At this time, Jayden also came down. The two eyes met. After a few seconds, Jayden retracted his eyes. He turned around and opened the rear car door. He kept silent when he carried Victoria down.
He was not in a good mood just like Victoria.
He stepped up the steps and stopped after taking a few steps, “You may go back, I will take care of her today.”
Jolene caught up with him and stopped suddenly. She looked up at his back and said after she kept silent for a while, “Alright. As she is physically inconvenient, it is better for her to stay at a place instead of going around. When everything is settled … “
“Since you care so much about that, why don’t you give birth by yourself?” Suddenly, Jayden interrupted her who concerned about her.
He looked at her directly, “Is that the person you like now?”
Jolene pursed his lips, “Jayden, don’t be like this…”
Jayden sneered and said, “What do you expect me to do? What do you want from me? My wife is dating another man. Can’t I ask about that? “
Jolene’s eyes turned red, “I said, before you fall in love with someone else, I will not date him, it was just simply a gathering, I don’t know I will bump into you…”
“I don’t want to listen, go away.”
After speaking, Jayden continued on his way.
He passed through the brightly lit corridor, which was filled with the smell of disinfectant. Soon, he returned to the ward with Victoria being carried in his arms. The servant cleaned the room thoroughly and now she was arranging the flower.
The doctor said that by putting some flowers and green plants in the room, the air will be fresher which was also calming for pregnant women.
So, Jolene told him to buy some flowers and put them in the ward.
Seeing them come back, she stopped her work and lifted the blanket, “Did you guys go out just now?”
Jayden was in a bad mood and didn’t say anything. So was Victoria and there were even tears on her face.
They completely ignored the servant.
The servant was observant too, so she lifted the blanket and put it aside without saying anything further.
“You may go out first, I’ll ask for your help if I need it.” Jayden covered Victoria with the blanket.
The servant nodded. Then, she went out and closed the door gently.
Jayden helped Victoria to lie down, “Will it be uncomfortable?”
Victoria shook her head.
Jayden lowered his head and looked serious as he tugged her in.
Victoria looked at him. She knew that he must be very upset, otherwise, he would not question Jolene at the door.
She can’t help but sympathize with him. It was the saddest thing to know the woman he liked falling in love with another man.
“If you are sad, just look at me, I am even worse than you.” Victoria’s lips moved slightly. Her lips were dry and her voice was hoarse.
Jayden looked at her, “You yourself are heartbroken. Why do you still want to comfort me?”
Victoria forced her smile, “Do you think it was fate that brought us together?”
“Huh?”
“We are both so miserable”.
Jayden was speechless.
After being hospitalized for a week, Victoria was discharged.
She was able to walk but cannot walk too often and she needed to rest more.
But the space at home was wide and there was a place to take a walk, which was much more comfortable than in the hospital.
Due to physical discomfort, she moved downstairs. Jolene stayed downstairs as well.
Jayden lived upstairs by himself.
The relationship among the members of the family was subtle yet very harmonious.
There were many times that Victoria felt like she was a surrogate mother.
She was indeed a surrogate mother.
When she thought about that, she smiled bitterly.
“What are you smiling at?” Jolene asked when he saw Victoria smile as she folded the clothes.
Victoria was shocked for a moment. She did not expect that her expression was noticed by her.
Victoria said nonchalantly, “Nothing special. I just thought of a joke.”
“What’s the joke about?” Jolene asked casually. She was free and chit-chatted with her.
Victoria panicked as she was lying. She didn’t think of any joke. She had no idea what to say when Jolene asked her. She was quick on the uptake. She recalled an interesting incident at school when she was a child. “I remember when I was in year one, one day, the teacher asked us a question. She asked us if anyone knew the total number of countries there were in the world. The whole class actually raised their hands and the teacher picked a random student. The student answered, “There are two”, the class was in silence after he answered. The teacher asked, “Why are there only two? “The student replied, “There are only two countries and they are China and foreign countries.” As a result, the class became silent for the next second and then all of us burst into laughter.”
Jolene laughed, “Your classmate was really funny.”
Victoria also laughed. She felt less depressed at the same time.
When Jayden returned, he saw the two girls laughing and joking happily in the living room. He felt like he was the most redundant member in the house now.
When they saw him, they stopped laughing. Jolene took the folded clothes up, “I put them into the cabinet,” she said.
Victoria also stood up and said, “Let me help you.”
The two persons stood up from the sofa and entered the room while Jayden stayed in the foyer and was frowning at the two women who had gone because they had seen him walk in.
Why did they avoid him?
He would forget about Jolene.
But he didn’t know why Victoria did that as well.
He can’t help feeling upset.
Jolene abruptly asked Victoria during supper in the evening, “Do you like boys or girls?”
Victoria Forbis said without hesitation, “I like girls.”
Boys were too naughty while girls were more gently compared to boys. It made sense as it was said that daughters were the apple of parents’ eye.
Boys were not as meticulous as girls.
That was why she preferred girls. Nathan White had asked her this question before and she also answered, “I must have a daughter in my life.”
However, she still didn’t give birth to a girl after all.
Jolene Harris picked up food for her, “Both of us like girls, but I would prefer you to have a boy this time.”
Everyone in the wealthy families wanted to marry in the daughter-in-law so that there were many descendants in their families. Although people nowadays were open-minded and thought that boys and girls were the same, these wealthy families would hope to have a son as they need someone to inherit the huge properties.
Victoria understood what she meant, lowered her head and said embarrassingly, “I can’t guarantee this.”
“Are you silly?” Jolene was amused, “I just hope so, but I didn’t say that you must give birth to a boy.”
The society nowadays are different from the society in the past where the responsibility of having a boy or a girl should be shouldered by woman.
Jayden Mendelsohn put down his chopsticks and left. He was wondering why Jolene seemed to be the child’s father even though he was exactly the father of the child.
He was especially superfluous in this family.
During the meal, they talked and laughed, ignored him completely.
He felt depressed.
They coincidentally looked at him.
“He seems to be in a bad mood,” said Victoria.
Jolene could understand his feeling, but she didn’t state it, “Perhaps because of work.”
Victoria nodded.
At night, Jayden tossed and turned and he couldn’t fall asleep, so he went downstairs just as Victoria came to drink water. He slowed down, looking at the woman standing near the table. The dim light shrouded her slim body. It had been almost three months, but she didn’t seem to have pregnant.
She didn’t notice that there was someone standing on the stairs as she may have something in her mind.
When she went to bed, she received a call form Kevin Forbis, telling her that Nathan was safe and asked her not to be worried.
After confirming that Nathan was safe, Kevin took him away.
He was afraid that Nathan would trouble Victoria again.
She felt a little melancholy. She took a cup and walked to the French casement window. The dark night was extremely quiet and this made people to feel sentimental.
In the previous twenty years, she had never thought she would be embarrassed like now one day.
She didn’t expect her twentieth birthday would become a great turning point in her life.
Suddenly she lived in a city which she had never been to and had the most intimate relationship in the world with the person she had never met.
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.
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