Chapter 9
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The next day, Shawn got a call from Desmond.
He said Zeke was back and asked if Shawn could come over to Ferguson’s residence to confirm that the curse was lifted.
As we were heading toward the room, we overheard the doctor sighing.
“Mr. Ferguson’s life was saved, but his body’s taken a serious hit. It’s unlikely he’ll be able to have kids from now on.”
Desmond stayed quiet, his head down.
Rebecca froze for a second, then quickly tried to console him.
“Xyla is already expecting. As long as it’s Zeke’s baby, boy or girl, it’ll be the next heir.”
Xyla, who had been standing nearby, lit up right away.
“Don’t worry. This baby will be born safely. You two can look forward to becoming grandparents.”
Zeke glanced at her belly, looking a little lost in thought.
Watching her all smug and proud, I let out a small laugh behind my hand.
“Xyla, are you sure you’ll make Sir Ferguson and Mrs. Ferguson grandparents?”
“What do you mean?”
Rebecca instantly got serious.
“Whitney, you already refused to help Zeke. And now you’re saying stuff like that about his baby in our house?”
Xyla saw Rebecca sticking up for her and immediately played the victim.
“Whitney, I know you can’t stand me, but don’t take it out on my baby. What did Zeke’s child ever do to you?”
I wasn’t in the mood to argue. I turned to Zeke and said, “Have you checked out that wedding gift I gave you yet? “That flash drive holds secrets you’d never expect.
“But if you don’t care, go ahead and pretend you know nothing.”
Before Zeke could answer, Xyla rushed over anxiously.
“You faked everything on that flash drive to ruin me! How can you be so cruel? You didn’t even want to marry Zeke and asked me to replace you instead. And now you’re trying to destroy me?
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“You’re already married to Shawn! Why are you still coming after what I have with Zeke? If you dare to talk non- sense again, I’ll tear your mouth apart!”
Without hesitation, Shawn stepped in front of me, shielding me.
“Xyla, if you lay a hand on Whitney, I won’t just go for your mouth–I’ll go for that baby too.”
Xyla was so shaken by his tone that she backed off right away. She clung to Zeke’s arm, tearing up.
“Zeke, look at them! They’re ganging up on me and our baby! You have to stand up for us!”
Zeke stared at her belly, then back at her face.
After a pause, he said, “If you’re so scared of what’s on that flash drive, then why don’t we all take a look? Hand it over, Xyla.”
She flushed. “I lost it. I didn’t want anything from Whitney.”
Zeke gave her a smirk. “Lost it, huh? Or did you get rid of it on purpose?”
Before she could explain, his assistant walked in, holding a laptop with the flash drive already plugged in.
“Oh, by the way, I had someone recover the drive. I’d like to see what was on it.”
Xyla didn’t even get a chance to stop them before the screen lit up with the video.
Rebecca screamed the moment she saw it.
“Xyla! What on earth did you do?!”
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