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After they got in the car, Juliana sat down, quieted down, and stopped acting like a spoiled girl in front of Arthur. she was just putting on a show to frustrate Lucia anyway. Thinking of how upset Lucia would be to see the intimacy of her and Arthur, Juliana wanted to laugh out loud to vent her pleasure.

Arthur concentrated on driving, turned his head to look at Juliana while waiting for the red light to turn green, and found that she seemed very happy, so he asked her. "Is it so fun to go back and stay for a few days?"

"Yes!" Juliana nodded. She was happy, because Kane went back with her. Kayla was worried about her, but Kayla couldn't stay with her 24/7, so Juliana had a lot of chances to rendezvous with Kane.

Thinking of the past few days alone with Kane, Juliana was more longing for Kane. She really wanted to be with him all the time. When she was with Kane, she could reveal her true self and didn't have to fake it or lie.

"Why don't you stay a few more days?" Arthur asked casually.

"I miss you," Juliana thought about it and said softly. She wanted to stay for a few more days, but Kane didn't have enough time.

Juliana's answer made Arthur's heart jolt. He pressed his lips together without saying anything.

The lively atmosphere became dull.

Juliana turned to Arthur. Not caring whether she would distract him from his driving, she said in an injured tone.

"Arthur, I know you can't accept our relationship until now. But you're the baby's father and I'm the baby's mother. Are we going to keep going like this until the baby is born and let the baby witness our loveless marriage?"

Arthur frowned at Juliana's words. Without hesitation, he turned on the blinker and pulled over to the side of the road. His attitude was determined towards this matter, and he must let Juliana be clear about his determination.

After the car stopped steadily, Arthur tilted his head to look at Juliana and said seriously, "Julia, we have to be like this. I get engaged to you to be responsible for you and the baby. As for the other requirements, there is no room for discussion."

Juliana asked Arthur after she let out a chuckle, "Do you mean I have to live like a widow for the rest of my life?"

Juliana's harsh words were meant to evoke Arthur's guilt for her so that she could use his guilt to get what she wanted.

"Julia ..." Seeing Juliana's sad face, Arthur could not bear but his mind would not be shaken. "Maybe one day you will meet the man you love; I promise I will set you free by then."

"As Mrs. Davies, will I be able to meet a man I love?" Juliana said bitterly, biting her lip and saying fiercely as Arthur was about to speak to comfort her.

"Fine, stop talking about it. I know it all."

Arthur saw Juliana turn her head to look out the window, her shoulders shaking slightly, but he could only do nothing. He would keep his promise to Lucia, forever!

The early summer breeze slowly blew into Athegate. The drizzle in the late spring was gone. It was so warm and comfortable that one wanted to bath himself or herself in the warm sun.

Juliana's belly was bulged up a little bit. Perhaps influenced by Kane, she started to have a sense of pity for the baby in her worm. She went to work with Arthur sometimes, but most of the time she just stayed at home to rest, making her look well and gained a lot of weight.

Arthur didn't know anything about Juliana's pregnancy, but Sophie, who came back home to visit Juliana once a month, sensed something amiss.

This evening, after dinner, Arthur returned to the study to deal with business. Sophie led Juliana to sit on the sofa, looked at her stomach and asked, seemingly unintentionally.

"Julia, how come you have a baby bump when you are just two months pregnant?"

Juliana froze for a moment, but she soon came back to herself, keeping smiling and replying, "Well, I am so well fed. Look how fat I am."RêAd lat𝙚St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only

"It's true that you've gained a lot of weight," Sophie smiled with a casual look in her eyes, but she noticed all of Juliana's reactions.

"I heard that you are going to have a maternity checkup tomorrow. Let me go there with you."

"Mom, don't bother yourself. It's just a routine checkup. I can do it alone." In the first trimester, Juliana made up excuses to go for the monthly checkups on her own, afraid that she would expose herself. Of course, she didn't dare to let Sophie, who was so smart, go with her!

"I'm bored, so I can just go with you." Sophie smiled faintly without allowing any room for refusal.

Juliana felt bad, but she could only agree for now. At night, when she returned to her room, she immediately called Poppy and told her to instruct those doctors to be careful and not to ruin her plan.

"Got it. I'll tell them." Poppy's voice sounded a little bit impatient, and after a pause, she suddenly asked, "I heard that you and Kane had had a lot of rendezvous lately?" Juliana frowned unhappily at her words and complained to herself about why Kane told Poppy everything. She replied, "Not really. He takes good care of me."

"He loves you so much. Of course, he takes good care of you." On the other end of the phone, Poppy said with a raised eyebrow.

Juliana frowned tightly. She felt Poppy said those words with sarcasm.

"I advise you to not to date each other frequently. If the child is miscarried, all your efforts will be in vain," Poppy added after a while.

A woman had a keen sixth sense. Juliana bit her lip and asked her, "Does Kane even tell you these things?"

"Of course," Poppy's voice suddenly became cheerful. As if afraid that Juliana would become impatient, she hurried to say.

"Kane and I are also childhood friends. We supported each other back then to gain a foothold in Athegate. To tell you a joke, if I had not met Jacob later, maybe I would have been together with him." After saying this, Poppy smiled triumphantly, fiddling with her bright red nails.

"Yeah?" Juliana didn't take that as a joke, but she just replied briefly instead of showing her displeasure.

"Hey, don't take it personally," Poppy said with a smile. "I'm just kidding. Now Kane loves you. If everything goes well, you'll be able to be together openly in the future."

Now?

Juliana always felt that the word 'now' was quite ear-piercing, and after hanging up the phone, all she could think about was what Kane and Poppy's relationship was. Were they really just childhood friends?