Winona ignored him, supporting Beatrix as she guided her back to the car. She instructed him, "You sit in the back and look after her. I''ll drive."


    Keaton obediently sat next to Beatrix, his brows furrowed. "What on earth are you nning to do?!"


    Winona started the car again, ncing at him in the rearview mirror. Seeing his worried expression, she said, "Don''t worry, she''s just unconscious. She''s not hurt." Keaton blurted out, "Do you think I''m worried about *her*? I''m worried about *you*! I told you, she''s pregnant and you''re a celebrity. You can''t touch her!"


    Winona''s lips tightened. "I know. That''s why I made sure we were out of range of the security cameras."


    Keaton: “..." So that''s why she had him pretend to be sick by the road-to lure her away from the cameras before she struck.


    "But Beatrix knows you! When she wakes up, she''s going to cause a scene!"


    Winona was unconcerned. "If she wants to cause a scene, she''ll have to see if I give her the chance! What grounds does she have? What proof does she have that I knocked her out?"


    "She just fainted on her own. I was just being a good Samaritan and taking her to the hospital. You''re my witness."


    Keaton: "..."


    He was quiet for a long moment before asking again, “Why did you knock her out?"


    "To get a paternity test! First, we find out if that baby is even yours."


    As she spoke, Winona made a U-turn at the intersection and muttered, "This would have been so much easier if we''d just met at the hospital. Now we''ve wasted a trip."


    Keaton stared at her, dumbfounded. "... You had me lure her out just so you could knock her out for a paternity test?"


    "Of course. We have to confirm whether the baby is yours before we can figure out a solution."


    Confirming the child''s paternity was the first and most critical step. The test had to be done.


    Since Beatrix stubbornly refused to


    do it beforehand, there was no pot


    in arguing. If she


    wouldn''t do the


    easy way, they''d do it the hard way.


    Keaton frowned. "...A paternity test requires the consent of both parties.”


    Winona scoffed. "Listening to you, one might almost think you''re a good person."


    Keaton pursed his lips. "I am a good person."


    Winona said, "Then have you ever heard


    their own medigine? She''s not


    PAC giving someone a taste of


    rules,


    by the So wh Wshould


    1?"


    "Using a baby to force a marriage isn''t unheard of, but who refuses a paternity test and goes straight to coercion?"


    "She''s exploiting the fact that Janelle and Richard are desperate for a grandchild and too soft-hearted to push back!"


    "And then there''s you! She knows that no matter what she does, you won''t do anything to her!"


    When Keaton didn''t respond,


    Winona nced at him in the


    "I know


    rearview mirror agawor


    f


    two have a history. Dont worry won''t kill her, and I won''t get her thrown in jail."


    She had asked about his history with Beatrix before, but Keaton had never said anything.


    However, he had made one thing clear: if she wanted to settle the score with Beatrix, she couldn''t kill her or send her to prison.


    Keaton looked up at her. "Beatrix and I... When this is all over, I''ll tell you everything."


    Winona: "...Okay."


    There was definitely somethingplicated between them. Otherwise, Keaton


    would have easily found a way to handle the pregnancy situation.


    If it had been Shifra or any other woman trying to force a marriage with a pregnancy


    report, things would have been different.


    She refuses a paternity test? Keaton had plenty of ways to force her.


    But when it came to Beatrix, he was powerless. He waspletely flustered, with


    no solution in sight.