"If he is a responsible, good man, he would not have made you get pregnant when he is not ready to marry you yet."Larissa could not reveal Edmund's true identity. She could only let Wendy know that Edmund was no good person through this sort of roundabout way."He never mentioned anything about marrying me …" Wendy mumbled. "But he always said that he was serious about me.""Then call him right now and tell him you're pregnant. Ask him what you should do now." Although Larissa was anxious, this was Wendy's life. She could not make any final decisions for her best friend."I …" Wendy hesitated. "Can I have two days to process it all?" She pleaded with Larissa. "I really can't think straight now. Maybe I'll have calmed down within two days and I'll have figured it out."Larissa could not bear to force her. "Okay."It was almost time to pick Aster up from school. Larissa asked Wendy, "Want to go pick Aster up with me?"Wendy nodded lifelessly. "Sure."…There were always kids ru

Larissa did not want Wendy to keep this child. Still, it was important to keep Wendy's body healthy regardless of what decision Wendy would make.Wendy looked at Larissa with mixed feelings. She forced down the tears that were coming and thanked Larissa seriously.Aster reacted the complete opposite. He looked down disappointedly and secretly texted Kevan. "Mommy's going to cook at home again." He added a crying emoji.Kevan sent back a series of hug emojis and comforted him. "When I get back I will cook the most delicious things ever for you. Just bear with it for a while."Aster sent more crying emojis. "I thought we could go out and eat since Godma's here today!"Kevan was interested immediately. "Your godma's with you two today? Her boyfriend's gone?" Kevan checked his work phone. He did not receive any news that Edmund had left Aldovia."Her boyfriend's not gone. He must be working I guess. Godma came to pick me up with Mommy," Aster said.Kevan could not help but be

Dylan's voice sounded in the background. "Larissa's friend is pregnant with Edmund's kid?"Kevan gave Dylan a cold glare to shut him up. "Does Wendy want the kid?" Kevan asked."I think she does." Although Wendy said that she did not know, Larissa could tell what Wendy was really thinking of based on her actions. "She wants to go discuss it with Edmund tomorrow."Kevan was silent for a while."What's wrong?" Seeing his reaction, Larissa was more anxious."Edmund probably wouldn't want her to abort the kid." Kevan calmly analyzed things for Larissa. "The kid is his key to controlling Wendy. It will make Wendy stick with him even more. By then, when he wants to do bad things to you, Wendy might even support him because of the kid.""No way!" Larissa retorted automatically. She believed that her friendship with Wendy could not be destroyed by anyone or anything."To Wendy, maybe you're more important than Edmund, but you may not necessarily be as important as her own kid. That's ex

Lewis had been looking around for a bit, but he never saw any sign of Kevan having lived here before.Larissa did not plan on telling Lewis about her relationship with Kevan now, so she made up an excuse. "Aster and I are temporarily living here. Wendy just got a new boyfriend who used to try to date me before, but she doesn't know it. I feel like it was a bit awkward, and I'm worried that she might figure it out."Kevan just happened to have a place here, so he let us move over."Lewis nodded and stopped asking anything else.…The "extra lessons" lasted for the whole morning.Larissa ordered takeout instead of cooking in the afternoon to save more time for her learning.When she was eating, she spoke to Lewis. "If you're free in the afternoon, could you help me watch Aster for a bit? I have a window shopping and dinner date with Marilyn."Lewis agreed, but he did not forget to remind her. "Come home early."Larissa gave Lewis the "okay" sign.…Larissa met up with Marilyn

Marilyn was obviously disappointed. "What?" But she did not make things hard for Larissa. "Alright then. Go do your thing."…Larissa kept calling Wendy's number like crazy, but no one answered at all. Eventually, Wendy's phone gave out the message that the phone had been turned off, though Larissa did not know if it was because Wendy was annoyed or if the phone's battery ran out.Larissa was more anxious than ever, and she slammed her foot on the gas pedal to drive over to her old apartment as fast as she could.Larissa still had her old key to the apartment even though she had moved. The truth proved that this was a wise choice.She could not even be bothered to change her shoes as she charged into the living room, but the scene in the living room was completely different from the way Larissa imagined it—Wendy was sitting on the couch, a huge bucket of fried chicken in her lap. There was a massive oil stain around her mouth from chewing on chicken wings. The trash bin nearby w