Leopold's lips curled into a devilishly charming smile as he retracted his muscular arm slightly, pulling Aurelia into his embrace. "If it's not this month, it'll be the next. I'll have you with child." Aurelia shot him a playful glare, replying, "I'm not having your baby now. I haven't decided if I'll remarry you.

How could I let myself get pregnant? The by-blows of the Stirling family don't have the right to claim their lineage, only to be dismissed with a payout. It's pitiful. My daughter will never be a by-blow like that!" Leopold captured her chin, a teasing glint in his eye. "If you got pregnant accidentally, you would just have to marry me." Her face immediately turned pale, sensing she was cornered. "Don't think you can threatenwith such vile...

vile tactics. If it happens by accident, I'll... I'll get rid of it!" Those words pissed him off, fury seeping into his brow, touched with hurt.

"Are you trying to challenge me? If you dare to commit such an atrocity, you won't breathe freely again." Aurelia shrank back, an icy chill washing over her.

It was but a bluff. How could Aurelia ever really go through with it? "l... I'm going to check on Kane." "Don't you dare leave!" He scooped her up effortlessly and deposited her onto the couch. She had inflamed his temper and had to cool it down.

Across town in Elysium, Megan was close to losing her mind, convinced that Aurelia was behind the slander against her.

"Jewel, have you found my child? Why is there no news after all this time?" Jewel sighed. "No luck yet. That little devil's hiding somewhere, plotting who knows what." "How could it be so? Is my child in danger?" Megan was worried, but not about her daughter's safety. Without her daughter, Megan couldn't get a paternity test to pass the imposter off as her son.

"This is all too strange," Jewel mused. "Faye hasn't called for ransom till now. She has vanished into thin air." Megan paced anxiously. "What if she's dead?" Jewel shrugged. "Who would want her dead?" "It's the child they want," Megan grasped her shoulders. "Damn it! Whoever took her probably knows about your plans and did it to blackmail us." Jewel responded, "We've considered that, but if it were blackmail, we'd have gotten a call by now." "Maybe there's a slip-up. They're not acting alone. Maybe there's dissent in the ranks, stopping them from calling." Megan speculated.

"Allen is on it," Jewel assured her. "We'll find them if they're still in Elysium." Megan clenched her teeth. "That wench Aurelia is spreading rumors about me. I need to get that paternity test done quickly or her lies will take root, and I'll be beyond redemption." Jewel's expression was one of resignation. "Boss is furious, and Allen's under great pressure. The plan was perfect and confidential. No one saw this snag coming." "I can't stand it." Megan fumed. "Aurelia must be gloating. She once doubted my child's gender. I'd love to strangle her brat and watch her wail and weep. Only then would I feel vindicated." Jewel grimaced. "The boss will handle it. Don't worry. Dealing with Aurelia and her offspring is only a matter of time."

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