LOGIN“I just found out too.”Aurora teased him on purpose. “See? Now you’re finding out together with me.“To be honest, this is my first time being a mother as well, and I don’t really know how all this works. I didn’t know I was supposed to inform the baby’s father in advance.”Her words pulled Lucas back to himself.He wrapped an arm around her waist and drew her into his embrace.“So, the two of us are about to welcome a new life?”“Yes, Daddy.”Hearing Aurora say it so matter-of-factly finally snapped Lucas fully awake.Only then did it truly sink in—he was really going to be a father.Lucas reached out, cautiously resting his hand against Aurora’s abdomen.The moment his palm touched her, he felt there really was a tiny life growing there.For an instant, the feeling struck him as profoundly miraculous.Aurora watched him with wide eyes.“Well? Do you feel anything?”The moment she asked, she realized how odd the question sounded.After all, the baby was still so small—barely over a m
“Thank you for staying by my side all this time.”“That’s only right.”As he spoke, the man reached out and pulled Aurora into his arms.Feeling her warmth against him, Lucas felt his heart completely filled.In that moment, he found a sense of purpose.As long as Aurora was by his side, everything else could wait.Just as the two of them were wrapped in each other, Aurora’s phone suddenly rang.She glanced at the screen, then looked at Lucas with a puzzled expression.“What is it?” Lucas asked.“It’s the hospital.”Hearing that, Lucas felt a complex wave of emotions he could not quite name.Aurora, though confused, had a faint sense of what it might be about.A call from the hospital—could it be…“Answer it. See what’s going on.”Aurora nodded and picked up the call, hearing a note of excitement in the other party’s voice.“Miss Walton, the results from your previous tests are out.”Aurora’s heart tightened for no clear reason.“How were my results?”Lately, she had not been feeling w
It was not something that happened once or twice. From childhood to adulthood, her mother always treated her this way.She was always biased and siding with Tessa no matter the situation.So, Aurora gradually learned to step aside.But things were different now. Aurora had Lucas’ devotion, and with that, her mother’s matters no longer had to take center stage.Thinking of this, Aurora let out a soft sigh. “Mom, I still have things to take care of.“As for the banquet, I don’t think I ruined it. After all, I helped our family root out a parasite.”Hearing that word, Tessa, still lying on the floor, stirred in agitation.Before she could say anything, the security guards—quick to read the room—stepped in and escorted her out.After this incident, it was clear that Tessa had completely fallen from grace.Lucas moved to Aurora’s side, took her hand, and said gently, “It’s late. Let’s head back.”“Alright. Mom, we’ll be leaving first.”The second part was clearly directed at Grace.Despite
Yet Tessa still was not satisfied.If this had happened to Aurora instead, she would have been grateful beyond measure.Only someone as insatiable as Tessa would always want more.Grace also understood that there was no way back for her now.She looked at the evidence showing years of contact between the man she once loved and Tessa, along with the final signature.It was unmistakably Sean’s handwriting.At that thought, Grace closed her eyes, the heavy weight pressing on her chest finally crashing down.It turned out that everything was nothing more than her own misplaced devotion. What Sean wanted, from beginning to end, was the power in her hands.Grace looked again at Tessa.It seemed that Sean and his deceased wife were the true lovers.Otherwise, how could Tessa have come into this world?Grace collapsed weakly into her chair and finally covered her face, breaking down in tears.All these years had been nothing but a lie.In truth, over the years, Grace and Sean kept in contact.
Tessa clutched her stomach in pain as she lay on the floor.She never expected Lucas to be so ruthless with her.Even while lying there, she continued to accuse them. “This is all your fault. If Mom hadn’t been so biased, I wouldn’t have resorted to such measures.“I ended up like this because of you. I won’t let any of you have it easy.”Watching Tessa lying on the ground, still blaming everyone else, anger flared in the crowd.“Even now, she’s still refusing to admit it.”“If you ask me, someone like this should be handed straight over to the police.”“With how stubborn she is, handing her to the police wouldn’t change anything.”“In any case, the Walton family will never raise someone else’s child for nothing.”“That would just make the Walton family look like fools.”“I really don’t know what Grace was thinking.”As they spoke, their gazes drifted, intentionally or not, toward Grace.Grace noticed it as well.She never imagined that after years of running the company, someone had b
“If Aurora hadn’t exposed their true intentions today, the company might already have fallen into their hands.”“This only shows that keeping things within the family was the right choice.”“When it comes down to it, Grace failed Aurora. If she had treated her properly back then, why would Aurora have gone out on her own to build a studio?”“From now on, I think Aurora should continue leading Walton Corporation.”“Then what about Tessa?”At that, everyone’s gaze turned toward her.Tessa broke down on the spot.From their expressions alone, she knew there was no turning this around.In the end, she cried out, “Why? Why is everyone blaming me? I only did this because Mom favored her.”“You’re all standing here today, acting righteous and condemning me. Do you really think this won’t happen to you next time?”The crowd shook their heads.It was clear that Tessa had completely lost her sense of perspective.The evidence was right in front of her, yet she still refused to admit fault.Auror







