CHAPTER 209: CHAPTER 209: I’M PREGNANT (PART 13)

Make them live in fear because of her existence, unable to sleep at night!

A little past four in the afternoon, she went downstairs to the supermarket, running back and forth twice, stuffing two refrigerators completely full.

At twenty past five, she started cooking, and by the time Elliot Gill came home from work, four dishes and one soup were ready.

"Welcome back, quickly wash your hands, it’s time to eat."

Looking at her in an apron, he felt a sense of illusion, as if she were his wife, the feeling of home spreading within his heart.

He went and washed his hands, just as he reached the table, he heard her say, "I want to discuss something with you."

"What is it?"

"Sit down, let’s talk while we eat." She served him soup.

Elliot Gill took the soup from her hand, "Just say it directly."

"There’s an eye research institute in Northriver City, I heard the members there are all professors level, I want to study there, surely it would be more beneficial than learning at school, and time would be shorter, but I myself definitely can’t get in."

Elliot Gill, holding the soup spoon, lowered his head to drink the soup, "It seems, you want to help Emma Bennett regain her sight, it’s difficult, there are so many ophthalmology professors worldwide, if it could be cured it would have been done already."

"I don’t fear difficulty." She didn’t mind telling him, "I just want to become familiar with ophthalmology knowledge, even if it’s not very useful for him, I still wish to exert some of my meager efforts."

"I can arrange for you to enter the eye research institute, give you half a day every day, but I like to set conditions." Elliot Gill smiled with a hint of mockery, "If you agree to my condition, I’ll arrange it for you."

"Tell me."

"Be my girlfriend in name for these five years."

Lucy Eaton immediately fell silent, the side hall quieted down.

"Given your identity, there are plenty of people who want to be your girlfriend, why do you need me to pretend?"

"Because I wonder, if pretending to be my girlfriend becomes a habit, would you eventually want to genuinely date me? Anyway, you’re a free person now."

He always spoke so straightforwardly, saying everything he wanted to express, leaving her at a loss.

"Fake is fake, how can it become habitual."

"Who’s to say for certain? Will you agree or not?"

"Do I have the right to refuse?"

"Of course you do, but if you refuse, just obediently stay by my side as my bodyguard and nanny, and forget about the eye research institute."

"You really are a businessman who won’t accept any losses." Lucy Eaton was puzzled, "Without a girlfriend you’re more sought after by unmarried women, having a girlfriend reputation would make it a bit bothersome to explain when you encounter someone you like."

"There won’t be that day." His tone wasn’t heavy, yet firm, as if he had seen into the future.

"Isn’t it too soon to say that, how do you know what will happen in the future?"

"I only want you."

Lucy Eaton lowered her head, avoiding looking at him, "Other than Jacob Green, I won’t love anyone else, although we are no longer husband and wife now, in my heart, he’s always my husband, and I’m always his wife, I won’t go back on my word, and if in five years he still loves me, what’s wrong with marrying him again?"

Elliot Gill’s face changed suddenly; his sharp gaze fell upon her face, and the spoon in his hand was set down heavily, making a clear sound.

The atmosphere froze instantly.

Lucy Eaton didn’t feel guilty, "If you don’t like hearing me say this, then don’t say those things anymore either, I don’t want to hear them."

He took a deep breath, suppressing the unhappiness inside, "Then tell me, will you pretend to be my girlfriend or not?"

"Do I have another choice?" She replied, "If I want to enter the eye research institute, I have to agree to your condition, don’t I?"

The anger between his brows diminished significantly; he couldn’t help but wonder if he was being too hasty, with five years ahead, there was no rush.

"I’ll arrange the eye research institute matter."

Lucy Eaton gave him a smile, "Let’s eat."

This smile made Elliot Gill’s mood much better.

——

"Your mother-in-law called me today."

"What did she say?"

"She subtly suggested letting Sophie have a child early to solidify the relationship between the Presidential Mansion and the Sharp Clan." Charles’s mother watched her son, "Sophie is your wife, she is also the President’s daughter, how long are you going to treat her this way? She’s not a bad person, women are always a bit petty, you can’t keep neglecting her, Charles, you’re the eldest grandson of the Sharp Clan, you must consider the bigger picture."

"Mom, I know what I’m doing, you don’t need to say more." Charles Sharp spoke frankly, "I won’t have a child with her."

"Listen to yourself, what are you saying?" Charles’s mother lowered her voice, "Charles, what is your true intention?"

"I hate her mouth, it’s unpleasant, I don’t even want to see her, how could I let her have my child?"

Charles’s mother frowned, "That girl speaks harshly sometimes, but isn’t it because you have Dr. Lucy in your heart that she feels unsettled, now that Dr. Lucy is no longer in this world, stop being hung up on her, and give a little of the feelings reserved for Dr. Lucy to Sophie."

"I don’t want to discuss this anymore." Charles Sharp glanced at his wristwatch, "It’s getting late, I’m heading back."

Charles’s mother watched his departing figure, sighed, "This child of yours..."

When Charles Sharp returned to the marital home, Sophie Bennett was sitting on the couch watching a variety show, laughing heartily.

He passed by her, without exchanging a word, and returned to the master bedroom.

Just as he was about to close the door, Sophie Bennett followed him in, "I have something to say to you."

"I’m tired, we’ll talk tomorrow."

Sophie Bennett came forward and hugged him, Charles Sharp tensed his jaw, speaking coldly, "Let go."

"You’re my husband, I want to hug you when I want, I won’t let go."

"Sophie!" He forcibly pried her hands off, pushing her away, Sophie Bennett couldn’t stand firm, directly fell onto the ground.

"Charles Sharp, can you please figure out your position, if you’re someone’s husband, act like one, stop behaving as if you’ve suffered a great loss! What right do you have to treat me like this?" Anger made Sophie Bennett speak without thinking, "No matter how good Lucy Eaton was, she’s dead; even if she weren’t, she’s Jacob Green’s wife, she’d never be with you, stop dreaming!"

"Get out."

"Charles Sharp, stop saying that all the time, I’m telling you, I won’t obey the Sharp family rules you gave me at marriage, starting tonight I’m going out to cuckold you, make your head covered with a grassy field!"

After saying that, Sophie Bennett ran out, leaving Charles Sharp with a buzzing headache.

He sat on the couch, leaning back, unwilling to move, closing his eyes heavily.

What woke him wasn’t anything other than deafening music.

It was already half past midnight.

He got up and went to Sophie Bennett’s room door, the door was open; in sight, Sophie Bennett was dancing with a young man, hot and intense, their bodies tightly pressed together.