Instant, she really understood Lucy’s plan and couldn’t help but give her mother a thumbs-up.

“Before you go to Mr. Alvars, you need to prepare something. You must make sure there’s no doubt that Celine’s baby belongs to Perry.”

“I know exactly what to do. I’ll take care of it right now.”

Moments later, Leop suddenly spoke in a low voice, “Sir, Ms. Celine still hasn’t agreed to perform the surgery for Ms. Carly. What should we do?”

Adam’s pen paused mid-stroke. Leo hesitated before continuing. “Are we really going to keep pressing Ms. Celine? I can tell that after we targeted Perry, she has become deeply disappointed in us, and that didn’t change.”

He could see it in her eyes—her delicate yet stubborn expression filled with defiance. “Preline please make things difficult for me,” he thought to himself.

The door opened, followed by Carly’s voice, “Adam.”

Cathy stepped inside. “Adam, I hope I’m not disturbing you.”

“Not at all,” he replied, “I’m busy today. I don’t have time to entertain you.”

(She smiled sweetly) “I know, and I won’t take much of your time. But I have something important to tell you.”

“Immediately.” “What about Celine?”

“Nothing bad happened to her. I just happened to discover something. After thinking about it, I decided you should know.”

“What are you trying to say?”

“Better prepare yourself. It’s a big secret. Celine is pregnant.”

The paper fell to the floor. He abruptly stood up and stared at Cathy in disbelief. “You just said… Say that again!”

Cathy calmly continued. “Adam, today I saw Celine secretly taking a pregnancy stabilizing tonic. I had someone look into it. She’s pregnant.”

Adam muttered incredulously. He had suspected it once before, but after she went to Alpite Pharma for an examination, he was told she wasn’t pregnant. Sue had lied to him. She was still carrying his child.

He stood, cadaverous as he thought, “Why did Celine hide this from me? The child is mine!”

He reviewed the timeline—there had been a few times when he didn’t use protection, but he had always been careful and pulled out.

He glanced at Celine’s hand, then at Adam in disbelief. He wasn’t ready to be a father yet.

From a family practice, she then spoke softly, “Adam, you’re misunderstanding something. Celine’s baby isn’t yours.”

Tabiately continued, “Adam, you and Crior have been divorced for a long time now; she has been with Perry for quite a while. This child has nothing to do with you.”