Chapter 427

Edie clenched her fists, her nails digging into her palms. "This can't be a hallucination," she thought darkly. "That feeling is too familiar… Someone is definitely messing with me."

Atlas and Caspian stood aside, exchanging a look but remaining silent.

Inside the hospital room, after hearing Caspian's words, Atlas fell into deep thought. He'd begun to see how strange and mysterious the Bennett family truly was, and he couldn't help but feel there might be some truth in Caspian's suggestion.

Suddenly, the operating room door slammed open. Henry and Sophia were pushed out on the same gurney, side by side.

The scene was undeniably intimate. As the gurney rolled out, Henry and Sophia slowly regained consciousness, their eyes bleary and confused. They looked at each other in dazed silence, clearly disoriented.

"Who's the family member?" a doctor's voice rang out, loud and deliberate, drawing everyone's attention.

The Bennett family rushed forward, but the doctor didn't lower his voice. He shot them a cold look and continued, "While the bodies are separate, there's been some skin damage. I'd recommend the young couple exercise caution and avoid excessive stimulation. If things go too far, the consequences could be catastrophic. Also, when I separated them, I noticed the woman may be showing signs of pregnancy."

The room fell silent.

Sophia, still groggy, stared blankly. "Wait—what? How am I pregnant?"

"No way. How could I be pregnant?" she murmured, confused and horrified. She'd been in her ovulation period recently, but besides Windsor, no one else had been intimate with her.

Just as she was about to speak, Henry abruptly sat up and began to explain frantically, "I didn't touch her! Someone set me up. They knocked me out and brought me to the hospital using Edie's name. When I woke up, I was inexplicably stuck to her by some kind of glue. Sophia and I are innocent. She's not pregnant by me—someone's clearly targeting the Bennett family, trying to ruin me."

His voice was firm despite his desperation; he had to make it clear.

Sophia added, nodding quickly, "Yes, Henry suddenly appeared at my bedside. I thought he wasn't feeling well, so I tried to help him, but we ended up stuck together."

But as she spoke, a wave of nausea hit her. Her stomach churned violently, and she gasped, "Ugh…" barely suppressing the rising bile.

Her violent gagging silenced the room. Every eye was on her, watching her struggle. Anyone who had been pregnant or given birth could see it—she was clearly showing signs of pregnancy.

Edie, her face twisted with contempt, stepped forward and slapped Sophia across the face. Sophia gasped in pain.

Edie glared at Sophia with cold disdain. "I heard you were low, but I didn't realize just how low you could go. You really climbed into Henry's bed, didn't you? We just got married, and you're already after him! No wonder you're trying to ruin Windsor's marriage with Hannah."

She sneered. "What kind of mother raised someone as cheap and shameless as you! It doesn't matter whose child you're carrying—I won't let you keep it. Get an abortion, now."

Sophia, reeling from the slap, stared back, fury flashing in her eyes. "You hit me? You really think you can hit me?" she sneered. "What's so special about you! You're an over-the-hill woman, barely in your fifties. Do you honestly think the Bennett family will accept…"

"You think all that perfume can hide your age and smell! You're just trying to piss off my anom, right? You and her are old friends, and now you're trying to marry into the family just to make her miserable."

Sophia's words were biting and unrelenting.

Chapter 127

Edie stood frozen, shocked by Sophia's audacity. No one had ever dared speak to her like that. In the Stewart family, everyone had treated her with respect, but now, after being cast out, a mere adopted daughter dared insult her?

"Shut your mouth!" Henry growled from the gurney. With a grimace, he slowly stood, barefoot, and moved to stand beside Edie.

He locked eyes with Sophia, his gaze cold and piercing. "She's your Odalys, and you're going to apologize to her, right now."

Sophia's face contorted in anger. "Apologize? Are you out of your mind?" Her voice was sharp, laced with disbelief. "I've always been the Bennett family's golden girl. You think I'd apologize to that… that woman!"

She looked between Henry and Edie, seething. "You really think you're the important ones here! It was she who encouraged me to go after Magic Entertainment! After being cast out of the Stewart family, she's been plotting against Odalys. She dragged me into her schemes. She's the one who pushed me to burn Odalys's company down!"

Sophia's accusations were sharp lies. She'd urged Edie to start the fire, but now, with no evidence, she blamed Edie.

Edie, however, didn't react with anger. She smiled coldly. "Oh? Is that what you want people to believe?" Her voice was chilling. Sophia swallowed hard, trying to stand tall, but then her eyes locked on Windsor, who was watching intently. She stepped back. Reporters swarmed her, cameras flashing relentlessly.

"Sophia, is your personal life so chaotic because you can't stand being alone?"

"How many married men have you seduced? You seem to have a thing for taken men."

"And about the child inside you—who's the father? Is it one of the four men: Windsor, Henry, Finnian, or the fake magician?"

The questions were sharp, invasive, and unrelenting. They left Sophia speechless.

"What nonsense are you talking about! I'm not pregnant!" she shouted, her voice cracking. "I can sue you for slander!" But the Bennett family remained eerily silent. No one defended her. Caspian and Atlas were too busy with their phones to notice.

"Get lost! All of you, get lost!" Sophia shrieked.

But another wave of nausea hit her, and she vomited uncontrollably. The reporters, cameras still rolling, captured every moment. One even started a live stream as Sophia clutched her chest, pale and drenched in sweat.