I chucked the paper at Jared, and it smacked him in the face. In a split second, my mind picked it up and tasked it over. Mitj looked at me, all wide-eyed. “You’re pregnant?”

I thought Jared was meticulous, but shock could make anyone lose their composure. “Look at the name, teary,” I coldly reminded him.

Jared finally noticed it was Tracy’s name on the paper. His brows furrowed, and then, totally baffled, he asked, “Why do you...?”

I had nothing to hide anymore. “I hired a detective to follow her. These are the photos he took, Jared—Tracy taking supplements and going to prenatal checkups. With her?”

Jared gave me a strange look, then set the paper down on the table and stood up.

I was shocked. Jared wasn’t panicking or looking away. He was way too calm. He might already know Tracy was pregnant.

“Isn’t that enough?” I shot back, my voice rising.

Jared scoffed, disbelief all over his face. “You seriously think that’s my kid?”

“Isn’t it?” I retorted. In my previous life, Tracy had an abortion, and it was Jared’s kid. Otherwise, he wouldn’t feel so guilty and try to brush it up to her.

“Of course not,” Jared said, shoving his hands in his pockets and frowning at me. “Me and Tracy? We never even got that far. That kid’s definitely not mine.”

I shot my eyes wide open, blurting out, “Don’t give me that.”

Jared saw how upset I was and lowered his voice, sounding serious. “I’m telling you the truth. Why is it so hard for you to believe me?”

“And whose child is it?” I was shocked. I thought I had found the key to make Jared feel guilty and divorce me with money. But now, I was confused about what was happening.

Jared stayed calm. “As far as I know, she already had a boyfriend before she came back to the country. So, the kid’s probably his.”

“But weren’t you into each other? I just can’t believe nothing ever happened between you.” I blurted out, panic rising as my whole plan started to unravel.

“We were just admiring each other, that’s all. There was nothing physical between us,” Jared said, sounding a bit frustrated. “Stop overthinking things. From now on, I want us to at least have some basic trust.”

“Yeah, right. Like I’d ever believe you,” I shot back through gritted teeth.

Jared looked at me, all flustered, and to my surprise, he actually smiled. His eyes softened as he tried to soothe me. “Come on, Victoria, isn’t that enough drama for one day? I know you’re only this upset because you care."

“Don’t touch me,” I snapped, jerking away the moment his fingers brushed my arm.

Jared’s hand froze in midair, frustration clouding his face. “Victoria, are you seriously still going to make a scene?”

“You’ve already cheated emotionally. You’re not innocent anymore,” I shot back, locking eyes with him.

Jared paused for a couple of seconds, then bit his lip. “And you? Haven’t you been crossing the line with Nathan?”

My breath hitched. So Jared really did suspect something between me and Nathan…

Jared looked genuinely disappointed. “Victoria, let’s just call it even. I won’t dig into whatever’s going on with you and Nathan, and you let the Tracy stuff go, alright?”

“No way.” I insisted on settling each issue separately. It’s only a matter of time and accounting for it.