Stealing Your Heart/C15 Is That Child Yours?
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C15 Is That Child Yours?

Trying to suppress the panic in her heart, Bai Zhuwei demurely lowered her eyes, and said with a faint glow, “She is around you day and night. If she becomes a translator at your company, the two of you will only grow closer. I’m afraid that with such close proximity, you two will start to develop feelings for each other.”

This matter was about to get out of hand, and in order to stop it from growing into a bigger problem, she told him the truth. The only thing she was afraid of was losing him.

She widened her big watery eyes at him. “We’ve known each other for a long time, so you know exactly how I feel about you…”

Bai Zhuwei could barely hold back her tears as she said, “When I saw her apply for your company, it was my fears of losing you that pushed me to reject her application.”

The frown on Zong Jinghao’s face grew noticeably. “I’ve already told you before, the divorce will happen in a month’s time.”

It was because Bai Zhuwei knew Lin Xinyan was the girl from that night, she couldn’t prolong things for any longer. After so many years of waiting, she found herself growing impatient. Asking her to wait a little longer was just asking for too much.

She would do everything in her power to prevent Lin Xinyan from getting closer to Zong Jinghao!

This will definitely not happen!

“Lin Xinyan, take this dish over to table number two.”

Lin Xinyan answered, but she didn’t know if it was because she had stayed up most of the night, but when she had arrived at work today, whenever she was on her feet, she felt a faint feeling of pain coming from her lower abdomen.

Deciding to just bear the pain, she carried the tray as she walked over to table number two. As she closed the distance between her and the table, Lin Xinyan could see that one of the diners was Bai Zhuwei.

She did not need to give too much thought to who the other person was.

After walking a couple of steps, her footsteps stopped. But this was her job, and even if she wanted to, she couldn’t hide from him.

Maintaining a polite smile on her face, she said, “Here’s your order.”

Lin Xinyan bent down and one by one brought over the dishes from the tray.

When she was placing the plate in front of Zong Jinghao, she suddenly felt the sensation of her wrist being grabbed. “What is it that you think you’re doing?”

There was no doubt the cold questioning tone in his voice.

His eyes lingered over her body. She was dressed in a white blouse, a black vest, a short shirt that only covered her hips, exposing a pair of thin, straight, white legs.

He stared at her legs for a few seconds, his grim expression showing his displeasure.

Why was she dressed that way? Who was she showing off to?

It made no difference. She was a married woman. She had no business here.

Lin Xinyan maintained her smile. “I’m working right now.”

Zong Jinghao’s frown had a hint of anger to it. After finishing with the translations yesterday, she had asked him for money, and now she was here waitressing. Has the Lin family fallen into rough times?

“Can you please let me go?” Lin Xinyan didn’t put much thought into it. She knew she needed to rely on herself to make money.

Bai Zhuwei shook Zong Jinghao’s hand to get his attention. “Hao, a lot of people are watching us. If there’s anything, let’s go out and work this out.”

People had yet to know about Zong Jinghao and Lin Xinyan’s marriage. Bai Zhuwei didn’t want to give Zong Jinghao the chance to announce this to the world.

Zong Jinghao gave Lin Xinyan a long look before he was able to contain his anger. He let go of her hand and said, “I forbid you from working here.”

Suddenly the pain in her lower abdomen became more intense. Sweat began to gather on her forehead. She wanted to explain herself, but she couldn’t bear the pain anymore and just grabbed the tray and left.

She put down the tray and went straight into the bathroom. The stabbing pain scared her. Fortunately, there was no bleeding.

After her inspection, she walked out of the stall and stood over the sink, washing her hands. With her head lowered, she touched her belly and said, “Baby, you be good now.”

Your mommy needs to make money so that she can take care of her mother and you.

It was at that moment that Bai Zhuwei walked in just in time to hear her say those words. Her gaze was trained on her abdomen, and her face paled noticeably having witnessed this intimate moment between mother and child.

Seeing her pale face, Lin Xinyan explained, “The child is not Zong Jinghao’s, so you don’t have to be nervous.”

Lin Xinyan got a hold of herself and walked past her toward the bathroom door.

“Are you two months along?” Bai Zhuwei turned around to stare at her.

Hearing this, Lin Xinyan stopped in her tracks and turned around. “How did you know?”

“It was my guess just from looking at your stomach.” Bai Zhuwei’s words were slow and deliberate.

This woman was actually pregnant?

Zong Jinghao’s baby?!

More than ever, it was obvious this woman’s time on this planet was getting numbered!

At this very moment, Bai Zhuwei was thinking of drastic measures to get rid of this woman and make her disappear out of Zong Jinghao’s world!

Once Lin Xinyan walked out of the bathroom, she was immediately dragged out of the restaurant by Zong Jinghao.

The discomfort she was feeling increased as she was being dragged away by Zong Jinghao.

“Let go of me!” She wanted to tell him off, but with what little strength or momentum she had left was not enough to fend him off.

Zong Jinghao hauled her all the way to the roadside before he was satisfied. He said in a stern voice, “If you’re lacking any money, all you need to do is tell me. There’s no need for the pitiful act you had staged for today.”

He did not believe that the Lin family had fallen into such hard times. It was just two days ago that Lin Guoan had taken his wife and daughter to a luxury store to spend some money. But here she was actually working at a restaurant as a waitress?

Lin Xinyan leaned against the billboard on the side of the road to get her bearings. Otherwise, the pain would prove to be too much. She tried her best to pull herself together. “Even though you and I are husband and wife, we both know that is only on paper. What I do is none of Mr. Zong’s business.”

“Because you are my wife, working at such a job would put me at a risk of losing face!” He couldn't believe this woman. Nobody could understand why she did the things she did.

With pursed lips, Lin Xinyan tried to silently endure the pain.

Just when she thought she couldn’t take it anymore, Hee Ruize quickly rushed over. “Xinyan, I was looking for you. I never expected to find you here. How are you feeling? Is there something wrong?”

As a psychologist, it was his specialty to know the face very well. Even though Lin Xinyan was trying to put on a brave front, he still noticed that she looked uncomfortable.

Ever since they parted ways that day, he went to her residence to find Zhuang Zijin. From his talk with Zhuang Zijin, he learned everything there was to know about Lin Xinyan, including the unborn child in her womb and how it came about.

He had yet to name the churning emotions in his heart. Altogether, it was not a pleasant feeling.

If she was facing troubled times, why didn’t she come to him for help?!

He set out to look for her, but he didn’t know where she lived, so he revisited the place they met yesterday to try his luck. Little did he expect he would actually walk into her today.

Lin Xinyan could care less about this right now. The pain in her lower abdomen was growing unbearable. She grabbed ahold of Hee Ruize’s arm and said, “I need to go to the hospital right now.”

Hee Ruize glanced over at her lower abdomen. While he was bending over to hug her in his arms, a sudden force fell on his shoulder.

He turned his head to inspect the source.

Zong Jinghao’s face had noticeably turned dark. “That’s my wife.”

His tone of voice was neither light nor heavy, but it was persuasive enough to intimidate.

It seemed to be a word of warning to him: That’s my wife, and no one is allowed to lay a finger on her!

Hee Ruize could not contain it any longer. He laughed and ridiculed. “You are actually husband and wife?”

Before Zong Jinghao had time to react, he continued, “This is just a partnership. No one in their right minds would marry a woman with a child already in her womb.”

Zong Jinghao’s aura grew dangerous as he narrowed his eyes and said, “Is that child yours?”

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