Alice Lynch’s hand slowly placed on her stomach, this child who was destined not to be born, but has a great use, perhaps with him, they could reclaim the Hollis Family’s belongings from Eleanor Hollis. "Mom, even if we don’t provoke her, can she really get along with us? That’s absolutely impossible, that woman would love to kill me, humph!" Alice sighed and slowly grasped her hand. "You just need to remember to get your body in shape for now, we’re going to put on a big show." Anna Hollis finally curled her lips. "Mom, I’ll listen to you." The content of this big show naturally involved Eleanor Hollis, but Eleanor was completely oblivious to it. She was already in the car, thinking about the figure of Hugo Quinn as he left, and couldn’t help but feel her eyes redden. Returning to the villa, she hesitated outside for a long time, wondering how to explain to him. But what could be explained? At that time, she took the pill because she didn’t want to have a child so soon, and Hugo must have thought of this, which is why he’s angry, isn’t it? She pursed her lips and slowly opened the door to the living room. Besides a few cleaning staff, there was nothing in the villa. She let out a sigh of relief, but also felt a bit lost, hung her bag to the side, and then went upstairs to take a look. There was no sign of Hugo in the bedroom, nor in the study, it seemed he hadn’t come back. Eleanor returned downstairs and sat on the couch, the massive aquarium that was to be renovated was now finished, and in a couple of days, countless jellyfish would be placed inside. Eleanor stared at the aquarium in a daze, recalling the scene of the three of them at the aquarium last time, and a smile appeared on her lips. She took out her phone, wanting to call Hugo, but didn’t know what to say, it seemed issue would become a knot in both of their hearts. Until Marcus got out of school, Hugo hadn’t returned. Marcus opened the door with a bright smile, saw Eleanor sitting on the couch, and quickly ran to her side. "Mommy, you don’t look well, are you sick? Should I get the doctor uncle to come and take a look at you?" His small hand covered Eleanor’s forehead, and she quietly looked at the boy’s face, suddenly feeling having a child wouldn’t be so bad, perhaps this was the reason Hugo wanted a child. "It’s nothing, I just didn’t sleep well." Marcus finally breathed a sigh of relief, put his backpack down, and went to wash some fruit. "Mommy, the weather’s getting colder, you have to take good care of yourself, my teacher said women’s bodies tend to be cold, they’re most afraid of the cold." Eleanor reached out to tousle his hair upon hearing his words. Usually, Daddy would always be around Mommy, why isn’t he here tonight? "Your dad has something to do." Eleanor awkwardly came up with an excuse and didn’t say anything more. Even after they finished dinner, Hugo still hadn’t returned. Eleanor watched anime with Marcus, who pulled out his phone to call Hugo, he wondered if Mom and Dad had a fight. Chapters fırst released on 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝⟡𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕥⟡𝕟𝕖𝕥 Hugo quickly picked up the phone. "Daddy, when are you coming home? Mommy and I are waiting for you in the living room." He purposely put the call on speaker, and saw Eleanor’s ears perk up, unable to help but sigh. Adults can be so childish, at such an age, still acting like young people giving each other the silent treatment. "I might not come back tonight, you two should rest early." Marcus wanted to say more, but the call was already cut. He turned to look at Eleanor, noticing the disappointment on her face, her eyes slightly downcast. "Mommy, did you and Daddy have a fight?" Eleanor didn’t want the child to know about the adults’ troubles, forced a smile. "How could that be, Marcus, I’m going to bed first, I haven’t been sleeping well these past few days." Lying to a child truly feels vile, though it’s a well-intentioned lie. After lying in bed, Eleanor turned over several times, clutching her phone tightly, but in the end, she didn’t call him. Suddenly, her phone showed a new message, she sprang up, opened it, only to find it was a spam message. Her lips pressed into a straight line, she deleted the spam message, then continued to lie depressed on the bed. In the end, she didn’t know how she fell asleep, only that in her dream she reached out several times to touch beside her, but it was still cold. The next morning when she woke up, her hand habitually reached over to the side, and it was still icy, that person really hadn’t come back all night. She quickly tidied up, thinking she might see him at Grandeur? However, as it turned out, even when she arrived at Grandeur, she didn’t see Hugo, the higher-ups were in a meeting early in the morning. She sat absentmindedly at her desk, glancing several times towards the conference room. An hour later, the conference room door opened, and Hugo along with the other higher-ups came out. Eleanor quickly averted her gaze, pretending to look down at her documents. Just from that one glance, her heart had throbbed fiercely. Hugo was always like that, no matter how many people were around, he was always the dazzling one, unconsciously drawing people’s attention. Hugo walked past her without a pause, the sound of his leather shoes on the ground seemed to match Eleanor’s heartbeat. She listened in a daze until the sound disappeared as Hugo entered his office. In the past, whenever Hugo passed her seat, he would always stop, but this time, it was as if they were unacquainted strangers. Colleagues around naturally noticed this scene, and soon someone came to ask if they had broken up. Eleanor managed a faint smile but did not respond. Seeing her expression, everyone was even more convinced they had broken up. By lunchtime, news of Eleanor breaking up with the CEO had spread throughout the company, many were gloating, and quite a few girls were eager to try, thinking that since the CEO had kicked Eleanor out, he must be looking for the next target. They were willing to be one of those targets. Just as Eleanor sat in the cafeteria, Gloria Galloway sat across from her. "What’s going on, they’re all saying you and Hugo broke up, that can’t be right?" Last time on her twenty-fifth birthday, Hugo made such preparations, he didn’t seem like someone planning to break up, and she quietly prepared a red envelope too. Eleanor fed herself in silence, eventually sighing. "He’s ignoring me now." Thinking about the issue of children, she felt wronged, why couldn’t he consider her feelings, the child was her shadow. "What have you done to annoy everyone again?"