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Annabelle had underestimated Jeremy’s ruthlessness.
With Jeremy’s network, he’d have no problems finding her a skilled doctor. The other doctors might not have dared operate on her, but the doctor Jeremy found would have no such qualms.
Jeremy glared at Annabelle and said, “He’s not destined for me.”
His children could only be from Natalie.
Annabelle was terrified by the spark of cruelty in Jeremy’s eyes. She
pressed, “Mr. Hughes, can’t you consider my suggestion? I can leave
this country with the baby. Wouldn’t that be enough?”
Was he just as cruel to Natalie?
No. Annabelle had seen him calling and texting Natalie. He’d given all
his gentleness to Natalie. He would never let her see the cruel side of
him.
Jeremy said coldly, “Someone will pick you up tomorrow morning.”
Annabelle could only watch Jeremy leave.
She saw two people downstairs. They were Jeremy’s bodyguards. They often attended important events with him.
He’d sent bodyguards over. Was he scared that she’d leave tonight?
Annabelle glanced at her phone. Natalie hadn’t replied.
She used another account to request to follow Natalie. She sent a
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direct message saying, “Don’t you want to know what’s my
relationship with Jeremy?”
After Jeremy got into the car, he instructed his bodyguards, “Stay here
to watch her tonight. I hope there won’t be any mishaps.”
“Yes, Mr. Hughes.”
On the way back home, Jeremy called Natalie. However, no one
picked up. He called her two more times, yet she still didn’t respond.
Was she busy?
Jeremy threw his phone aside and massaged his temples. He regretted allowing Natalie to work.
That Austin…
He called a private investigator and asked, “How’s the investigation going?”
“Mr. Hughes, I’ve finished the investigation. Austin is just a regular person. His parents died early on, and he has never been to university. This greatly affected his career in the beginning. However, he has won countless awards because of his excellent acting skills.
“He’s got a great reputation in the entertainment industry. All the directors he’d worked with before tended to invite him to collaborate again, some of them multiple times. I’ve tried digging up dirt on him for multiple days but found nothing.
“He’s never had a girlfriend before, nor did he receive help from powerful people. He’s the rare kind of actor who has got to where he is today by himself. As to his life, it’s a simple one. When he’s not acting, he travels and partakes in some extreme sports.”
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He’d hired a private investigator, yet all he found out about Austin was
positive.
Austin was too clean. Uncomfortably so.
As Jeremy was about to arrive home, he called Natalie again. No one picked up.
Natalie only called back after Jeremy took a shower.
“Honey, I’d accidentally put my phone on silent and was busy just now. It’s noisy on set and I wasn’t paying attention to my phone. I’ll be done in around half an hour.”
Jeremy’s uneasiness calmed after hearing Natalie’s words. He said, Alright, I’ll be waiting for you at home.”
“Yep! Wait for me. In the afternoon, I saw the chain bakery that you adore on the way to work. I’ll buy you the bread that you like so much, Isaid Natalie. Upon seeing the bakery, her mind jumped to Jeremy
immediately.
He said gently, “Yes, of course I will.”
Natalie hung up cheerily. Her grin hadn’t even faded when she saw the requests on Instagram.
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Natalie had blocked that person before.
Initially, Natalie thought it was a prank, and the person wouldn’t do anything more after getting blocked.
However, as she read the direct messages, the picture of Jeremy in the hot spring rushed to the forefront of her mind.
She believed that the picture was completely fake. It must’ve been photoshopped.
Natalie took a deep breath to clear her thoughts. She should not have been thinking about that. Ultimately, she decided to find out what the
woman was playing at.
Nothing happened after she added her.
Natalie pushed it to the back of her mind and threw her phone into her bag. She hurried off to buy cakes and rushed home.
At the same time, Annabelle fretted over the bodyguards downstairs.
She needed to find a way to delay this.
The child in her womb had to be kept at all costs. It was her last
bargaining chip.
If not, she would be done for tomorrow morning once Jeremy took her to the hospital. There would be no chance of keeping the baby.
Annabelle took a shower. As she walked out of the bathroom, she
scrolled through her phone..
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Natalie had accepted her request.
It looked like Natalie didn’t trust Jeremy that much after all. If not, she wouldn’t have accepted Annabelle’s request.
Initially, Annabelle had planned to take it slow. A greater blow would be dealt to Natalie once Annabelle’s belly swelled in the later stages of pregnancy. When that happened, Jeremy would have no choice but to divorce Natalie and marry her instead.
However, she’d acted too rashly and told him about her pregnancy before he left Yley City. Annabelle hadn’t managed to keep her
composure.
It could also be because of what the seller at Amazon had told her when she asked. It worried her. He’d said that even if she were pregnant, she wouldn’t deliver the baby successfully.
She’d asked the person who’d helped her get to where she was today. He said that the future was written in her fate. However, there was a 70 percent chance that she wouldn’t be able to give birth to the child. The other 30 percent would be decided by destiny.
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she’d jumped into action. However, she hadn’t expected that Jeremy would be so ruthless. If not for Natalie, Jeremy definitely wouldn’t have been so cruel.
She walked to the window and glanced downstairs. She could not see the two bodyguards / but she knew that they hadn’t left. How could they? They were under Jeremy’s orders.
Jeremy wanted her to get an abortion to prevent any future problems and so that Natalie would never know about the baby.
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Why could Natalie live such a peaceful life while she had to go through so much suffering?
Annabelle reflected on her experiences. She thought of how Jeremy treated her as nothing more than a toy and how all her efforts were about to go to waste. Her jealousy of Natalie only grew the more she pondered on it.
She took a few pictures of her ultrasound and sent them to Natalie with the caption, “Jeremy is the father of this child. Whenever he went on a business trip for the past few months, he spent time with me. Every time we did it, he went at me like a bull. I know you can’t satisfy him. Don’t interfere in my relationship, Natalie. The child and I are the most important people to Jeremy.”
Annabelle curled into the couch. She wouldn’t be able to sleep tonight as she wanted to wait for Natalie’s response and watch her make her
decision.
Perhaps Natalie would seek her out. When that happened, everything would be exposed under the sún, and Annabelle wouldn’t need to continue slinking through the shadows.
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Annabelle felt her heart squeeze when thought of Jeremy. She
didn’t believe that Jeremy would truly cause her any harm. They
would definitely get together once Natalie stopped standing as a
barrier between them.
As Natalie took the cab home, she stared at the two cakes in her lap. When she thought of Jeremy’s expression when he saw the cakes, she grinned slightly. She was going to pamper Jeremy to the fullest!
Everything she’d owed him, she’d make it up to him tonight. The lingerie she’d stuffed into her wardrobe would definitely come in
handy.
At that moment, Natalie’s phone pinged in her hand. When she saw that her new follower had sent her a message, she felt an inexplicable uneasiness overcome her. Natalie’s finger hovered over the phone for a moment before finally unlocking it.
The second she tapped into Instagram, she saw a few photos. Looking through them individually, she saw pictures of a prenatal medical report. The fetus was around ten weeks old.
Why had she sent Natalie a prenatal report?
When Natalie reached the end of the report, she felt as though she had been plunged into an icy pond.
Her grip tightened around the phone as blood drained from her face.
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Jeremy had betrayed her by having an affair!
Natalie screamed at the driver, “Stop the car!”
He was dumbfounded. Then, he tried to confirm with Natalie, “Aren’t
you going to the neighborhood over there? Why have you asked me to
stop?”
Only then did the driver realize that Natalie’s face was completely
devoid of color. She looked as though her soul had left her body. He
was concerned. Hadn’t she been ecstatic when she’d first gotten in?
Natalie inhaled deeply and tried to maintain her composure as she
instructed, “Head to the nearest hotel.”
She couldn’t return home, nor could she face Jeremy after this. Natalie had no idea whether it was true. She had to face this calmly and allow herself to ponder it. This was because she’d realized Jeremy’s abnormal behavior in the past few months.
At this moment, her head was occupied by the picture she’d seen of Jeremy in the hot spring. Lust brewed in his eyes as he looked at the person behind the camera.
Her fingers trembled as she typed out a reply, “Who are you? How can you prove that you’re telling the truth?”
Annabelle immediately replied, “You can come to Unit 2701, Block B, Moredom Complex, whenever you’re ready. If you’re afraid I have ulterior motives, you can take a friend with you.
“Also, Jeremy has just found out about my pregnancy, and he’s scared that I’ll run away. He has asked his bodyguards to stand guard under my house. You’ll see them when you arrive.
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“I can’t allow myself to continue being his mistress, nor will I let my baby become his bastard child. He’s afraid that I’ll get an abortion.”
Every word Natalie read seemed to stab at her heart. Tears streamed down her face uncontrollably. At last, logic took over her, and she called Skylar.
When Skylar’s phone rang, she was about to shower.
Coincidentally, Joe had yet to come home. He had business to attend. to. Skylar immediately got dressed and ran downstairs. She drove to
the hotel Natalie was staying at.
The streets weren’t congested at this hour. Skylar sped straight
toward the hotel.
Just as Skylar was about to knock on Natalie’s door, Natalie threw it open and hugged her tightly.
“Skylar, what do I do now? I never imagined that he would betray me in my wildest dreams. I merely thought that the passion between us had faded and we had to adjust to each other’s daily habits. I would never have expected him to have an affair!”
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Skylar’s expression turned serious when she heard that Jeremy was having an affair. She gently suggested, “Let’s calm down. I bought two cups of your favorite milkshakes on the way here. Let’s sip at it and relax for a bit. Then, why don’t you tell me how you determined that he’s cheating on you?”
As Natalie listened to Skylar console her, she gradually settled down.
After shutting the door, they curled up on the couch.
Skylar patiently waited for Natalie. At the same time, she recalled Annabelle’s utterings of “Mr. Hughes “. Were they the same person
after all?
An hour passed, yet Natalie still hadn’t reached home. Jeremy’s heart pounded in trepidation. He had called Natalie multiple times, but she
didn’t pick up.
In the end, Jeremy found Hank’s number and called him to ask about Natalie’s whereabouts. However, he said that Natalie had left long
ago.
Hank had no reason to lie to him about whether Natalie had left or
not.
Why wasn’t Natalie home yet?
Jeremy clenched his jaw and made a call. He ordered, “Find my wife.”
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He pulled a cigarette out. Smoke wafted in the air around him as he frowned deeply. He understood Natalie more than anyone else in the
world. She wouldn’t disappear for no reason without telling him why.
Even when she tried to surprise him, she’d hurry back in anticipation
to do so.
Two hours had passed since their last phone call.
Horror crept over Jeremy. He called his men and ordered, “Check
whether there’s been any accidents tonight.”
Jeremy stewed in regret. He should’ve picked Natalie up personally or
had his driver fetch her. The cab drivers of Jipsburg drove too quickly
and never obeyed traffic rules when they were out of sight of
surveillance cameras.
“Natalie, you have to be alright!”
While Jeremy was trying to find Natalie, Skylar managed to calm Natalie down. She combed through the messages for clues.
The profile picture looked familiar to her due to the eye–catching jewelry adorning the hand in the photo.
However, Skylar’s attention was taken by the messages, the prenatal
medical reports, and the hospital where the examination was
performed.
Skylar also noticed how the sender bragged to Natalie. Her every
sentence seemed to be a declaration of war.
Natalie took a gigantic gulp of her milkshake. Perhaps the sweetness
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of the milkshake comforted her as her breathing became easier. She
seemed less gloomy.
“Her time of pregnancy coincides with the period when Jeremy went on business trips every few weeks. Back then, I rarely saw him. We only saw each other once or twice a month. Jeremy seemed to distance himself from me and wouldn’t even text me for weeks.
“Skylar, I know she’s telling the truth. Jeremy has cheated on me.”
Skylar enlarged one of the ultrasounds and saw the hospital name in the corner. She said solemnly, “If Jeremy has cheated, his mistress would probably be Annabelle.”
Natalie was dumbfounded. She repeated incredulously, “Annabelle?”
Jeremy’s secretary with that smoking hot figure? The one she
thought wouldn’t be Jeremy’s type at all?
Natalie felt as though the blood in her veins had frozen. Did this
mean that Annabelle had gone on set to see her? She hadn’t gone there to see her favorite actor.
“That… That explains the jealousy and scrutiny in her eyes the last
time we met.”
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