How did all this happen in one night? How would she face the world now? and the most important thing, what would Carl think of her and what if her parents found out?
She stared down at the papers in trance for some minutes unable to even cry anymore. then looked up at Carl who was now sitting on the couch and frowning. Was that why his reaction was so big? Does he also believe she had an abortion?. " C..Carl__"
" Leave me alone." He sighed exasperatedly while rubbing his forehead then stood up and staggered upstairs toward his bedroom.
She watched his back and sighed helplessly while wiping her tears. looking down at the bathrobe in her body she unwrapped the towel from her hair which had dried up by then and wrapped it again around her shoulder then ambled to the door and left his house.
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__ Cha Mansion __
Lucy scurried towards Vivian's room, with the piping hot milk in her hands. Her phone vibrated continuously inside her shorts pocket and she hurried her footsteps.
She knocked on the door but didn't hear any response, then pushed it open with her leg.
" Sis Viv, here's your__" she halted as her eyes widened. Why is she chuckling to herself? Is something wrong with her? " Sis Viv?" She called out with a frown.
" Oh, it's you, little sis. the milk is ready."? Vivian walked toward the girl and Lucy cowered back with knitted brows. Did something good happen to her?
She took the milk with a chuckle and sat back down on her bed. Then closed her laptop on whose screen was displayed news articles and she turned to the girl. " hehe, you may leave. Good night."
' What!? why is she suddenly nice ' Lucy's jaw dropped and she quickly left the room, afraid that something was really wrong with her. Why was she behaving weirdly?
She took out her phone after closing the door behind her with a sigh of relief then answered Gina's call.
" Lucy!!! did you see it too.. did you see the news?" she shouted from the other end.
" See what?" Lucy whispered and glanced back at Vivian's door then rushed toward her room.
" It's Big Sis friend, she was on the news a while ago but it was suddenly taken down."
" Really? You mean sister-in-law?, " Lucy asked excitedly as she closed the door behind her.
" Yes, it said that she's dating a certain CEO and. . . she even got pregnant, " Gina lowered her voice from the other end.
" What!?" Lucy jerked up from her bed with a gasp. " Th..then__ who is that CEO? I.. I don't think it's big brother?"
" No, they said the CEO of Ning enterprises... Something like... Jack Ning."
" B..But I think she likes big brother, she even confronted Sis Viv at the office that day."
" Well... Lucy, does that mean big bro is not going to marry her and would marry Sis Viv?"
" I..I don't know. . . lemme ask big brother." She quickly cut off the call and started dialing her brother's number. She dialed several times but it went directly to voicemail. ' Oh no, why isn't he picking up?'
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Vivian chuckled again as she opened the laptop after Lucy left. " hehe, Clara. . . you dare try to snatch my man?"
It was a fortunate thing that her father had been so persistent to make her go to the party last night which she finally did and luckily when she entered, she spotted her being carried toward the elevator by Jack. ' little slut. hehe, what a lucky coincidence.' dating both Jack and Carl at the same time.
She clicked on the articles and read through them again then sighed contentedly. The easiest thing was knowing every bit of her information through her minion. Even though it took her all night to hack into the hospital's system and change the medical records, it was worth it.
" You thought I will just let you go? " a cold glint flashed through her eyes and she chuckled then dawned the milk. She knew Carl was very clever that was why she had also alerted his assistant about the news and the only thing she could do was send the anonymous email.
Even though the news was taken down a while ago, her intention was already fulfilled, and thanks to the reporters that did a very good job to exaggerate everything. " Let's see how're you're going to continue living Clara. when you return to your lowly family."
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Mira's eyes glanced up at the man who had been pacing in front of her anxiously for some minutes now. She sighed and looked down at the phone which was placed beside her at the verandah.
" Zach, you need to calm down. I don't think it's all true, " she mumbled softly, hoping that everything was all lie.
" How could Jack do that Mira, if he was trying to get back at Big bro, why would he have to use sister-in-law, " he uttered with clenched fists while his eyes darted around for something to punch.
Mira sighed again and looked down. She couldn't believe Jack would possibly do that kind of thing and even If he was trying to get revenge, he wouldn't resort to that means of creating a scandal with Clara. " You have to calm down Zach, he and Clara are friends. do you think he would do that kind of thing to her?"
" Damn it, you won't understand Mira." He ran a hand through his hair and sat down beside her. It was a good thing that the news was pulled down, but even so, some people had already seen it.
" Zach, I was at the hospital with Clara. It was just a mild sickness, she never had an abortion. I'm sure someone faked the reports." She held his arm while her head rested on his shoulder. She sighed again and wondered how her friend would be coping with all this scandal and hoped she could be there to comfort her at this moment.