Robert grew angrier the more he thought about it. How had Joanna’s pregnancy become public knowledge?
“Joanna, didn’t I tell you to be patient? I said I’d tell you as soon as I figured out a solution. Why did you have to go and make it a public spectacle?”
His words only fueled her rage. She hadn't done it.
“How should I know? Besides you, no one else knew about this. Who could it be but you?”
More than Robert, Joanna was the one who wanted to keep her pregnancy a secret. If Sebastian found out, things would become much more complicated.
But she had forgotten that she had just told Natalie everything.
Natalie wasn't going to just take it lying down like before.
“Joanna, do you really think I’m that stupid?”
Joanna knew Robert wouldn't ruin his own career.
But besides him, who else knew she was pregnant?
Her mother knew, but she was certain her mother would never betray her.
Joanna was bewildered, her expression twisted. “Then who was it? Who leaked our story? What do we do now?”
Suddenly, an idea struck her. “Robert, it was Natalie! She knows I’m pregnant.”
Robert’s voice turned icy. “You told her?”
“I was trying to set her up. Robert, you said before that you’d help me deal with Natalie. Now is the perfect time.”
Joanna knew the best way forward was not to rely on anyone or anything, but to become independent and stronger herself.

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