The CEO's Unplanned Heir novel Chapter 25

"Mr. Leopold, he's just a friend to me. I'm a woman, and I have the right to make friends with anyone I choose. Whatever grudge you have with him, it has nothing to do with me. Respect our agreement and stay out of my personal life." Aurelia said.

Each word was like pouring gasoline on the fire to Leopold. He clenched his teeth, and his forehead veined pulsing. A chilling aura seemed to radiate from him, cooling the air around them to a near freezing point. "Are you testing my patience?" Leopold asked.

"I'm just sticking to our agreement. Didn't you draft all the clauses yourself?" Aurelia replied, questioning him. Aurelia had lost her rationality, her wounded pride overriding her fear. She was ready to stand against the unfair dominance.

Leopold drew in a sharp breath through his gritted teeth. Damn, he had overlooked that. He should have included a hundred more clauses, forbidding her from having any contact with other men, maintaining a ten-foot distance at all times!

"Clause five of our agreement, you shall not engage in any behavior that could harm the child. Your association with Arnold could put the child in danger at any moment." Leopold said.

Aurelia's heart skipped a beat. Could Arnold harm a child? Impossible! She did not believe he was capable of it. When they had encountered a bunny caught in a trap during a trip, he risked his life to save it. If he was so kind to a bunny, how could he possibly harm his own nephew?

"I don't know what misunderstanding you have with your own brother, but I trust that he would not harm a child. And I have no intention of telling him about my pregnancy." She paused, shifting her tone, "In my opinion, the greatest threat to the child is your fiancée Elowen. She has always suspected that I did not have an abortion and has tried to trap me more than once. She already cannot tolerate the child’s existence, can we expect her to treat them kindly in the future? Why don’t you break off your engagement with her?”

She said this deliberately, applying the golden rule – do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

As the boss, he should lead by example, not hold others to standards he himself could not meet.

A nerve twitched in Leopold's heart. He had never planned to marry Elowen. He would have to break off the engagement someday, but not now. "Are you negotiating with me?" Leopold asked.