Book 2 : She Becomes Glamorous After the Engagement

Chapter 12

Chapter 642: The Badass Nora Smith

Cecelia: “!!”

She was so shocked that she couldn’t even move.

It was only when the others rushed over that she finally came back to her senses.

With this, she couldn’t give herself a miscarriage anymore! It would be too obvious if she fell again. Also, it wouldn’t be Helen who pushed her down anymore!

For a while, Cecelia could neither advance nor retreat.

At the top of the stairs.

Nora was giving first aid to Helen.

She had slowly started to bleed after she fell down the stairs, and she was extremely weak at the moment. Nora gave her a checkup and found that she had suffered bone fractures and a slight concussion, but was not in danger of dying. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief.

She was about to speak when Jessica rushed over and shouted, “Helen, what happened?!”

Helen was in a lot of pain. Both her arms and her legs hurt, but she still stared hard at Cecelia and said, “Cecelia was planning to falsely accuse me of pushing her down the stairs. I accidentally fell trying to save her.” Everyone there was a member of the rich and powerful circle. All of them were very familiar with little tricks like that.

Jessica understood everything with just those few words of hers.

Her eyes turned red from anger. She pointed at Helen and shouted, “How can you be so muddleheaded! Even if she succeeds in slandering you, we still have evidence against her!”

Jessica had already found Cecelia’s adulterous lover-in other words, the father of the babya long time ago.

She was planning to hand him over to Thomas together with the evidence today.

But Helen instead smiled at her wryly and said, “Jessica, you don’t understand what the Livingstones are like. Without the baby, there won’t be any direct evidence. For the sake of not shaming themselves, they would rather refuse to admit or believe it.”

If the child was gone, Cecelia and her lover would be able to insist that nothing had happened.

After all, even if Cecelia did have s****l relations with her lover three months ago, her private life had always been chaotic anyway. The Livingstones would never believe a word of what they said. Therefore, nothing must happen to the child! Because it was the most crucial evidence!

Helen was in so much pain that her face was as white as a sheet. While the ambulance hadn’t yet arrived, she lay where she was and said to Jessica, “I thought it through in that moment just now. Women have to stand up for themselves, otherwise, they will forever be looked down upon.

“Jessica, I have become strong.”

“See? I’m actually in so much pain right now, but I didn’t even cry.” Seeing her younger sister like that, Jessica’s eyes reddened.

She nodded. “Go to the hospital first. I’ll handle the rest.”

“I’m not going… Jessica, I want to stay here and watch them make a joke out of themselves!” Helen grabbed Nora’s hand and refused to let go, for fear that if she did, she would be taken away by the ambulance.

Jessica kept quiet for a while.

Nora said, “She’s fine for the time being.”

Only then did Jessica agree.

Everyone around them had heard their conversation. Even Thomas frowned and looked at Cecelia.

When he looked at Cecelia, who was upstairs, the woman finally regained her senses. She hurriedly came down and shouted, “Helen, I know you loathe and hate me. I have also been apologizing to you the entire time just now. I told you, even if I become Mrs. Livingstone, you still have a place in Thomas’ heart. The separation is not your fault, it was just because you can’t have children. But how can you jump down the stairs yourself and falsely accuse me like that?! You even said that I won’t have the chance to become Mrs. Livingstone when you jumped down, sob…

“It’s fine even if you don’t want me to become Mrs. Livingstone, but you can’t use such a suicidal method to make false accusations towards me! Thomas, you have to stand up for me!”

Thomas immediately glared at Helen furiously. “Why are you starting to resort to such tricks like crying, kicking up a huge fuss, and threatening suicide? Are you trying to save our marriage with those tricks? I’ll tell you there is no way!”

When Helen saw how Thomas had chosen to believe Cecelia without any hesitation, she knew at once that she had done the right thing just now.

If the child was gone, Thomas would definitely refuse to believe the truth.

She clenched her fists. Suddenly, she looked at Cecelia and said, “In that case, do you dare to go to the hospital for a test?”

Cecelia nodded. “Of course! Why wouldn’t I? But for the baby, I want to wait until it’s four months old before I do it. It’s only a little over one month old right now, so there is no way to do the test! For the sake of my baby’s health, we have to wait! Thomas and I have already talked about it. Besides, I have a clear conscience, so I’m not afraid! I am not scared of any test! It’s just that it’s not the right time yet. Don’t worry, two months later, I will have it done even without you needing to mention it!”

She was stalling for time.

A lot of things could happen in two and a half months! At the worst, she would just find an opportunity to have a miscarriage at the very last moment. In any case, she mustn’t cement those claims at the moment.

Just as Cecelia thought so triumphantly to herself, Nora suddenly stood up impatiently. She gave a wave, upon which the two bodyguards that Justin had given her rushed over.

Nora pointed to Cecelia and ordered, “Take her to the hospital for the test. I will take responsibility for all the consequences.”

Chapter 643: Results!

The two bodyguards walked up to Cecelia obediently.

Terrified, Cecelia screamed and grabbed Thomas’ hand. She said, “Thomas, the baby is still too young. It will die if the test is done on it! I’ve already asked about it, it can only be done when the baby four-months-old!”

Thomas was also outraged. He looked straight at Nora. “What are you doing? Do you have no regard for human lives whatsoever?!”

Nora cast her eyes down. “Four months old? If you count the time, it’s already about there anyway.”

When Cecelia told Thomas about her pregnancy, she had already been more than three months pregnant. Now that a few more days had gone by, the time was almost right.

Besides, she would be asking Lily to do the amniocentesis test, in addition to the DNA test. She had relatively good technique, so it would not harm the baby.

Although the child was not Thomas’, when it came to children, Nora had never thought of going as far as to take its life.

… even if Cecelia, the child’s mother, didn’t want the child anymore.

Cecelia’s pupils shrank, but she still firmly refused to admit it. “What do you mean by that? You must be Helen’s friend, right? Are you actually doing something like this just for Helen? Do you have any idea who the Livingstones are or not?! Don’t you know that the Livingstones and the Hunt's share very close ties?!”

As soon as she said that, Thomas said, “This is Nora.”

Nora Smith?

Cecelia’s eyes flickered a couple of times and she understood at once. Her expression changed drastically in fright.

But she absolutely must not go with them. Once she did, everything would be over!

Therefore, despite spacing out for a moment, Cecelia quickly calmed down and continued acting. She said, “I get it now. It’s because you misdiagnosed Thomas, so you want to vent your anger on us now, right? Thomas! Do you really not want the baby anymore?! Don’t forget that the doctor has already said that it’s certain that our baby is a boy!”

There were many ways of determining whether a child was male or female when they became six-weeks-old.

One of them was by looking at the ultrasound scan when the baby was six-weeks-old. If the fetus was rectangular, it was a boy. If it was squarish, then it was a girl.

There was also numerical data to support the theory.

Therefore, Cecelia was very sure that the baby in her belly was a boy.

Her shout made Thomas even more anxious.

When he was twenty years old, he had accidentally impregnated a woman. Later, as the woman’s social status was too low, Mrs. Livingstone had forced her to have an abortion.

After that, for some strange reason, even though Thomas had fooled around with a lot of women, he had never managed to get anyone pregnant ever again.

At first, he’d thought that it was because he was lucky and had done a good job at taking preventive measures.

But even after marrying Helen, he still didn’t have children despite so much time passing. To be honest, he was also very anxious about it. Now that Cecelia had become pregnant after so much difficulty and the baby was even a boy.

Thomas went up to the two bodyguards and got physical at once. He said, “Don’t touch her! I’m telling you, don’t touch her! I will fight whoever touches my baby!”

Unfortunately, the two bodyguards didn’t listen to him at all. One of them grabbed him while the other grabbed Cecelia’s arm.

The people Justin gave to Nora would naturally be rather skilled.

There was no need for Nora to take any action at all. They subdued Cecelia straightaway and led her-or rather, forced her-out.

Nora didn’t look back. Instead, she got the paramedics to take Helen with them straightaway. The group walked out the door with great momentum and went to the hospital.

Behind them, Thomas was shouting, “Nora Smith! Helen Stewart! This is no different than kidnapping! I will never let you people off!” He struggled and tried to break free of the bodyguard’s hold. It was just a shame that he simply couldn’t break free, no matter what he did.

He looked at the bodyguard and yelled furiously, “Justin Hunt is my cousin! You’ve got a lot of balls to have the audacity to do this to me!”

However, the bodyguard still kept his eyes lowered and said nothing. It was only when Nora and the others got into the ambulance and headed towards the hospital that he finally let go of him.

After Thomas regained his freedom, he took out his cell phone and called Mrs. Livingstone. Then, he rushed out.

By the time he drove over to the hospital, Mrs. Livingstone had also arrived. The two went upstairs together and found the place where they had forcibly brought Cecelia to.

Cecelia had already been forcibly pushed into the operating room for an amniocentesis test.

As for Nora, she had dressed Helen’s fracture and arranged for her to be sent to the VIP ward.

Thomas rushed in at this point and yelled at the two of them, “Helen, that’s enough! Just because you can’t have any children, do you also want to kill off my family line? If anything happens to my son, I will kill you!”

Helen was already as calm as still waters by now.

All her sadness at the divorce had already disappeared.

Perhaps it was when Thomas cheated on her, or perhaps it was when she slowly discovered Thomas’s true colors; but after a point, she didn’t have any feelings for Thomas anymore.

She kept her gaze lowered and said nothing.

Jessica said, “It doesn’t take long for amniocentesis test results to be out. The same goes for DNA tests. You will receive the results very soon.”

Thomas, however, sneered and said, “You people were the ones who took Cecelia. Who can be sure whose DNA sample it is?!”

Jessica said, “You can take Cecelia’s DNA sample and do a test yourself!”

Thomas frowned deeply and said, “Jessica Stewart, Nora Smith, do the two of you have any idea what you are doing? Just who is it that gave you the guts to do that to my woman?!” Almost as soon as he said that, a deep voice came from the door: “Me.”

Thomas froze when he heard the voice. When he looked behind him, he immediately saw the big and tall Justin standing right there.

Thomas’s flames of fury were extinguished at once.

Nora raised her eyebrows slightly and walked over. She asked, “Why are you here?”

Justin cast his eyes down, his voice gradually warming up as he replied, “To inspect the hospital, and also to visit Quentin along the way. When I heard that you are also here, I came over to have a look.”

Quentin was Nora’s cousin, so of course he would have to take good care of him.

Enlightened, Nora nodded.

At this point, Thomas rushed over. “Justin, Justin! You have to help me! Isn’t Nora clearly bullying me here? If she doesn’t like Cecelia and likes Helen more, she could’ve just said so earlier. That way, I wouldn’t have gotten a divorce! But she’s straight-up getting rid of my baby, Justin! I can’t have that!”

Justin laughed. “Your baby? Can you even have children?”

Thomas choked. Then, he insisted stubbornly and said, “Why wouldn’t I be able to have children, Justin? The baby in Cecelia’s belly is mine!”

Justin said coolly, “Oh, then let’s just wait a few hours for now!”

Thomas: “…”

Since even Justin had told him to wait, of course Thomas wouldn’t dare to go against him.

However, Mrs. Livingstone, who was standing next to him, suddenly said, “Justin, since you’re standing up for them, then I can take a step back with regard to Ms. Smith and that little b***h Helen bullying the Livingstones! We will not pursue the matter of them making the decision on their own to do an amniocentesis test for us! But if Cecelia’s baby is indeed Thomas’s, or if the amniocentesis test leads to a miscarriage or other consequences, then we must be compensated for the damages!”

Before Justin could say anything, Jessica had already asked, “What kind of compensation do the Livingstones want?”

Mrs. Livingstone suddenly smiled. “I have heard a long time ago that your family has a secret technique for having triplets, right? If the child is Cecelia’s, then you must give us the medicine for having triplets for free! As compensation!”

Medicine for having triplets?

Upon hearing this, Nora suddenly looked at Jessica.

For some reason, she suddenly had a strange feeling in her heart.

At this moment, Lily finally walked out of the operating room.

Chapter 644: Heartless Boss~

When Lily came out, everyone looked at her.

Mrs. Livingstone was the first to ask, “Is the child okay?”

Thomas looked at her angrily as if she had just killed his child.

However, Lily ignored these two people and walked straight to Nora.

One had to know that Lily was considered a famous surgeon outside. When had she been treated so lowly by others? Oh, except for her boss. Just like now, she had already walked to Nora, but Nora still did not speak. She could only say, “Boss, I’ve successfully taken the DNA sample, the patient’s child is fine.”

Nora’s reply was, “Okay.” She yawned widely.

Lily: “…”

Thomas, who was beside her, glared at her. “You said that there’s no problem, but how can I trust you? I’ve already asked how to do amniotic fluid puncture. Forget about one month, even at four months the probability of a miscarriage is very high!”

Nora looked at him slowly. “It’s highly unlikely that anything would go wrong when Lily is the one performing such a small procedure.”

Thomas: “?”

Lily, who was inexplicably praised, instantly raised her chin in excitement. Her proud expression was very obvious. She rolled her eyes and handed a DNA sample to Thomas. “This is your child’s DNA. You can find a random testing facility now. If you suspect that I changed the sample, you can go to Cecelia’s side now to take her DNA sample for comparison. My results will be out in two hours.”

Sigh! The DNA testing Lab would have taken at least three hours to produce the results!

How could she only need two hours?

She was too good!! Lily helplessly took another DNA sample and went straight to the monitoring room in the hospital. As she walked, she could not help but think: Was it okay to refer to herself now as a professional DNA tester?

After Lily left, there was silence.

Thomas looked at Nora and wanted to say something, but because Justin was present, he could only remain silent.

After staying there for a while, he saw Cecelia being pushed out.

Thomas pursed his lips and strode toward her. Amidst her cries of surprise, he plucked a few strands of her hair and turned to leave. Cecelia had her hair pulled out, but she could not say a word at this moment.

She knew that she was finished.

When Mrs. Livingstone saw Cecelia, she had already rushed up and held her hand to ask, “Cecelia, how are you now? Where’s the child? Is the child still around?”

She felt that the child would definitely not make it.

One month pregnant was the easiest time to have a miscarriage. After the amniotic fluid was punctured, the child would definitely be gone.

Unexpectedly, when she said this, Cecelia actually revealed a hesitant expression. She bit her lip and said after a moment, “It, it’s still…”

“Still here?” Mrs. Livingstone was also surprised, but she continued, “It’s okay. Some people don’t have a miscarriage immediately.” In Mrs. Livingstone’s opinion, the child in Cecilia’s stomach was Thomas’. Even if it was gone, it didn’t matter. At the very least, after getting the secret to having triplets, their family could also have triplets!

Who would care about Cecelia?

Therefore, what she cared about the most now was to get the DNA results and then slap the faces of the Stewarts and Nora!

Nora did not have the time to stay in the hospital and wait for the results.

Justin was also a busy person. If he wanted to manage such a big company, he definitely could not waste time. But with these two people together.

Justin whispered, “Wait for the results?”

Nora glanced at him and suddenly felt that being with him, wasting two to three hours was nothing.

She nodded, so the two of them sat down on the bench in the hospital corridor and began to chat. “What was Cherry doing when you went out?”

Justin said, “Oh, don’t worry. I didn’t let her play games.”

If there was no flicker in his eyes when he said this, it would have been more believable.

Nora pursed her lips and chided him. “Her eyes are still developing. If she stares at her phone all the time, she will become short-sighted.”

“It’s okay. She’s a girl. If she wants to play, she can play for a while. Besides, we’re not short-sighted, so it’s not genetic. I help her do eye exercises every day and give her fish liver oil.”

Nora: “…”

She grimaced. “Don’t you think you’re spoiling her too much?”

“Is that so?” Justin thought about it seriously. “It’s okay. Cherry isn’t arrogant and willful. She has a sweet mouth and is especially obedient. I didn’t spoil her much either. The child is sensible.”

Nora felt that she simply could not argue with Justin.

She sighed silently. At this moment, Lily came out with the DNA test results.

Lily walked to Nora and yawned too. Then, she handed the results to her.

Lawrence, who had followed Justin, teased, “Lily, you’ve been with Miss Smith for a long time. Are you also so sleepy? This is the third yawn I’ve seen from you today!”

Lily said unhappily, “Boss yawns because of sleepiness. I’m yawning because I’m too tired! I haven’t slept for 24 hours.”

Lawrence: “I’m sorry.”

When Mrs. Livingstone saw Lily, she walked over and asked, “What was the outcome? The child must be Thomas’, right?!”