When Elijah eventually confided in his mother, Veronica, during lunch that Joana was expecting his child and not another man's, a weighty silence enveloped the table.
Joana felt her heart leap to her throat, her hands trembling beneath the table with nervous energy. An array of unsettling thoughts churned in her mind—would Veronica accuse her of trying to ensnare her son with a baby to secure wealth or status?
Would she demand Joana's removal from the Wyatt family sphere, fearing the taint of her status as a human nanny on their esteemed reputation? These anxieties swirled ominously during the prolonged silence, triggering a wave of nausea.
Gradually losing what little appetite she had, Joana's nervous disposition quelled any desire to eat. The heavy silence, punctuated by Elijah's re
