inheritance. Yet now, for Tabitha’s sake, that old man wants to take away Malcolm’s right of inheritance? On what grounds?’

The butler, George, who had been playing the role of a wallflower, was also astounded.

He knew all along that Alaric regarded Tabitha with great importance, but even he felt Alaric had gone too far.

Malcolm looked at his grandfather in disbelief. He could not wrap his mind around the situation and wondered what Tabitha had done to make Grandpa so partial to her.

Malcolm thought, ‘It was one thing for Grandpa to force me to marry her by going on a hunger strike, but he’s even threatening me with the right of inheritance now!’

There was an instance where he was overwhelmed by the urge to expose Tabitha’s true colors, but taking in Alaric’s reddened face and listening to his labored breathing, it was obvious the latter was suffering from a heart attack. “Grandpa, are you all right?”

Σ NO 40% 16:38 Although Malcolm always wore a poker face and behaved impassively, he respected his grandfather, who raised him single-handedly. At that moment, he couldn’t afford to contradict Alaric further.

He quickly took out the medicine Alaric carried with him at all times and hurried to feed Alaric the medicine, but Alaric kept his mouth shut and refused to part his lips.

Alaric gasped for air but would not take his eyes off Malcolm. “If… If you divorce Tabby, it’ll be no different from forcing me to die!”

Malcolm’s heart thumped. He took a deep breath and almost crushed the pill with the force he exerted with his hand.

He gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, “I promise I won’t divorce her.”

Only then did Alaric yield and allow Malcolm to place the medicine in his mouth. Immediately afterward, Alaric fell unconscious.

Initially, Naomi wanted to pretend to care about Alaric. However, after listening to Alaric’s words, she yearned for him to die then and there.

Still, judging from the current situation, she knew that she could not be hasty that day and needed to come up with another plan.

On the other hand, Tabitha, who was weak and lying on the bed, got out of bed after some struggle.

She then staggered toward Alaric. “How’s Grandpa Alaric? Hurry up and call the doctor.”

“Don’t bother.” Malcolm swatted her hand away mercilessly. Tabitha, already dizzy and giddy, let out a low cry of pain and fell back to the bed as her legs turned to jelly.

A few conspicuous red marks instantly appeared on the back of her hand, which was so pale that her veins could be seen.

“Grandpa is not in good health. He can’t stand you making such a fuss. If you still have some conscience, don’t use and manipulate him anymore!” Malcolm’s gaze was complicated as he rested it on her ashen face. Soon, the look in his eyes was replaced by disdain and fury. “As you wish, I won’t mention the divorce for the time being.”

Tabitha’s fingers stiffened. Chills coursed through her veins as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.

After two years of marriage, she thought that even if Malcolm didn’t love her, he was at least aware of her character.

She could not believe that was how he thought of her.