Substitute Marriage With the Illegitimate Son novel Chapter 693

"That man over there... That's Garrett, isn't it?" Laney asked in utter disbelief.

She felt icy chills run all over her skin. It felt as if her blood had turned to iced water and flowed through her entire body.

With an awkward look on her face, Janet grabbed gentle hold of her wrist and hurried to lend her words of comfort. "This must be some kind of misunderstanding. It's impossible for Garrett to cheat on you with another woman."

Some time ago, she and Brandon had had dinner with Garrett. Back then, Garrett had said with conviction that he intended on making Laney his wife.

Pigs would fly before he cheated on her.

Laney kept mum and lowered her gaze. She looked ghostly pale without any make-up on. "Let's go back now. I've lost all appetite now."

She unceremoniously dropped the menu in her hand, got to her feet and left with her purchases. She didn't even go up to Garrett and confront him. Laney didn't want to become one of those women who caught their partners cheating on them in public and then caused a hysterical scene. Even if she was being cheated on, she wanted to keep her decency and dignity intact.

"How about we just go ask him what's happening? Don't bottle this up. You're pregnant now. The worst poison is keeping anger in your system," Janet said with genuine concern.

Laney simply smiled and waved a taxi down along the roadside.

Before getting in the car, she looked at Janet and said in an indifferent, ratherbland tone, "I know. No matter what happens, I will make sure I never cause my baby any harm. You should go home, Janet. I need some time alone to mull over things."

Janet could tell that her friend was in a very crestfallen state. She could tell that Laney needed some alone time to process what she had just witnessed. She also firmly believed that Laney was smart and capable enough to solve this problem on her own.

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Vera and Leo had also come to Barnes lately for some of their friends living here also had eligible daughters that they wanted to introduce to their son.

Garrett had once again successfully managed to make the blind date go up in flames. Vera was so incensed that she gave him an earful.

It was quite late when he returned to his and Laney's home.

Usually by this late hour, Laney would have turned in for the night. She had been quite sleepy most of the time since she had fallen pregnant.

When he opened the front door and entered the house, he felt quite perturbed that the lights were all still on.