CHAPTER 86: CHAPTER 86: WHOSE CHILD IS JESSICA COLEMAN CARRYING?

Talia didn’t dare to think about such a possibility.

Her heart was in her throat, and her fingers trembled slightly.

No way.

Adrian wouldn’t do that!

He had said that he only had eyes and a heart for her.

But how to explain the recording that Ethan had just played?

Talia was in a mess.

Ethan remained silent for a moment.

Giving Talia enough time to indulge in her wild thoughts.

After a while, Ethan continued, "Jessica kidnapped your sister and wanted to kill you. Adrian took a stab for you, and she almost killed Adrian! Logically speaking, after all Jessica did, the Jennings Family couldn’t possibly let her go. But think about it, Jessica was already in police custody, so why was she suddenly taken away as soon as she said she was pregnant?"

Talia frowned deeply and pressed her lips together but said nothing.

"Why don’t you guess whose child Jessica is carrying?"

This sentence was like a clap of thunder from a clear sky.

Talia’s body trembled uncontrollably from the shock.

"Shut up!"

She was emotionally agitated, looked up, and glared harshly at Ethan, shouting sharply, "Stop spreading lies and stirring up trouble! Adrian isn’t like that! He’s different from you! Just because your heart is dirty doesn’t mean everyone else’s is!"

A flash of hurt passed through Ethan’s deep black eyes, and a sour feeling spread in his heart.

In her heart, was Adrian really that good?

Was he really so filthy?

Heh.

Ethan suppressed the sour feeling, composed himself, and wore a nonchalant expression with a slight smile in his eyes, "I only spoke the truth, Talia. You trust Adrian too much. If he has nothing to hide, why would he keep it from you?"

"Get lost!" Talia shouted angrily.

Ethan shrugged, chuckling lightly, "Adrian is with Jessica right now. Why don’t you call him and ask?"

"Stop trying to sow discord!" Talia suddenly shoved Ethan away and turned to enter the house.

Ethan grabbed Talia’s wrist with one hand and pulled her towards the door, causing her to almost fall.

Ethan reached out to wrap his arm around Talia’s waist, lowered his head close, and inhaled deeply between her hair with a look of infatuation, "Talia, leave him and come back to me."

Talia kneed Ethan hard in the stomach.

Ethan groaned in pain and released Talia.

Talia unceremoniously slapped Ethan across the face.

"Smack—" The sound of the slap was clear and loud.

Small flames of anger flickered in Talia’s eyes as she reprimanded fiercely, "Ethan, stay away from me! You’re not worthy!"

Ethan’s head tilted sideways from the slap.

Immediately, he looked up and stared straight at Talia, his eyes bloodshot at the corners, the handprint clearly visible on his face.

"Talia, why are you so cruel to me?"

His voice was soft, sounding heartbroken.

Talia sneered, her eyes full of mockery.

"Do you even need to ask why? Haha, because you’re already dirty. We can never go back to the past."

Talia lifted her chin, looking at him arrogantly, "Men who don’t respect themselves are just rotten cucumbers, and I, Talia Rhodes, never backtrack!"

With that, she didn’t give Ethan a chance to speak, turned around, and slammed the door shut with a "bang."

Ethan stood outside the door, looking at the tightly closed door, his deep black eyes filled with pain.

Because you’re already dirty.

We can never go back to the past.

Her words pierced his heart, one by one, like sharp needles, leaving it battered and bloody.

Ethan wandered back to his newly purchased apartment in despair.

Right next to Talia’s.

He turned on the shower in the bathroom and scrubbed his body over and over again.

"Talia, Talia..."

Ethan rubbed his body hard, his skin turning red from the friction.

He called Talia’s name, tears mixed with the shower water rolling down his eyes.

"I’m not dirty... Once I clean up, I won’t be dirty, please don’t despise me..."

...

Talia returned to her room, unable to calm down for a long time.

The recording Ethan had just played was clearly Jessica’s voice.

Did she really get taken under the police’s nose? Why didn’t Adrian tell her?

What urgent matter did he talk about tonight?

Could it really be related to Jessica?

Talia tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep.

After thinking it over, she couldn’t resist calling Adrian.

The phone rang for a long time without anyone answering.

Until it automatically hung up.

This was the first time Adrian hadn’t answered her call.

Talia felt even more confused.

She lay on the bed.

Scenes from more than a month ago replayed in her mind over and over again.

Jessica looked at Adrian with such a fiery, infatuated gaze.

When she saw her and Adrian embracing, Jessica rushed up with a knife intending to stab her.

How could a woman go madly in love to that extent?

Even after loving someone for ten years without results, it shouldn’t lead to wanting to kill, right?

Could there be some hidden truth in all this?

After Adrian was stabbed, Jessica broke down emotionally, laughed and cried in a hysterical state, truly appearing regretful and scared, not pretending. She genuinely seemed terrified of something happening to Adrian.

Recalling the scene when Adrian was injured.

Talia remembered clearly that even when Adrian was hurt, with his life hanging by a thread, he was still wiping her tears, softly comforting her, telling her not to cry.

Even when he was on the brink of death, all he felt was relief.

Relief that she wasn’t the one hurt.

Adrian loved her so much, how could he possibly betray her?

It must be Ethan trying to sow discord!

Adrian was willing to risk his life for her, he didn’t hesitate for even a second when he took that blow for her. How could his feelings for her be fake?

As for that recording...

Even if it’s real, the recording is clipped and incomplete, proving nothing.

The recording only had Jessica’s voice, without a glimpse of Adrian’s.

Ethan’s purpose for playing the recording was to make her doubt Adrian, but she couldn’t fall for his tricks.

Adrian said that after handling the urgent matters, he would speak to her face to face.

So all she needed to do was wait.

She must not be swayed by Ethan’s words.

He said Jessica was pregnant, without mentioning if it was true or not.

Even if it was true, how could he prove it was Adrian’s?

Ethan just wanted her to overthink, to make her believe that the child Jessica was carrying belonged to Adrian.

She couldn’t let him succeed!

Thinking of this, Talia gradually calmed down, her chaotic mood also stabilizing.

She unlocked her phone and sent Adrian a WeChat message.

[Adrian, why didn’t you answer when I called just now? Are you tied up with a tricky issue? Call me back after you handle it tomorrow. I’m going to sleep now, good night.]