He looked at her belly in question.

“A month plus,” answered Natalie.

Realization dawned on Shane just then. It seemed like he had already recovered more than a month ago.

“Oh, by the way.” Thinking of something, Natalie abruptly raised her head to look at the man sternly. “Previously on the phone, I heard Dr. Baker saying something about putting you on medication. And I also remember seeing some medicine on the bedside table before. What were they for? What if it ends up affecting the baby?”

Grasping her meaning, Shane’s expression turned somber. “They were for infertility. I’m not sure if it’ll affect the baby.”

“Infertility? Why were you taking drugs for that?” Natalie asked in surprise.

Shane cleared his throat awkwardly.

But his face turned icy the next second, and a trace of hatred appeared in his eyes. “It was Sam. He knew he couldn’t steal Thompson Group from me, so he wanted to ensure I was unable to produce any heirs. This way, Thompson Group would eventually end up in his family’s hands.”

Natalie gasped in shock. “But he’s your uncle. How could he do something like that to you? First, he killed your parents. Then he did something so horrible to you, his own nephew.”

Natalie’s heart ached

to a miracle that he managed to survive this far with Sam plotting

alright now. I’m just worried about the baby…” Shane clenched his fists in anger.

don’t. Let’s go to another hospital.” Natalie tugged on

brows furrowed

tell me she wants to go to the hospital where

tell him I’m pregnant, Ms. Graham would end up knowing as well, and I don’t want her to know. I’m sure you’re aware that I don’t like her. I feel like she’s out to get

say anything, Natalie pressed her index finger against

I’m being paranoid, but

she fished out her phone and played the recording of

Shane’s features after he finished listening to the

“You think Jacqueline was behind both attempts on your life, and

Natalie continued with an expressionless face, “Connor’s abduction

but his heart was in

this is a lot to take in, and you might have doubts about it. Let’s first ignore whether Jacqueline was responsible for all the things I just mentioned, and just focus on the cat abuse incident Alice talked about. I think you can find out about it easily. Why don’t you look into this first, then decide whether or not to believe that Jacqueline is

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