The Heiress’s Second Chance at Venghance.
Chapter 336 A Dangerous Gamble
Early the next morning, Naomi quietly slipped out of Christian’s apartment.
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When Christian woke up and saw she was gone, he immediately reached for the business card Eliza had left him and dialed her number.
Eliza, still at school, saw the caller ID flash on her screen and instantly understood: the task she had entrusted to Christian was likely completed.
She picked up. “Talk.”
Christian’s voice came through, shaking slightly. “I did what you asked… Naomi took the synthetic skin.”
He sounded nervous–clearly unsure what this woman on the other end of the line planned to do next, but certain it couldn’t be anything good.
“And?” Eliza said calmly. “My people saw Naomi staying at your place these past few days. Care to explain that, Dr. Christian?”
Christian froze at the question.
He thought back to the past few nights, to all the shameful things he and Naomi had done in that apartment. Embarrassment tightened his throat.
“Dr. Christian? Are you still listening?”
Eliza’s voice snapped him back to attention.
“Y–Yes, I’m listening,” he stammered.
“Good,” she said, voice icy. “Then tell me, in detail–what exactly did Naomi do while she was staying with you?”
Christian didn’t dare lie to Eliza. She held all the leverage. His only option was to comply.
“H–Her and I… these past few days… we…”
Though he couldn’t finish the sentence, Eliza immediately understood.
“So you’re saying Naomi seduced you, and you spent three nights indulging yourselves in bed?”
Christian flushed bright red. “…Yes.”
Eliza hadn’t expected Naomi to go that far just to get pregnant.
Nathaniel was nearly fifty and had never fathered a child. Was it because he didn’t want one?
Of course not.
It was because he physically couldn’t. If he could, how would he have gone all these years without a single heir?
Had Naomi never stopped to wonder about that?
How stupid can you be?
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“Well then,” Eliza said dryly, “let me be the first to congratulate you, Dr. Christian.”
“Congratulate me?”
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Christian was confused. He didn’t understand what she meant–why she was suddenly congratulating him.
Eliza’s voice remained cool. “Because in a few days, you’ll likely be a father. So again–congratulations, Dr. Christian.”
The words hit him like a brick.
A father?
Him?
Christian had never imagined himself becoming a dad–especially not with a woman who belonged to someone else.
But before he could respond, Eliza hung up.
Meanwhile…
Naomi returned to the apartment she shared with Evelyn and Nathan.
As soon as she walked in, she noticed something was off–her parents looked utterly exhausted.
“What happened to you two?”
She’d only been gone for three days, and already they looked like they hadn’t slept in weeks. It was the middle of the day, yet they were both dozing in the bedroom..
Suddenly, a deafening noise echoed from below–the sound of renovation drills rattling the entire floor. The vibration was so intense, it felt like the building itself was shaking.
Naomi scowled.
“What’s going on? Since when do we have neighbors downstairs?”
This was a newly built complex. Every building still had sparse occupancy, and no one in their right mind would choose a top–floor unit in a place this new.
“I don’t know,” Evelyn groaned, rubbing her temples. “A couple just moved in. They’ve been driving us crazy. Every night, it’s them moaning and groaning down there. And during the day, it’s construction noise. We can’t sleep at all. That Mrs. King is a complete airhead, always stopping by our place–either to mooch a meal or make small talk. And now I feel too awkward to complain about the renovations!”
Naomi’s face darkened.
“I told you not to talk to strangers! Why can’t you just listen for once?”
Her blood ran cold. What if these people were sent by the Sue family? What then?
“Naomi, don’t overreact. That woman’s clearly not from the Sue family,” Evelyn said irritably. “You think someone from that kind of background would be so shameless and cheap?”
Evelyn thought back to the past few days and grew even more annoyed. The couple downstairs brought
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over things like fruit or milk–cheap gifts–then hung around and chatted endlessly. But with their cheerful attitudes and repeated apologies, it became impossible to bring up the real issue, the nonstop noise.
And as for what happened at night–Evelyn and Nathan were too embarrassed to even say it out loud. They’d been married for decades. How could they talk about things like that?
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