Chapter 370

At night in the Carter residence, Winona hung up the phone and sat on the bed, her eyes filled with uncertainty. She suspected that Victor might have learned something recently. Otherwise, she couldn’t explain why his attitude toward her changed so much.

She felt uneasy and thought, ‘If Victor had found out about my affair with Robert, how could he possibly have remained silent?‘

Winona gritted her teeth.

She had secretly taken the baby in her belly for a check–up without the Carter family’s knowledge and confirmed it was a boy. If her child was going to inherit everything from the Carter residence, then Victor couldn’t be allowed to live.

Winona looked at Robert, who was sleeping like a log beside her. She pinched her arm hard, let a few fake tears fall, then reached over and shook Robert awake.

Robert was shaken awake by Winona, feeling a bit annoyed. He glanced at Winona’s belly, which kept him from getting really angry, but his tone was still a bit grumpy. “What’s wrong? It’s the middle of the night, why aren’t you asleep and making a fuss?”

Winona felt a little wrong. Recently, Robert had started chatting again with a college student, and she had seen their messages, which made her sick to her stomach.

But she had to endure because she couldn’t confront Robert directly yet. During her pregnancy, she risked her own well- being to keep him close.

Winona shed a tear and looked at Robert, saying with a choke in her voice, “I just had a bad dream and needed some comfort. Are you losing patience with me? I knew it. Your declarations of love for me were nothing but lies.”

Robert couldn’t understand why a pregnant woman could be so sensitive, always complaining about not eating well and having nightmares. There was never a moment of peace. However, his feelings for Winona were special, so he felt a bit more sympathetic towards her.

Seeing her genuinely scared, he had no choice but to calmly comfort her. “Nightmares aren’t real, they don’t count. You’re just overthinking things, which is why you have nightmares. It’s late, so just go to sleep.”

Winona paused, looking a bit lost, which only confused Robert more. “Winona, what’s really bothering you? What did you dream about?”

Winona lifted her head, tears streaming uncontrollably down her face, looking incredibly pitiful. In a soft voice, she said, “I think...

I think Victor might have found out about us.

“The way he’s been looking at me lately is really strange like he wants to kill me. Honey, if he finds out and tells someone, we’re doomed. Mr. Carter won’t let you off the hook.”

Robert was completely jolted awake. He shot up from the bed, eyes wide with shock, looking utterly horrified. “What did you say?

You said Victor knows about us? No way, that’s absolutely impossible.”

Robert kept denying it. He just couldn’t believe it. He thought, Victor knew about this, how could he possibly stay silent? It would’ve been a huge uproar by now.’

Robert stared at Winona with suspicion, questioning, “Was it you? Did you tell Victor?”

Winona quickly shook her head, denying it. “No way, am I crazy How could I have told Victor?”

Calming down, Robert also thought it was unlikely. But what Winona said reminded him of Victor’s strange behavior lately;

sometimes his words really did sound odd.

Doubt began to grow in his heart. Once the seed of suspicion was planted, it latched onto his mind, eventually taking root and growing uncontrollably, Robert lifted his head, his gaze dark and brooding. He stared at Winona’s belly, lost in thought for a long time.

Finally, he spoke, his voice was rough and grating like a chainsaw. “Is it a boy or a girl in your belly?”

Winona felt a bit scared seeing Robert like this. She gritted her teeth and said, “It’s a boy. I went to the hospital myself a few days ago, and the doctor said it’s a healthy boy.”

Robert laughed eerily, sending chills down anyone’s spine. If he failed at raising Victor, he could always start over with a more obedient one; after all, he still had time to cultivate another heir.

Robert said, “Even if Victor knows, he hasn’t said anything. No matter what he’s thinking, as long as we ensure he never talks, no one will find out.

“You just need to quietly have this baby. I’ll raise him to be the next heir of the Carter residence.”

Winona’s heart filled with joy upon hearing this. This was the result she wanted.

She thought, ‘Blood is thicker than water? Robert is selfish; as long as he is okay, he doesn’t mind sacrificing his own son. I have known this about him for a long time.’

Winona pretended to be surprised, her eyes narrowing as she whispered, “You mean... to...”

Robert/nodded. With a fierce tone, he said, “After all, Victor is my son. I’ll let him live, but he’ll spend the rest of his life bedridden, unable to move.”

Looking at Robert’s face, Winona suddenly remembered that the luxury car Victor recently bought overseas was about to arrive in Seacrity.

She thought, ‘Isn’t making someone unable to move forever basically turning them into a vegetable? The best way to become a vegetable is through a car accident. Winona touched her stomach.

She deliberately said, “Isn’t that very difficult? Besides getting into a car accident and ending up as a vegetable in bed, what other way is there?”

After speaking, she immediately contradicted herself. “Oh, I’m just talking nonsense, don’t take it seriously.” Robert’s eyes lit up when he heard Winona’s words; it was clear he took them to heart. After the lights went out.

Winona lay on Robert’s left side, and turned around, her lips curling into a sly smile. What a perfect scheme.

The father and son were fighting each other, and in the end, she could gain without any effort. Once Victor was gone, it would be Robert’s turn, and then the one in her belly would be the future heir of the Carter family.

At the Chambers residence. From the afternoon until now, the servants at the Chambers’s residence had been bustling around because the eldest daughter had agreed to move back and stay for a while.

Zachary had the servants clear out the entire second floor, leaving only the master bedroom, the study, the gym, and the art studio that had been prepared long ago for Yvette, turning the entire floor into a personal entertainment zone.

Watching Yvette eating a late–night snack in front of him. Zachary couldn’t help but be amazed. He thought, ‘This girl has a great appetite, already having two servings of pasta, a quiche, two milkshakes, and a dessert.‘

Yvette looked up, thought for a moment, and put the quiche into Zachary’s bowl.

Zachary was momentarily stunned. Looking at the quiche in his bowl, he was so touched he could almost cry tears of joy. He thought in his mind, ‘Daughters truly are little treasures close to parents‘ hearts.‘

Zachary exclaimed with surprise, “Is this for me?” Yvette nodded The next words made Zachary’s feeling of being moved vanish instantly. In a serious tone, she said, “This one is yours, and these are mine.”

Zachary looked at the tray of quiches, caught between laughter and tears. So, out of the whole tray of quiches, he only got one.

Zachary asked, “Yvette, how did you get by after Lilian was gone”

Yvette leisurely finished the last quiche, wiped her hands, and looked up.

With a casual tone, she said, “Using my fists and my brains, I’m doing pretty well.”

Zachary hesitated and thought, ‘Yvette is indeed unique; if it had been someone else, they might have been seeking sympathy right now.‘