The smile froze on my face. I didn't know what to say.
I could hear Hendrix's footsteps. He came over and hugged me from behind. Raiya let go of her hand naturally and took a step back.
She gasped, "Oh, Hendrix, you're here with Arianna."
"Mhm." Hendrix nodded, his expression indifferent.
Raiya didn't notice that there was something wrong with the atmosphere between us. She congratulated us, "You both are so enviable. Now that you're pregnant, things will definitely get better in the future!"
"Pregnant?" Hendrix took away the ultrasound image from my hand and observed it with a smile blossoming on his face, but it was neither faint nor wide. No one could guess the emotions in his eyes.
I turned to look at him with my eyebrows slightly lifted. "Are you happy?"
The day I was pregnant with our child was the day Irvin's family was destroyed, and the day Hendrix was going to acquire Granger Group.
Hendrix's smile widened. His voice was charming. "Of course, this is what we've always wanted."
He gently pinched my shoulder as if to comfort or express his sincerity. I felt a chill down my spine as if I'd fallen down an icy cliff.
I didn't know what kind of expression I had when I returned to the villa. I turned on the computer and searched for Granger Group's acquisition case. Sitting at the computer desk, I trembled all over.
"The Granger Group CEO has been missing for half a month. The group has no leader, and its performance is declining. A corporation from Mesville offered to acquire it with the price of two billion and fifty million dollars..."
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