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She then put down the spoon and ran to the washroom.

“Ugh…”

She began to retch with one hand pressing onto her chest, but the next moment, she immediately

covered her mouth.

Something is wrong! she suddenly realized. I haven’t had my period in over a month, and now I am dry-

heaving? What is going on?

Veronica was hit by a feeling of doom all of a sudden. Many seconds had passed, but still she hadn’t

come back to her senses.

It had been more than a month since she forgot to take a pill after she rolled in the sheets with Matthew

on Qurra Mountain.

Not only did her period not come, she had a loss of appetite, and would occasionally suffer from acid

reflux.

She had thought that it was her gastritis that relapsed, but now…

It seemed like she might be… pregnant.

Matthew stood outside the bathroom and knocked on the door. “Roni? What is wrong?”

“Huh? Oh. My stomach hurts all of a sudden.”

In order to hide it better, she took off her pants and sat on the toilet.

“Hurry it up, okay? The porridge is going to go cold,” he reminded her.

“Mhm. Okay.”

She quietly breathed a sigh of relief after that. She couldn’t help feeling glad that he didn’t hear her

retch earlier. I am doomed otherwise.

She continued to stay in the washroom for a while before she finally shuffled to the dining room.

Feelings of uncertainty began to arise when she saw him sitting there eating.

“You won’t have anything to eat if you continue being all wishy-washy.” He was telling her to hurry over

and eat.

Resigned, she sat in front of him and scooped a spoonful of porridge. She then forced herself to eat it,

but she didn’t thoroughly chew in fear of throwing up.

“Does it taste bad?” Matthew asked all of a sudden.

Sitting across from her, he noticed that her eyebrows were pulled together, and she was eating with her

head lowered, as though she had something on her mind. It looked like it was hard for her to swallow

that spoonful of porridge.

He swiftly took a spoon of porridge and tasted it. “It tastes fine.”

“Huh?” When Veronica snapped back to reality, she quickly shook her head. “N-No. It is probably due

to something else. My throat doesn’t feel too good.”

She decided to put down her spoon when she finally couldn’t force herself any longer. “I’m done,” she

stated. “My throat hurts.”

Another spoonful of this and she would be projecting everything out.

Matthew was a clever man. She would be doomed if he found out the truth.

“Don’t eat if you don’t want to. I will take you to the hospital for a quick check-up,” he suggested after

he stood up to clean up the table.

Veronica got up as well, and she shook her head while she helped him with the cleaning. “No need for

that. I will get medicine to lower my body temperature when I pass by the pharmacy later. I need to go

to Yvonne’s anyway.”

Right after she said that, the phone in her pocket began to ring.

After setting the table cloth aside, she took out a tissue to wipe her hand with. She then took her phone

out and saw that she was getting a call from Yvonne.

“Yvonne, I am on my way to you,” Veronica informed Yvonne after accepting the call.

“No. It is fine. I called you to tell you that I am getting on a plane soon.”

“You are boarding now? Isn’t the flight I booked for you this afternoon? Where are you getting on a

plane now?”

Her question was met by momentary silence. “Um…” Yvonne tried again, “I am in Lothen. I came to

Lothen last night because I was worried about my baby being brought here. I am taking a flight from

here.”

“Why didn’t you tell me before you left?” Veronica complained, to which Yvonne only sighed. “I was

worried.”

“Lothen is so far away from here. I can’t make it there right now. Go ahead and board your plane.

Remember to video call me when you arrive in Castron.”

“I have already contacted my parents. They will be picking me up from the airport. Don’t worry about

me.

After ‘Yvonne’ said that, she added, “I am boarding now. Talk to you later. Bye.”

Veronica couldn’t say anything more after she heard the boarding announcement broadcast on the

other end of the phone. “Hurry up and get on the plane, then. Safe travels.”

“Mhm.” The call was cut after ‘Yvonne’ hummed in reply.

As Veronica held her phone and recalled her conversation with Yvonne, she couldn’t help feeling

something was wrong. However, she couldn’t exactly point out what the problem was.

Sitting on the chair, she let out a long sigh.

Matthew happened to come out of the kitchen then. “Should we move back to the villa?” he suggested,

thinking Veronica was worn out.

After all, there wasn’t much space in this condominium unit. It would make it even more inconvenient if

there were servants here.

She shook her head and rejected his idea. “I don’t want to. I like it here. It feels like home.”

Even though the villa was glamorous and magnificent, a place of that size always felt extremely cold

because of how empty it was.

All Veronica wanted was to live a harmonious life alone with Matthew; not having anyone to disturb

them did feel pretty good.

Otherwise, she would never feel truly relaxed.

Thinking of this, she couldn’t help but lament, “You are the one who has to suffer because of me. Do

you find it hard to cope with having to do everything by yourself when you used to live in an enormous

villa and had tons of servants waiting on your hand and foot?”