CHAPTER 378: CHAPTER 378: DISGUSTING SOMEONE

Since it’s something Austin Xavier did, then let him disgust himself.

Julian Hawthorne, "..."

Paige Sterling, "Alright, you’re a high-minded person, you wouldn’t want money, so are you really pregnant with Julian Hawthorne’s child?"

Rose Payne hurriedly denied, "No, no, I’m not..."

Yet her hands were cradling her stomach, as if Paige was going to harm her and the child.

Paige raised an eyebrow, "Since you’re not pregnant, and not here for money, then you can leave."

What? Paige just letting her go so easily?

Rose Payne couldn’t believe it, feeling that Paige must have another scheme.

But Paige called Secretary Jones in, "See her out."

Secretary Jones hadn’t expected the situation to end in harmony; the imagined pandemonium was a no-show.

Indeed, President Sterling has such presence, even when a mistress comes to cause trouble, she remains so calm.

"Miss Payne, please."

Rose Payne gritted her teeth, still somewhat unwilling, she wished she could tell Paige she indeed was pregnant with Julian Hawthorne’s child.

Thinking of the blow Paige would suffer, the thought almost made her smile.

This woman did so many excessive things to her, why should she be merciful to such a woman?

However, she had to consider Julian Hawthorne’s situation.

Julian was trying his best to protect her, she couldn’t recklessly disrupt his plan because of a spur of the moment impulse.

She also had to consider the child; if Paige went mad at that moment and did something to her stomach, what then?

Seeing Rose Payne not moving, Secretary Jones called in two junior secretaries to drag her out.

Rose assertively said, "Let go, none of you have the right to touch me!"

Yet the two junior secretaries didn’t hesitate at all, grabbing her and walking out, their actions efficient.

Rose struggled, "Let go of me! I can walk myself!"

As she struggled, she looked sadly at Julian, hoping he would remember the grievance she suffered today for him.

Yet Julian acted as if he didn’t see her, his gaze remained fixed on Paige.

Even though Rose knew Julian was doing this to deceive Paige, the pain in her heart was suffocating.

Just as Rose was about to be dragged out, Austin came.

It was clear he’d been beaten by Paige, with both eyes resembling panda eyes, making his entire demeanor more grim.

"President Hawthorne, why the rush? This woman is carrying your flesh and blood. Shouldn’t you find a good place to settle her down, so she can give you a chubby son? Having a child so young, President Hawthorne is truly blessed."

Julian’s dark gaze met Austin’s, "This blessing, I’m afraid belongs to Young Master Xavier."

Austin laughed, "President Hawthorne, you shouldn’t speak carelessly about bloodlines. This is truly your child, no doubt about it."

Austin looked at Paige, "You don’t believe it, do you?"

Paige gave Austin a cold glance, "He wouldn’t do that."

This trust made Austin jealous, and Julian felt like he was in a spring breeze, holding Paige’s hand, expressing his love as if no one else was around.

"Honey, I love you."

Austin’s face twisted, "Julian Hawthorne has nothing with this woman, but the child in her belly is Julian Hawthorne’s, that’s undeniable."

Julian squinted his eyes, "What do you mean?"

A twisted gleam flickered across Austin’s face.

"I had someone dig through your garbage for your used..."

He smiled, ready to enjoy Julian and Paige’s collapsed expressions, "A doctor retrieved Julian’s sperm from a condom to artificially inseminate Rose, so the child in Rose’s belly is Julian’s."

Julian could stoop to such despicable act?

Paige’s mouth twitched violently, looking at Austin as though he were an idiot.

She and Julian... never used condoms.

Moreover, Julian is a very cautious person, even if they had used one, he wouldn’t just throw it in the trash for others to exploit.

After all, high society once had such a joke, where a maid used the employer’s discarded condom to inseminate herself, eventually giving birth to the employer’s child and demanding recognition.

But Austin used all his wits trying to disgust her.

Seeing Paige saying nothing but still holding Julian’s hand, Austin frowned, "Paige, you still don’t believe it?"

Paige, "..."

Austin, "Another woman is pregnant with your husband’s child, doesn’t it disgust you?"

Even if Julian never touched Rose, just the existence of this child, was it not disgusting enough for Paige?

Austin believed he understood Paige; she couldn’t tolerate any betrayal. Given what’s happened, how could she still hold Julian’s hand?

Paige’s cheek twitched fiercely, looking at Austin, she said, "Austin, I think you’re more disgusting."

Austin stared at Paige hard, Paige said, "And your intelligence is truly getting worse day by day, to do such things. What makes you think what you’ve thought of, others haven’t?"

Paige crushed Austin’s intelligence and ground it into the ground.

"Austin, I don’t know what you’re stubbornly after, but I can tell you, the child in her belly can’t possibly be Julian’s. If you want to find her a father, look elsewhere."

Austin wanted to find evidence that Paige was pretending to be strong.

But there was none, Paige was calm, without a trace of anger on her face.

There must be a reason she was so sure the child wasn’t Julian’s.

Which part of his plan went wrong?

Originally counting on Rose to disgust the two of them, but now it seems, the goal won’t be achieved.

Austin’s face twisted, he left Rose behind and walked away.

Julian’s gloomy gaze lingered on Austin’s retreating figure.

Although Austin’s purpose wasn’t achieved, what he did was indeed disgusting to Julian.

Austin immediately looked into the matter upon returning, after interrogation, the bodyguard he sent to retrieve the condoms from Julian’s trash confessed that after several days of vigilance, he never found any condom in the trash.

And Austin pushed him relentlessly, saying don’t come back without the condoms. He had no other choice, eventually using his own condom for Austin.

So the child in Rose’s belly belonged to the bodyguard alongside Austin.

Austin was enraged, nearly beating the bodyguard to death.

Meanwhile, Rose had a crushed expression.

"No, no, my child is Mr. Hawthorne’s, it’s Mr. Hawthorne’s, not the bodyguard’s..."

Rose intended to marry into a wealthy family, to become a wealthy lady, how could she be pregnant with a lowly person’s child?

"Young Master Xavier, didn’t you say, my child is Mr. Hawthorne’s, it’s Mr. Hawthorne’s..."

Austin’s face was extremely sour, he had plotted for more than two months, only to end up with such a result, not managing to disgust Paige and Julian, but rather disgusted himself.

Now seeing Rose made him nauseous, yet this woman still came rushing to him.

Austin lost his temper and kicked her away, paying no further heed to her.

Yet even though the child wasn’t Julian’s, Rose didn’t dare let the child come to harm.

If something happened to the child, she would have to go back and continue serving her sentence.