Chapter 3
The noise in the store suddenly stopped as soon as I appeared.
Tyrell looked at me with disappointment.
Others, with a mischievous glint in their eyes, waited for me to scream and lose my temper.
To everyone’s surprise, I was not angry.
I handed the documents to the man and said, “Could you please lend me the car keys? Something
fell on your car.
Upon hearing this, Lucia took out the Porsche key from her bag, stuck out her tongue at me, and said, “Sorry, sister–in–law- Because I love to sleep in, I am always late for work.”
“So Tyrell simply gave me his car to drive,”
“What sister–in–law? Silly fool, stop calling people randomly.”
Tyrell’s eyes were filled with indulgence as he wiped the wine stains from the corners of Lucia’s
mouth.
I followed the man’s words and said, “Mr. Klein and I were not married, Ms. Kirk, please don’t
misunderstand.”
After speaking, I picked up the keys and turned to leave, but Tyrell suddenly grabbed me and said with a strange expression on his face, “Lailah, ever since you got pregnant, you would feel nauseous at the smell of alcohol. Why today…”
I was about to speak when Lucia suddenly paled and clutched Tyrell’s arm, saying, “Tyrell, Lailah wouldn’t be thinking of going to the car to look for that pearl necklace, would she?”
Um… but I have already lost the necklace, how can I do now?
The necklace in Lucia’s mouth was an heirloom left to me by my grandmother.
Hearing Tyrell soothing Lucia in a gentle voice, it was just a cheap necklace, if it was lost, it was lost, there was no need to worry about it.
I put down the car keys and looked at Lucia without any joy or sadness. “He’s right, it’s just a cheap necklace that I’ve had for nine years. Since you like it, consider it a gift from me.”
As I walked out of the restaurant, I was about to hail a taxi when a man chased after me.
He handed me the packed nourishing fish porridge and said with a condescending tone, “I will accompany you for the prenatal check–up tomorrow.”
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I lied casually, “You remembered the date wrong, the prenatal check–up is in two days.”
Tyrell wanted to argue, but he saw Lucia standing at the entrance of the restaurant.
He immediately turned back, took her hand, and breathed warm air for her.
I watched them return to the restaurant, as someone who never eats fish, I fed fish porridge to the stray cat, and then went home.
That night, the man did not return all night.
And I didn’t make a single phone call to him.
At five o’clock in the afternoon, I had just put on my coat when Tyrell suddenly came home and took
me in the car.
In the Klein’s house, Tyrell pulled me towards his parents and said, “Mom, Dad, this is Lailah.”
After years of a long–distance relationship, Tyrell finally introduced me to his parents.
But my reaction disappointed him greatly.
“Uncle and aunt, I have something urgent to attend to, please excuse me for leaving first.”
As soon as the words fell, Tyrell grabbed my wrist and secretly exerted force.
“Mom, Dad, she was joking with you. You guys get ready for dinner, I’ll take her to familiarize herself with the surroundings first.”
I was forcibly dragged to the top floor bedroom by a man, and the so–called tour began.
My frequent actions of checking the time on my phone quickly caused dissatisfaction in the man. “Lailah, you used to keep pestering me to see the room where I grew up, but now that you’ve seen it, you’ve suddenly become speechless?”
“Hmm? It was fine.”
My evasive answer made Tyrell furrow his brow.
“You were always looking at your phone, is there something interesting inside?”
“No.”
Even though I said so, the man’s face remained tense.
He snatched my phone and aimed it at his face.
The screen, however, kept displaying unlock failure.
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Tyrell asked me in surprise how I couldn’t recognize it.
I was about to speak when suddenly there came a crisp sound from outside the windowwill behind
- me.
