"Okay."
I thought I could take this chance while picking up the report to drop by Victoria Monroe’s place and share this good news with her.
If she continues to publish a few more blockbuster stories like this, her position as director will be even more secure.
On the way, I was feeling quite relaxed.
After all, I thought yesterday’s blood test was just to rule out that one-in-ten-thousand chance, to put my mind at ease.
I never thought I’d be so unlucky to hit that tiny probability.
Until I got the report, and when I returned to the obstetrics and gynecology departnt, the doctor told , "Based on the date of your last period, you are five weeks pregnant."
I was taken aback imdiately and asked in disbelief, "Are you sure?"
The doctor, holding the test report, said, "I’ve been a gynecologist for decades. Do you think I’d even mistake a pregnancy?"
My heart instantly sank, and even more importantly, I thought of everything that had happened recently, and quickly asked the doctor, "I didn’t know I was pregnant before. I had antibiotics, took dicine, and even drank alcohol a few days ago. Will the child be affected?"
"From the blood test results, the fetus appears normal. If you want to check the developnt, you can have an ultrasound done at eight weeks."
The doctor seed to notice my dilemma and said, "Unmarried and pregnant? If so, better take care of it quickly. The bigger the fetus, the more complicated it gets."
The doctor’s words made my head buzz.
Having lost a baby before, it’s harder for to personally terminate my own second child than to kill myself.
But if I keep this child, with everything I’ve been through that affects a child’s developnt, can he really survive safely?
When I left the doctor’s office, it was as if my soul wasn’t in my body; I wandered forward aimlessly.
At that mont, a cold voice snapped back to reality, sending a shiver down my spine.
"Zoe?"
Timothy Xavier looked at suspiciously and asked, "What are you doing here?"
I looked up sharply and saw him with Serena Sawyer appearing at the obstetrics and gynecology departnt.
And because Serena, a big star, had arrived, the departnt was cleared at that mont.
I restrained my slightly chaotic heartbeat, discreetly hiding the lab report behind , and said casually, "My period is irregular, here for a checkup. How about you?"
Timothy was about to speak when Serena bashfully said, "Timothy, don’t say it. I’m too embarrassed for others to know."
"Okay."
He responded blandly, ultimately not telling their purpose for being here.
But I guessed they might feel it’s ti to give Doris a little brother or sister.
Perhaps Serena is also pregnant.
The very thought left a heavy weight on my chest.
I didn’t want to speak much with them and was about to leave when Timothy called after , "Go wait in the car park. I have sothing to say to you."
I looked at him coldly and said, "If you want to talk about Miles Sawyer, then don’t bother. Not only will I not retract the news, but I will dig deeper."
Serena’s lovely face flashed with resentnt, her gaze exceptionally cold.
Before Timothy could speak, I left the obstetrics departnt and headed straight for the wards.
After all, now that this news has blown up, it’s garnering much attention.
I need to discuss the next steps with Victoria Monroe.
But as soon as I reached Victoria’s hospital room door, I heard shouting from inside.
"You bitch! Lucky our Miles didn’t let you in, otherwise, who knows how you’d have ruined our family!"
Mrs. Sawyer finished and slapped Victoria fiercely.
Soon after, Miles Sawyer’s voice also ca through, demanding, "Listen to . Imdiately retract the news. Say it’s fake, apologize to the public, and compensate for my reputation damages!"
Victoria’s tone was unprecedentedly firm, "Impossible. Once it’s published, it can’t be retracted. If I’m wrong, go ahead and sue ."
Mrs. Sawyer’s tone grew increasingly vicious, "Victoria Monroe, you think partnering with that idiot Zoe will topple the Sawyer Family? You’re too naive! If you continue opposing the Sawyer Family, I’ll make sure there’s nothing left of you both!"
"From the mont Miles tricked into taking abortion pills, we beca lifelong enemies! It’s either him or !"
Victoria finished speaking, and Miles laughed, "Ha, you can only bla yourself for being too naive. Did you think getting pregnant would force to marry you? You refused to abort, so I had to act myself, who’s to bla here?"
I stood quietly outside the door, watching the recording pen flash as it captured the words of the Sawyer mother and son.
What great material!
Once I get back and publish these on the next news release, it’ll be another hit!
I’m sure that Victoria’s current heartbreak and anger are no less than mine.
Even though I wanted to go in and help her, I had to record the entire conversation to let the public see the Sawyers’ true faces.
At that mont, a patrolling nurse suddenly asked loudly, "What are you sneakily doing here?"
I was startled and imdiately put away the recorder.
But by then, Mrs. Sawyer and Miles had also heard the noise and stord out.
"Zoe, you dare record?"
Mrs. Sawyer’s expression was laced with malice as she said, "Hand over the recording pen."
I ignored them and imdiately turned to walk in the opposite direction, even breaking into a run.
If this recorder ended up in their hands, everything I captured would be in vain.
But Miles also knew this. If the recording went online, it’d be his complete ruin.
So he chased after with all his might.
Ultimately, I couldn’t outrun a man.
Miles caught up to , grabbed my arm, and tried to snatch the recorder from my hand.
At that mont, Serena’s voice ca through, "Brother, what are you doing?"
Timothy, following behind Serena, also looked at us in confusion.
Mrs. Sawyer, panting heavily, caught up and said, "Timothy, Zoe had the nerve to sneak into Miles’ girlfriend’s room and record! The recorder is in her hand; she’s trying to ruin Miles!"
I vehently exposed their lies, "Miles Sawyer, a grown man tricking a woman into taking abortion pills, faking his education, academic fraud, have you no sha!"
Timothy’s handso features flashed with surprise.
He seed shocked by my words.
Serena quickly said, "Miss Ellison, I don’t know how my brother offended you for you to slander him like this? Sister Victoria’s miscarriage was accidental. Our whole family ca here to see her. I know you don’t like , but I beg you, please don’t hurt my family, okay?"
Miles Sawyer was still fighting for that recording pen now, and I was struggling almost with all my might, while Timothy Xavier was watching coldly from the sidelines.
Finally, Miles Sawyer managed to grab the recording pen.
I watched as the hard-earned evidence I recorded was about to be taken away. I gambled everything and ran up to Timothy Xavier, saying, "Make him play the recording! If what I said just now wasn’t true, I’m willing to accept any punishnt. I’m willing to retract the news, apologize to them, without any complaints! Timothy Xavier, trust just this once, make him give back the recording pen!"
Timothy Xavier fixed his deep gaze on for a long ti, his voice cold and hopeless: "Do you realize that secretly recording soone’s words is an invasion of privacy, it’s illegal. Zoe Ellison, stop this madness, co with ."
With that, he seized my wrist and forcibly took away.
As I turned around, Serena Sawyer and her family of three were all smiles, their victory hardly concealed.
I was so angry I could almost grind my teeth to pieces!
Just a little bit more, just a little bit!
But Timothy Xavier doesn’t trust or help .
Just by Serena Sawyer’s word, he can blindly side with The Sawyers.
"Timothy Xavier, let go of !"
I was so furious, tears of anger welled up, "Bastard! Let go!"
But he dragged all the way to the garage, stuffed directly into the car, and locked it.
Soon, he also got in.
Seeing my eyes red with fury, he was overly calm, "About the divorce you ntioned at noon today, I need to explain. That was my mother’s decision, not mine."
I was still consud by the rage of having the evidence taken from , shaking with hatred, I didn’t even want to say a word to him.
Timothy Xavier continued, "I told you, as long as you don’t hurt Serena and Doris, no one can move you from the position of Mrs. Xavier. But Zoe, you’ve crossed the line! Ti and ti again you target Serena, even resorting to hurting those around her."
I took a deep breath, my voice still trembling slightly, "Let say it again, I’ve long stopped caring about being Mrs. Xavier!"
"Then why not sign?"
He curled his lips slightly, as if seeing right through , "My mother said you didn’t sign, but tore up the divorce agreent. Can you really say you don’t care about the title of Mrs. Xavier?"
I said word by word, "It’s because the division of property is unfair! You are at fault, why should I leave with nothing?"
Timothy Xavier said quietly, "We’ve known each other for twenty years, you’re not a person who covets money, I know you too well."
His implication was that I tore up the divorce agreent solely to not divorce him, to continue being his wife.
I was about to tell him that I already signed the divorce agreent and put it in the gift I sent him.
But Timothy Xavier interrupted, "Zoe, pull down this news, don’t make things difficult for Serena and The Sawyers. I can assure you that your position as Mrs. Xavier will remain secure."
I tightly closed my eyes, desperately suppressing the unbearable heartache and grievance.
The Sawyers were utterly vile, and all I did was the right thing, to expose them.
In Timothy Xavier’s eyes, however, it was making life difficult for them.
After working through my emotions for quite so ti, I was finally able to communicate with him calmly, "Timothy Xavier, it doesn’t matter to who gets to be Mrs. Xavier. But I will continue writing the news, and if you threaten again, I will include your threats in the news as well."
Timothy Xavier furrowed his brow and said in a deep voice, "Neither Xavier Group nor I are easily defeated. If you’re thinking of teaming up with Ethan Xavier to provoke , that would be digging your own grave."
"Then let’s see!"
It hadn’t occurred to that while he was protecting The Sawyers, he would also throw mud at , accusing of teaming up with Ethan Xavier to hurt Xavier Group.
With irony, I curled my lips slightly, "Ethan Xavier now looks more like a real person than you!"
At this mont, a wave of nausea hit , and I covered my mouth, retching briefly, but quickly held back.
Grasping tightly onto the bag containing the test results, I looked at the man before . How could I let him be the father of my child?
Afraid he might notice sothing, I rushed to push open the car door to leave.
But Timothy Xavier suddenly grabbed my hand, his gaze deep and probing, asking, "What’s wrong with you?"
"Nothing."
I said lightly, but the nausea was unbearable, and he could see I was holding it back.
"I’ll ask you again, why did you go to the obstetrics departnt today?"
Timothy Xavier’s sharp eyes were full of inquiry and scrutiny.
I gripped my fingertips, pretending to be calm as I said, "Irregular nstruation, went to see a doctor for so treatnt. I also want to ask you, why were you and Serena Sawyer at the obstetrics departnt?"
"It’s her personal business, none of your concern."
With him protecting Serena Sawyer like this, how dare I tell him about the pregnancy?
Who knows if, for the sake of not letting Serena and Doris be wronged, he might make have an abortion?
Who knows if, because I bear his child, he might forever trap in the Xavier family’s cage?
When I left, he didn’t forget to remind , "Miles Sawyer is the chief designer of Xavier Group’s cardiopulmonary support instrunt. If sothing happens to him, the launch of the instrunt will be indefinitely delayed. Your mother is also one of the beneficiaries of this device, so you better weigh it carefully!"
I admit, I want nothing more than for this device to be launched as soon as possible.
But, with people like Miles Sawyer muddying the waters in the dical research circle, if no one exposes him, he will only beco more arrogant in the future.
The drugs and devices he develops aren’t ordinary items but are intended for use on humans.
How can I stand by and watch such a person beco a leader in the research world?
It’s utterly absurd!
So I didn’t agree to any of Timothy Xavier’s demands, nor could I do anything that would go against my conscience.
I’m determined to dig into the dirt on Miles Sawyer thoroughly!
Yet now there’s sothing else even more troubling, and that’s the unexpected life inside .
Should I keep it or not?
I originally wanted to discuss this with Jenna Sutton, ask for her opinion.
But she apparently wasn’t even in the country.
On the phone, her voice was sweet, "Dr. Payne is going abroad for a seminar, so I’m tagging along."
I didn’t react for a mont, asking, "He’s going for a conference, why are you tagging along?"
"Because..."
Jenna Sutton’s voice turned coy, "I’m with him now! We just confird our relationship yesterday, was planning to tell you once we returned!"
Seeing her so happy lately, I didn’t want to dampen her spirits with this matter.
With Jenna Sutton’s character, if she knew I was pregnant with Timothy Xavier’s child, she might fly back imdiately.
That night, after showering, I sat on the bed, gently caressing my abdon, murmuring to myself, "Baby, is it you returning to mommy’s tummy again? This ti, mommy will definitely protect you."
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