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.”

moment, Natalie’s heart

that he managed to survive this

about the baby…” Shane clenched his fists in anger. “I’ll consult Jackson

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

brows furrowed at that.

tell me she wants to go to

said, “Dr. Baker is Ms. Graham’s boyfriend. If we tell him I’m pregnant, Ms. Graham would end up knowing as well, and I don’t want her to know. I’m

could say anything, Natalie

think that I’m being paranoid, but listen to this, and

phone and played the recording of the conversation she

was apparent surprise written on Shane’s features after he finished listening to the

behind both attempts on your life, and that Mr. Gunn found out about it but covered up for her by getting

Natalie continued with an expressionless face, “Connor’s abduction and car accident, Stanley’s car accident, the fire at my warehouse, the fabric switch; this was all Jacqueline’s

but his heart

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

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