Three months later, I stood outside a baby store and saw him picking out infant supplies.
A friend of his teased, “Aren’t you afraid your wife will find out? You're clearly not ‘defective’ at all.”
He replied flatly, “She’s too dumb to notice.”
The friend sighed. “Eleanor loves you like her life. Why won’t you give her a child?”
Alaric curled his lips into a mocking smile.
“If it weren’t for the Sinclair Family ’s favor, I’d never have married her. She wants a child? Then I’ll never give her one.”
My whole body trembled. I dialed a number with shaking hands.
“You once said you wanted to have a child with me, does that offer still stand?”
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Inside the store, Alaric was still carefully selecting baby items. Graham, his personal assistant, standing beside him, lowered his voice, “So Ruby’s pregnant now. Aren’t you scared your wife will find out you’re perfectly fine?”
Without even glancing up, Alaric said calmly, “She’s too slow. How would she find out? And even if she does, so what?”
Russel sighed. “Eleanor’s devoted to you. Why won’t you give her a child? The other socialites are already laughing at her.”