Free Web NovelChapter 320: Shouldn’t Think About Him Anymore
Wendy looked at her son, who was still young, in front of her but hesitated to pick up the phone.
She knew her son was smart, and what he was showing her at this time must not be something pleasant.
Wendy had a bad feeling, a feeling that drove her to avoid Jake’s eyes and lower her head.
Jake said, "Mummy, you can’t avoid it anymore." Jake looked at Wendy with some heartache.
They had come back to Lake City six months ago with hatred.
Slowly, Wendy was touched by Michael and knew there was a misunderstanding about what had happened before.
If everything Michael did before was because of the child, then why not lie to Wendy for the rest of her life?
Jake shoved the phone directly into Wendy’s hand and said with a sullen expression on his face, "Mummy, take a look."
Leah, curious, leaned over the table, looked over at Wendy, and asked, "What are you looking at? I want to see it too."
Jake shook his head at Leah and said, "Only Mummy can see this."
Although Leah wanted to see it, she always listened to Jake. Since Jake said only Mummy could see it, Leah held back her curiosity.
After receiving the phone, Wendy’s hands trembled.
She swallowed, took a deep breath, and her eyes finally moved to the phone screen.
It was a news page with a headline that said, "Collins Group Vice President Announces She’s Three Weeks Pregnant."
Her hands were shaking more and more.
Wendy didn’t even dare to read the news.
But her eyes were one step ahead.
The news was short but dramatic enough.
It was Yonina, herself, who announced that she was three weeks pregnant and had just confirmed it yesterday. She even showed a pregnancy test.
Wendy was a woman and knew very well what the two red bars of the pregnancy test meant.
The news was released unilaterally by Yonina, and Michael did not take a position.
However, wasn’t three weeks ago exactly the night of the Collins Group party?
In other words, the baby was Michael’s.
Wendy’s tears flowed down involuntarily.
She reached out to cover her mouth and slid to the bottom of the news page.
"This is the only way to express my shock at this point. Mr. Lucas hit the jackpot overnight? Awesome."
"Who says it must be a one-nighter? Didn’t Yonina say that she and Mr. Lucas have been in love for a long time, but they didn’t announce their relationship because of Wendy’s two children? So, maybe they have been together for a long time."
"The timing is right. It was exactly three weeks ago, wasn’t it?"
"By the way, this news was released unilaterally by Yonina. Mr. Lucas did not admit to it. Maybe the baby is not Mr. Lucas’?"
"Mr. Lucas didn’t admit it, but he didn’t deny it either. For this kind of thing, if it is not true, he will certainly come out and deny it the first time. Moreover, the time is exactly right, so how can this be fake?"
"Am I the only one who thinks Yonina is a pretentious b*tch for sleeping with Michael when Collins Group was facing bankruptcy and at a marriage party with Christian? If they were really together before, then why didn’t Michael help Yonina?"
"Michael didn’t help her to avoid suspicion because he didn’t announce the relationship before, so of course, he had to hide it from Wendy. Now I guess there’s no way but to announce it. Yonina is a pretentious b*tch? How come I think Wendy is the one? She’s been missing for five years, and she didn’t come back until Yonina and Michael got together. To think about it carefully... "
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Wendy’s vision was blurred by tears, but she was able to read the general comments.
In this matter, some people took Wendy’s side and felt that she was aggrieved.
Other people took Yonina’s side and felt that Wendy had ruined the relationship between the two.
She didn’t expect anyone to think she was pretentious b*tch. However, Wendy didn’t care about the comments online anymore.
She didn’t care either.
When Todd saw Wendy crying, he guessed what Jake had shown her.
Seeing her so upset, Todd frowned. With his head down, he said to Jake, "Why are you showing this to your mummy?"
Todd had seen the news on the internet, which was why he asked Wendy to come back with him.
If not for this, Todd would have let Wendy think about it on her own. After all, she could only truly move past it if she thought it through on her own.
Jake said, "Mummy will find out sooner or later." Jake was young, but his tone of voice was firm.
Jake then climbed up on the chair, hugged Wendy’s neck, and leaned his tiny head against Wendy’s as he said, "Mummy, let’s go. My sister and I will go with you. In the short term, we won’t come back, okay?"
Jake didn’t say never to coming back.
He thought that when he grew up, he would come back to help his mummy take revenge.
Right now, he was too young to fight against Michael or Yonina. Staying would just add to the sadness.
After leaving, time would slowly diminish Wendy’s sadness, but time would not diminish Jake’s hatred.
After a few more years - when he grew up - he would definitely help his mummy take revenge.
Leah said, "Mummy, why are you crying?" Leah was on the sidelines, and when she saw Wendy cry, she couldn’t hold back her own tears.
She reached up and wiped her eyes before climbing off the chair and running to Wendy’s side. She reached out and hugged Wendy’s thighs.
Leah said, "Mummy, don’t you cry, okay?" Leah was crying with sadness and fear.
She choked up as she said, "Are you mad because I keep trying to find Daddy?
Mummy, I won’t look for Daddy anymore. I just need to be with you. Mummy, don’t cry. If you cry again, I can’t help but cry again."
Todd watched Wendy and Leah cry while Jake was heartbreakingly understanding.
For a while, Todd was at a loss for words to comfort them.
After a while, Todd reached out and took the phone from Wendy’s hand.
He glanced at the phone screen, and sure enough, it was really the same news he had read.
However, the page on the phone was showing a comment. And this comment happened to be the one that called out Wendy.
Todd angrily said, "What kind of people are these? Yonina and Michael are so shameless, yet people are taking their side. Corrine, don’t read these things. All these things on the internet are fake. These people are probably the ghostwriters that Yonina found. When she released such news, she knew she would be scolded for sure, so she paid ghostwriters to try to clear her name."
Wendy didn’t care whether they were ghostwriters or not.
In her current situation, how could she care about what those strangers say online?
Wendy hugged her two children tightly and gritted her teeth. This was not the first time she had experienced such a thing, was it? She could tough it out.
Jake said, "Mummy, let’s go." Jake said again, "We’re going with Mr. Lewis tomorrow."
Wendy took a deep breath, and only after a long time did she reply with one word saying, "Okay."
Leah was reluctant to leave. She wanted to wait here for Daddy to come back.
In her world, Daddy was just too busy with work to come back and see her.
But Daddy promised her that he would stay with her as long as he was busy after this period.
If she left, Daddy wouldn’t be able to find her when he came back.
But she saw Mommy crying so sadly, so Leah did not dare say that she wanted to stay.
She didn’t want Mommy to be sad.
If Mommy would stop being sad if she left this place, then, Leah would be willing to follow Mommy and leave.
After dinner, Zess was packing up their things.
Zess was the maid that Wendy had hired when she was in Rheinsville City and had come to Lake City with Wendy.
Now that Wendy and the others were going back, Zess naturally had to go back with them.
Todd didn’t have much to pack. He only had a simple suitcase.
Wendy stroked the two children’s heads, pointed to the small box beside her and said, "Pack your important things yourselves, and when you’re done, Mommy will help you pack them, okay?"
Leah and Jake nodded their heads together.
The two children went to pack their own things, and Wendy went back to the bedroom.
She looked at this familiar place and her chest felt heavy.
This bedroom was filled with Michael’s presence.
It seemed that he would open the bedroom door in the next moment, hug her waist, and whisper in her ear, "I’m home, honey..."
At that moment, there was a knock on the door.
Wendy’s heart skipped a beat. freewebnσvel.cѳm
She turned her head and subconsciously tried to open the door.
Outside the door, Todd’s voice came saying, "Corrine, can I come in?"
Todd’s voice instantly brought Wendy’s accelerated heartbeat back down to rock bottom.
How could Michael knock if he was going into the bedroom? This was his house.
Taking a deep breath, Wendy said, "Come on in."
Todd reached out and pushed the door open. He saw Wendy standing by the bed with her eyes full of sadness.
"I came to see if there’s anything I can do?" Todd said.
Wendy said, "There’s nothing..." Wendy said with a faint smile, "Actually, I don’t have much to take with me."
Everything in this house was arranged by Michael.
Even many of Wendy’s clothes were bought by Michael.
Since she was leaving Lake City, Wendy naturally would not take anything related to Michael with her.
Wendy said, "Rheinsville City has everything, so I’m not taking too much."
Todd nodded and could guess what she was thinking. Todd saw Wendy’s eyes linger on one spot. Subconsciously, Todd followed her gaze. It was a wedding photo.
In the photo, there was a man and a woman. The woman was wearing a wedding dress and her face was full of happiness.
The man was wearing a suit, and his eyes were filled with deep affection and tenderness.
Wendy looked at the photo, snickered, shook her head and said, "Isn’t that ironic?"
The question seemed to be directed at Todd, but it also seemed to be directed at herself.
Wendy said, "So, gentleness and affection can be faked." Wendy laughed and choked up a little.
Upon hearing this, Todd said, "Corrine, now that you’ve decided to leave, don’t think about anything to do with him." Todd came here to see how Wendy was doing, so he could comfort her.
At this moment, Wendy was very fragile.
Wendy said, "Yes, I shouldn’t think about him anymore." Wendy took a deep breath and withdrew her gaze.
