Chapter 214: Chapter 214

Lainey hadn’t even sat down when Vivienne’s words made her hesitant to do so.

Lainey glanced at Vivienne and nervously sat down, asking, “Vivienne, what’s going on with you today?”

Vivienne smirked, “Let’s eat something first to line our stomachs, it’ll be cold later.”

Lainey dared not eat, but under Vivienne’s gaze, she forced herself to take a few bites and had two sips of wine.

Vivienne personally poured Lainey a glass of wine and said, “Lainey, I really appreciate having you by my side all these years. I’m so lucky to have you as my best friend. Let’s toast to our friendship.”

“Vivienne…” Lainey’s mood was uneasy.

Vivienne raised her glass and clinked it with Lainey’s, then drank the wine in one gulp.

Drinking too quickly, Vivienne choked and coughed several times.

Lainey frowned, seemed to realize something, and finished. the wine in her glass as well.

Vivienne put the empty glass on the table and looked down at it, said, “I went to the hospital today.”

Lainey asked with concern, “For a follow–up? Weren’t you just G60%

discharged? Vivienne, is something bothering you?”

Vivienne looked up at Lainey and shook her head, “I went to a different hospital today and had a gynecological check–up. I found something, Lainey, can you guess what it is?”

It was a rhetorical question and Lainey knew exactly what Vivienne had discovered.

Before Vivienne broke through that layer of window paper, Lainey continued to play dumb, “How did you think of going for a gynecological exam?”

Stared at Lainey, the wind on the street was a bit cold at night.

Seemed that Lainey was still pretending, Vivienne said, “Today the doctor said that I have given birth to a child.”

The blunt words made Lainey’s heart skip a beat.

“Vivienne…”

“Lainey.”

Vivienne interrupted her, “You are my good friend. You must know about the part of my memory that I have lost. Over these years, you and my mom have kept it a secret very well. I didn’t even know that I had given birth to such a big child. If I were to tell this to anyone, I’m afraid nobody would believe it.”

Vivienne was speaking in a self–deprecating tone, and even the doctor looked at her with a strange look.

How could a woman not even know whether she had given birth to a child or not, and need someone else to tell her?

Seemed Vivienne like this, Lainey felt uneasy and worried.

She explained, “Vivienne, we kept it from you for your own good.”

“I never doubted that,” Vivienne said seriously.

“Although I’ve been living in a haze over these years, I have really been very happy. Lainey, I understand your and my mom’s intentions, but now that I know, you can’t keep it from me anymore.

Where is my daughter? Who is the father? Can you tell me?”

Vivienne asked with some difficulty, “How…how did I get pregnant in the first place? Why did I give birth to her? What happened back then? Is that why I dropped out of school and got depressed?”

“Yes,” Lainey said, gripping her glass.

She couldn’t keep it from Vivienne anymore.

“After you gave birth to your child, Auntie took the child away, and you became severely depressed, so much so that even Auntie and I didn’t recognize you.”

“Hendrix was telling the truth. I cheated on Damien?”

Vivienne pressed, “Who is the father of the child?”

“No, you didn’t cheat on Damien,” Lainey said, “Back then, Auntie was injured and hospitalized, and you took a part–time job to earn money. That’s how it happened. As for the man, I don’t know, and you never told us.”

Vivienne tried hard to remember, but couldn’t.

She murmured, “Even you don’t know who he is.”

“Vivienne, so many years have passed. Don’t pursue it anymore. You and Damien have a happy marriage now. There’s no need to add to your troubles.”