Lauren's mind was in a state of chaos. Before she could figure things out, a spoonful of hot soup had already been put in front of her mouth. She blinked her eyes and her mouth instinctively opened. She did not notice that throughout the whole time, Willy had been feeding her mouthful by mouthful. Her eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and her mind was full of contemplations.
Was it true or not?
That was clearly the voice that she was so familiar with, and even had ingrained in her mind, wasn't it?
No, there had to be a difference in the voice over the phone. Did she hear it wrong, or had she just made assumptions too quickly?
However, Vanessa did go over to scold her. How could it not be true that time?
It did seem like the voice over the phone was a little different!
There were two voices fighting amongst themselves in her head, and Lauren was confused the entire time, but her little mouth did not stop eating the soup that was being fed to her. She did not notice that Willy had been feeding her, and that she had drunk two big bowls of fish soup along with another extra bowl of meat balls.
It was the baby in her belly that kicked her when she came to her senses.
Realizing that her stomach was bulging, Lauren pursed her lips and shook her head.
"Are you full?"
Putting down the small bowl in his hand, Willy wiped the corner of her mouth with a tissue and handed her some warm water. Then, he got up and walked to the other side.
"I've brought you some desserts. I saw this Boston cream pie which looked good. Tell me when you're hungry, or when you want to eat it!"
He brought the desserts to the table near the bed before sitting down on the side. Seeing the cake, Lauren bit her lips and felt a little gluttonous. She lifted her hand and grabbed a piece of if which had chocolate on it out of the dessert box.
Willy smiled and got up. He took the bag over and helped her open it, then grabbed a small fork and handed it to her.
"You can eat the cake, but you should eat less chocolate. Just satisfy your craving, and then stop! If there's anything you want to eat in the future, just let me know in advance. I'll get the
chefs at home to cook for you..."
After all, home cooked food was safer.
Putting a small piece of it into her mouth, and the sweetness rippled throughout her mouth. Lauren's mood was obviously much better.
She looked up and squinted at him.
Ruffling her hair affectionately, he knew what she was confused about. He asked, "How was the fish soup?"
Biting the fork, Lauren glanced at him. She had no memory of what she had just eaten, but she nodded her head in order to make him feel good.
"Do you know who made it?"
It couldn't be him, could it? Even if he cooked himself, there was no need to ask for credit like that.
Lauren rolled her eyes, and she heard a soft and teasing voice. "My mother specially asked someone to stew it for you!"
After listening to Willy's words, Lauren had more or less understood what he meant. Could it be that the person calling to bluntly curse and scold her was not Vanessa?
"How do you know that... she didn't get someone else to do this?"
Remembering that tone and voice, Lauren was a little dazed for a while.
However, thinking about it properly, when she had approached her aggressively that day, even though her tone was not good, she had never cursed her baby. She also said that they could afford to take care of as many children as she could give birth to, but she only disagreed with Lauren being married into their family. Thinking about it, the attitude of the person on the phone towards the child was indeed a bit different.
Listening to her aggrieved, scared and trembling voice, Willy's heart also twitched fiercely. "I just went home earlier. When you answered the phone in the evening, my mother was at home entertaining the neighbors!"
Taking a step forward, Willy's warm palm caressed her small face.
"Laurie, I wouldn't lie to you! Although I don't have the evidence of this yet, I am sure that you and my mother are both victims of this instigating incident! Simply put, someone's trying to slander you. They're putting you down in front of my mother to arouse her dissatisfaction towards you, while also impersonating my mother to increase your hatred towards her at the same time. They might even want to infuriate you so much and try to get rid of our baby! This is the true goal of the people who are doing all these behind our backs!" Thinking of those sinister intentions, Willy leaned against her forehead and a chill ran down his spine. He closed his eyes unconsciously.
"Laurie, it's all because I didn't handle it well. It was because I realized too late that caused you to have such a huge conflict with my mother, and now everyone is suffering... Give me some time. I will definitely give you a clear answer to all of this! Just don't get angry anymore, and don't fall for their tricks anymore!"
"Think about it, you're already in the hospital, and I'm clearly by your side. If it really was my mother, why would she still do these kinds of things so blatantly? If someone is daring enough to take risks at a time like this, they must be ill-intentioned and impatient, and want to seize the opportunity and stab you again while you're injured!"
She was shocked to the core, but there was a gleam of hope that appeared in Lauren's chaotic thoughts.
No wonder it didn't matter how many times she explained and promised, having done everything aside from swearing on her life, those hurtful calls still never stopped!
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