She is a CEO by George Chapman novel Chapter 175

"No, I apologize for Arthur. He is to blame." Sophie continued, "Lucia, I hope you can understand sometimes he has no other choices."

Sophie implied something but Lucia could get it for a moment, and she could only smile reluctantly and say, "It's okay, Sophie. Even if he and I are not meant to be, Teddy is your grandson anyway."

Theodore had been Sophie's concern, and when Sophie heard Lucia say that, she felt a lot more relieved, but felt sorry for Lucia at the same time.

"Lucia, no matter what, as long as you need help, just tell me. I will do my best to help." Sophie knew Lucia may never ask her for help, but she just wanted to make it up to Lucia somehow.

"Thank you, Sophie," Lucia did not reject Sophie's kindness.

After Sophie asked something about Theodore and told Lucia to get some rest, she got up and said goodbye. Lucia sent Sophie downstairs and watched the car she got in slowly drive away, wondering what Sophie’s implication meant.

In less than two days, Lucia understood why Sophie said Arthur had no other choices. Looking at the magazine cover, Lucia was stricken by sadness. She wanted to ask, “Did Arthur really have no other choices?”

Lucia rolled up the magazine and threw it in the trash. The magazine lying in the trash slowly unfolded again, and on the cover was the news of Arthur and Juliana's engagement, and the photo on the cover was of them snuggling and cutting the cake together at their engagement.

The reason for this farce should trace back to half a month ago.

Half a month ago, Juliana had been silently counting the time. A month had passed since she last faked having sex with Arthur at the party, and if she wasn't pregnant, her period should have arrived.

Of course, Juliana would not walk up to Arthur and tell him she was pregnant without a plan; she patiently and carefully prepared to give Arthur a surprise.

The first few days, Juliana showed anxiety. Arthur did not communicate with her a lot. The two tried to avoid each other to not have intimate contact, even if they live under the same roof. But those days, Juliana walked to Arthur from time to time, wanting to say something but withholding it.

One day Arthur couldn't help asking Juliana, "Julia, is there something wrong with you?"

This was the third time that Juliana had entered the office and handed the documents to him and stood in front of his desk for a while instead of going out immediately.

"No, I am fine ..." Juliana was full of panic and looked at Arthur hesitantly for a while before affirming. "I am really fine!"

After she finished speaking, she walked out of the office, not giving Arthur a chance to ask more.

Arthur was suspicious. Instead of asking Juliana again, he called Kyle to his office to ask questions, not knowing that Juliana was happy about this.

"Kyle, has Julia done anything unusual in the last few days?"

"Unusual?" Kyle frowned, thought hard for a while, and then replied, "Yep, she looks fidgety every day, and always stares at the calendar on her phone. I asked her what was going on but she didn’t tell me."

"How many days has she acted like that?" Arthur asked again.

"It's been a few days," Kyle answered honestly.