When Stefan returned to the Doyle Manor, Bianca had just finished serving all the dishes she had prepared.
Martha turned her head and saw Stefan, instantly beaming with joy. "You're back!"
"Mhmm," Stefan replied warmly, taking off his suit jacket and hanging it on a hanger.
Once he hung up his jacket, he walked over to the dining table and sat down next to Martha. As soon as he sat down, Jimmy spoke up. "Daddy, you came home early today."
"I finished everything I needed to do at work, so I could come home earlier," Stefan said before glancing at Martha with a meaningful look.
Martha met his gaze but stiffened slightly while her ears turned red. She wanted Stefan to come home early so that Eden could leave work early too and spend time with Melissa. But now seeing him like this made it clear that he misunderstood her.
She pursed her lips together before coughing lightly and asked casually, "Since you're already here, did Eden go back after work?"
Stefan served Martha a bowl of soup before placing it in front of her. "Not yet; there are still some things he needs to take care of at the office."
Upon hearing this news from Stefan caused Martha's eyes to widen in surprise.
The person who should have gone back didn't go back while someone who shouldn't have come back did instead.
She tightened her grip on her fork anxiously as she looked towards Stefan urgently, "Call Eden right now and tell him to go home immediately."
Everyone sitting around the table stared at Martha confusedly, not understanding what was going on until finally Stefan snapped out of it first and asked worriedly, "Did something happen?"
"Mhmm," replied Martha quickly, urging Stefan again, "Quick! Call Eden right now and tell him to go home immediately."
"What happened?" asked Stefan, frowning slightly as he looked into her eyes, trying to understand what was happening.
His intuition told him that Melissa wasn't in danger, or else Martha wouldn't be acting like this, but he couldn't guess what exactly happened either.
Just when he was feeling puzzled about everything happening around them, an anxious answer came from Martha, "Melissa is pregnant! You need call Eden right away, but don't tell him why."
"Melissa needs to tell Eden this good news herself, understand?" Martha said all this in one breath and stared at Stefan with a tight gaze, signaling him to take action.
Stefan understood and dialed Eden's phone.
Soon, Eden's gentle voice came through the phone with a hint of annoyance. "What's up?"
Stefan glanced at Martha who was anxiously looking at him and calmly said, "I'll handle the company matter later. You go back first."
"Okay."
Eden hung up. After finishing sorting out all the documents, he went directly to Stefan's office and placed them on his desk.
Two hours ago, he ordered takeout for Melissa because he was afraid she would get hungry. He didn't know if it was because they had just returned home or something else but lately she had been feeling nauseous and her appetite wasn't good.
He suggested going to the hospital but Melissa refused, so it had been two or three days since then. If her condition doesn't improve tonight, he would have to be firm and take her for an examination forcefully.
Thinking about this made Eden unconsciously quicken his pace.
...
At the Doyle Manor, after Stefan ended the call, Martha looked more guilty than ever while avoiding eye contact with him. She felt like crying but couldn't shed any tears.
She knew that sometimes Stefan worked together with Eden. To avoid the situation where Eden got the news from her instead of Melissa, she had to lie to Stefan.
Who would have thought that Stefan would misunderstand her? She didn't want things to turn out like this either.
Martha pretended to be calm while holding the fork, readying herself for some food. When she turned around, she saw Bianca along with Jimmy staring straight at her without blinking their eyes.
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