CHAPTER 142: CHAPTER 142: RHODES FAMILY SCANDAL

After sending the text message, although Shannon Quinn didn’t receive a reply from Vincent Rhodes, she was still in a good mood, and she even dreamed about him that night.

But sweet dreams don’t last long.

Before the alarm she set went off, Shannon was awakened by a call from Simon Rhodes.

"What’s up, big brother?"

"You haven’t gone out, right?"

"No, I’m still in bed. What’s up?"

"Don’t go anywhere, just stay home."

Hearing the seriousness in Simon Rhodes’ tone, Shannon was puzzled and didn’t know what was going on: "Did something happen, big brother?"

Simon paused and just advised again: "Just don’t go out."

After hanging up the phone, Shannon was a bit dazed, and as she swiped down the notification bar on her phone, she saw this news push: Scandal in aristocracy: The Rhodes Family’s second Young Madam lives a chaotic personal life, the father of the unborn child is unknown.

Just one short line of text made Shannon completely awake. With trembling hands, she clicked on the push notification.

It was only a little over ten minutes since the time of release, and there were already hundreds of thousands of shares and comments. The topic "Rhodes Family Scandal" unsurprisingly ranked first in hot searches.

No one knows who first released this news, but all sorts of news public accounts and marketers are commenting on this matter.

The description in the news is exactly like the rumors initially spread by June Yardley, or perhaps this incident has a high possibility of being orchestrated by her.

The comments below are much more vicious than those anonymous letters back then, with insults circling around the same few phrases, but the comments also include words cursing the child in her belly.

As a mother, seeing such words naturally doesn’t feel good.

But within public opinion, no one cares to understand her helplessness.

The thing she couldn’t defend against most was the fact that the child in her belly was indeed not Vincent Rhodes’.

She increasingly began to doubt whether the decision to have the child was a mistake.

"Shannon!" Erin Bishop shouted from outside, didn’t knock, and just rushed in. Evidently, she had also seen the news online.

Erin rushed into the room, saw Shannon sitting motionless on the bed, approached her and sat by the bed, and carefully asked: "You’ve seen it all?"

Shannon pulled up the corners of her mouth to smile slightly, but didn’t say anything.

"Don’t pay too much attention to what others say. Your husband doesn’t mind, those people are just meddling!"

Shannon was silent for a while and said: "Actually, I am indeed selfish. Vincent can’t have children, he can adopt one later."

"But you’re already pregnant now, no matter how good adopting is, it’s not better than having one yourself."

"Yeah, I think so, but what about Vincent? Even if he says he doesn’t mind letting me give birth, but after seeing this child, won’t he think of the fact that I had relations with another man? It’s impossible for there to be no barriers in his heart."

"But even if you abort the child now, do you think you can stop those people from talking?"

Shannon shook her head woodenly and said: "I don’t know, but maybe if I do this, the guilt in my heart might be less when facing Vincent."

"Then ask yourself, can you bear it?"

A small life nurtured in her body, how can she bear?

But thinking if she insists on giving birth to it, letting it face this world full of malice, then it might as well be better not to bring it to the world.

At the Rhodes Family, in Shane Royale’s study.

The old man was worried, looking at the newspaper in front of him, then took a deep look at Simon Rhodes standing in front of him, took a deep breath, and said: "How do you think this matter should be resolved?"

"The news is being blocked."

"The whole city knows, what’s the use of blocking it now."

"This happened suddenly, obviously someone did it on purpose, I’ve already sent people to investigate."

"Alas, all these are secondary, what’s important is how to resolve that child."

Simon lowered his gaze and pondered for a long time, then said: "Grandfather, outsiders don’t know, but you and I know, that child is indeed your biological grandchild."

"If it weren’t my biological grandchild, would I be so at a loss?" Shane pushed the newspaper aside with some frustration, regretfully saying, "I shouldn’t have agreed to that Vincent kid getting married back then! Otherwise, how would all this trouble arise? After marriage, he handles things so recklessly, is this the time for love affairs?"

Simon was still inclined to stand by Vincent’s side because he knew Vincent also had it tough; Shannon’s appearance, for him, might be like a beam of light in the dark. He also knew how deep Vincent’s love for Shannon was.

"Grandfather, why not do the same as last time? The news will calm down after a period. Find out who released the information and just make sure it doesn’t happen again."

"Calm down, how to calm this down? The generations of the Rhodes Family’s reputation, all ruined by that woman!"

"How about I go discuss with Vincent, see what he thinks."

"What do you think he’ll think? In his heart, that woman is more important than anything. To protect that woman and child, do you think he would care about the Rhodes Family’s reputation? I think we should have the child removed first, they’re both still young, there’s time to have another later."

Simon feared Shane might have Shannon remove the child and advised: "Even if Shannon removes the child, do you think that will stop those mouths? And, to be blunt, Vincent’s situation is such that he could face life-threatening dangers at any time. Even if he safely completes his mission and comes back, it would be years later. You are also getting on in years, whether you’d even get to see great-grandchildren is questionable. Now, Shannon still has a few months to give birth, thinking about Vincent having offspring, doesn’t it comfort you a bit?"

Shane thought for a moment, acknowledging that Simon’s words were reasonable, but he couldn’t ignore the situation either, frowned and said: "Then have them divorce! Once that woman gives birth, bring the child back to the Rhodes Family. By then, whether Vincent marries another woman or remarries her, I won’t interfere."

Simon knew that a temporary divorce was a decent solution, but Shannon’s understanding of Vincent was limited, their feelings were just budding. If they divorced now without telling Shannon the truth, in her heart, she’d probably lose any hope for this marriage.

If the child is born and grandfather still wants to take the child away from her, then the possibility of them remarrying would be nonexistent.

There was also a chance Shannon might remarry elsewhere, which Simon didn’t want to see Vincent regret later.

Unless absolutely necessary, he wasn’t in favor of them divorcing.

He planned to talk to Shannon about this matter and comfort her a bit, as those online comments were too harsh on her, the burdens she bears are no less than the Rhodes Family’s.