When ra thought about Z, a pang of guilt hit her. She quickly scrolled through their chat history. Ever since she had calmed him downst time, he''d been behaving pretty well.


    As she took a deep breath, ready to head towards the estate, her phone rang. It was Ryan, and he sounded panicked.


    "ra, can you check on the vi? The housekeeper says Sarah got food poisoningst night and has been sick all day. She won''t go to the hospital."


    ra tightened her grip on the steering wheel. So, her brother had let Sarah move into his vi after all.


    She rubbed her temples. "I''ll goter. I''ve got something important to do right now."


    Ryan didn''t say anything, but she could hear his breathing quicken.


    ra pressed her lips together, then turned the car around. "Alright, I''m on my way."


    Inside the vi, Sarah sat with her legs crossed, acting like she owned the ce. "This fruit isn''t imported, I''m not eating it. I''m carrying Ryan''s child, the future heir of the Bradford Group. You better treat me with respect."


    Sarah had been living there for a week, and the housekeepers were already fed up. But they couldn''t say much because she wasn''t entirely wrong.


    Just as Sarah was about to lean back, she spotted ra''s car through the floor- to-ceiling windows.


    She quickly clutched her belly, pretending to be weak.


    When ra walked in, she found Sarah looking sweaty and miserable.


    Sarah''s voice was anything but friendly as she leaned to the side. "I''ve been sick all day. Were you nning to wait until I kicked the bucket before showing up?"


    ra gave her a once-over, her tone cool. "I''ll call someone to take you to the hospital."


    Sarah instantly hugged a pillow, looking scared. "I can''t go to the hospital. Who knows if you''re trying to get rid of my baby?"


    ra felt her patience slipping. She turned to the housekeeper. "What''s really going on with her?"


    The housekeeper knew Sarah was fine, but with her now being thedy of the house, they would bear the consequences once ra left.


    She lowered her head a little, "Sarah just has food poisoning, threw up a few times, and feels weak."


    Sarah started clutching her belly dramatically. "I can''t take it anymore, the pain is unbearable. ra, you bettere by often. We should wait for Ryan together. If anything happens to the baby, his grandfather in the afterlife would be heartbroken, don''t you think?"


    ra froze, a memory shing in her mind. At her birthday party, Johnny had wished to see her and Ryan marry and settle down. Maybe every parent has that same hope.


    Sarah had hit the right nerve using Johnny.


    ra didn''t say anything else and simply called for a doctor to check on her.


    While they waited for the doctor, Sarah kept up her act,ining about headaches and stomach pains on and off.


    She had her orders from Megan: use the baby to tie ra up, distract her, and keep her away from Dn.


    An hourter, the doctor arrived. ra was eager to leave and head to the manor


    to pick some wildflowers. But just as she was about to leave, Sarah suddenly fainted.