He even brought up the need for consent after Winona knocked her out to force a paternity


    test.


    It was proof enough that, deep down, he had no intention of hurting Beatrix and still respected her.


    Winona was actually quite curious. What was the real story between him and Beatrix?


    After hearing about the situationst night, she had someone look into Beatrix''s background but found no connection between her and Keaton.


    What kind of secret was hiding between those two?


    The car fell silent. As Winona drove, she nced at Keaton in the rearview mirror again.


    He was staring out the window, his brow slightly furrowed, looking weighed down by his thoughts.


    Winona opened her mouth but no sound came out. For a moment, she didn''t know what to say to him.


    She drove on in silence, sending a quick text to a friend along the way.


    About ten minutester, the car pulled over.


    Keaton finally broke from his thoughts and asked, "Why are we stopping?"


    Winona replied, "I''m picking up a friend."


    Spotting a handsome young man standing on the sidewalk, Winona rolled down the


    window and called out, "Hey! Over here!"


    The boy saw her and jogged over. "Ms. Newsom."


    "Get in," Winona said.


    The young man opened the door and slid into the passenger seat.


    Noticing Keaton and Beatrix in the back, he quickly took off his mask and greeted, "Mr. Huber."


    The boy was around twenty, sunny and handsome, with clear, sharp features.


    Keaton''s brow twitched slightly. He ignored the greeting and asked Winona, "Who''s this?"


    "A friend of mine," Winona said.


    "What for?" Keaton pressed.


    Winona started the car and continued toward the hospital. “He''s here to help me with something."


    Keaton''s face darkened. "What kind of help requires outside muscle? Couldn''t I have done it?"


    "You''re not up to it," Winona stated tly.


    Keaton was even more displeased. "What do you mean, I''m not up to it?!"


    Sensing the edge in his tone, Winona nced at him in the rearview mirror again and exined patiently "You''re the patient here. Youre the one who needs looking after."


    Keaton: "..."


    The young man, sensing Keaton''s hostility, quickly pulled his hat down low and pretended to be invisible, sitting quietly in the passenger seat too afraid to speak content belongs fo


    He was in the entertainment industry too. If he offended Keaton, his career would be over before it even started.


    Once they reached the hospital, Winona called for a nurse to help move Beatrix into


    a room.


    Seeing the look in Keaton''s eyes, the young man didn''t dare follow. "Ms. Newsom, I''ll just wait for you


    downstairs. Call me when yv


    done."


    Winona knew what he was thinking. She shot a re at Keaton, then said to the boy, "Alright, wait for my call."


    "Okay."


    As soon as the boy was out of sight, Keaton asked, "Is that your type now? Pretty boys?"


    Winona couldn''t be bothered with him right now. “No one will think you''re a mute if you just keep your mouth shut!"


    ...


    Beatrix was taken to the room next to Keaton''s, the same one Janelle had stayed in the night before.


    Elysia and Tarquin Bradford, hearing themotion, came over and were surprised to see an unconscious Beatrix.


    Elysia stepped forward and asked, "What happened to her?"


    Winona told them the truth. "I knocked her out and brought her here. We''re doing a paternity test first."


    Tarquin immediately understood Winona''s n and called Benjamin Lawson to


    Elysia went to Beatrix''s side and checked her pulse. "...She''s definitely pregnant. Single fetus, and both mother and baby are healthy."


    Winona wasn''t surprised; she''d never doubted that Beatrix was pregnant.


    She was only curious about one thing: was the baby in Beatrix''s belly really Keaton''s?