The dawn newsfeed exploded across every screen in City A: **“White Moonlight Heir Lu Yao Awakens, Announces Pregnancy!"** Headlines scrolled beneath grainy CCTV stills of a pale woman in a Swiss clinic bed, hand pressed to her swollen belly. Lin Wantang slammed her tablet shut, heart pounding.
Jasper, perched on the sofa with his tablet, looked up. “Mommy, is that the lady who was sleeping?"
She swallowed, pulling him into her lap. “Yes, love. But she's…complicated." Her fingers trembled as she tapped the news app again. **“…requests protection from Qi Group amid public scrutiny"**—the article hyped Lu Yao's statement, **“I carry his child, and I demand my rightful place."** Wantang's chest tightened.
“Is Daddy in trouble?" Jasper asked.
She forced a calming smile. “He'll be fine. But
