It was <b>Ca </b>and Ste.


    Mnie felt Ste’s gaze on her as soon as she got out of the car. She did not even want to look at Ste, turning around to head back with Yvonne instead.


    “Miss Smith, can I have a moment of your time?” Ca said, stepping forward. She was wearing a beige suit that made her look gentle and graceful.


    Mnie stopped in her tracks. She did not want to see any member of the Scott family right now. “I’m sorry, I don’t have time.”


    Ca did not expect her to refuse. She was stunned, at a loss for how to respond.


    Ste looked up and studied Mnie for a moment before she said coldly, “You went to see Cedric today, didn’t you?”


    Mnie looked at her. Ste’s sneer was still firmly in ce.


    There was a small hut not far from the vi. Mnie nced at Ste and got straight to the point. ” Are you here to order me to get an abortion, too?”


    Ste paused for a moment before scoffing. “To be honest, as long as your child has nothing to do with Eugene, I don’t care even if you give birth to a halfwit.”


    “Why do you have to keep confirming that with me?” Mnie watched Ste, not missing the flicker of distaste in the older woman’s eyes when she looked at her stomach.


    Mnie said coolly, “There are a lot of men in the world. Eugene isn’t the only one out there.”


    “Hmph, you’d better be telling the truth.” Ste’s tone took a turn as she said, “Eugene will marry Evelyn anyway. Even if you’re carrying Eugene’s kid, you won’t marry into the family.”


    “If that’s all you’re here to say, you’re free to go now.” Mnie got up, giving Ste a look of disdain. The Scotts always exuded a nauseating sense of superiority.


    “Don’t think you can get away by acting aloof.” Ste looked at Mnie with a half–smile on her lips. “Mnie, you think you’re so smart, but in the end you’re just being yed for a fool.”


    She looked pointedly at Mnie’s stomach. “Do you really think you can save your child?”


    Mnie was about to turn around when she suddenly stopped. She instantly looked back at Ste, and ayer of cold sweat broke out on her back. It was that oppressive, ominous feeling again.


    She btedly came to a realization. “Was everything that happened at the hospital your doing?”


    Ste must have specially dressed up today. She was covered in jewelry, the perfect image of a richdy. She raised a hand to her pearl earrings and stared at Mnie with a rare look of pity. “You truly are hopelessly stupid.”


    It was dinnertime when Eugene got back to the Scotts‘ residence.


    Ste was in a good mood today, saying, “So you finally remembered toe back today?”


    Eugene only nced at her and said nothing. Instead, he turned his gaze to Cedric, who was beside Ste. “Did you go to <b>see </b>Mnie today?”


    Cedric’s gaze was hard and his tone unhappy. “Are you interrogating me?”


    Eugene looked at him, his dark eyes like dangerous, bottomless vortexes. He remembered what he read in the documents, and how devastated Mnie had been when he saw her at the hospital <b>that </b>


    day.


    Finally, Eugene took a deep breath and said in a tone that bordered on absolute zero, “I can go along with what you want me to do.”