"Are you tired? Go to the pavilion in front and have a rest." Zac asked at the end of the path.
Essie nodded. When she was about to sit down, her stomach twitched and she covered it.
"What's wrong? Does your belly hurt?" asked Zac, holding her in a hurry.
"No, it seems that the baby has moved." Essie shook her head.
"Really?" Zac's dark and cold eyes lit up. "Let me listen."
He put his ear on her belly. After a while, he laughed in a low voice, "it's really moving. This little guy can move."
He had missed the days when Mili and Dot were in their mother's womb. Now the baby was a compensation for him.
Behind a big tree not far away, Walt was peeping at them in the shadow.
This should be the first time his child had fetal movement.
He was so excited that he really wanted to rush over, touch and listen.
But he couldn't!
His brother was now possessing his wife and baby, and he could only hide in the distance and watch them secretly like a thief.
A flame of anger flashed through his eyes. He clenched his fists and was about to hit the trunk when a hand put on his shoulder.
He was shocked and shook violently. He suddenly turned around and was relieved to see Leila.
He quietly dragged her to a distance, in case the conversation was heard by the people in the pavilion.
"What are you doing here? Don't you know that I'm scared by you?" He rolled his eyes at her.
"You have a guilty conscience." Leila sneered.
"It's none of your business." Walt seemed to be irritated.
"I just want to remind you that no matter how much you like Essie, you can't show it. Zac is very shrewd. If you have a flaw, he will find it." Leila curled her lips. She really didn't know what was so good about Essie. She is just a tramp, but they all liked her and were infatuated with her.
"I know what I'm doing. You don't have to worry about me. As for you, remember your task. Don't seek personal revenge in the name of public interests. Otherwise, you will be dead meat. " Walt warned her. Essie was pregnant with his child now. He had to protect her well and couldn't let the vicious bitch Leila do anything to her.
The corner of Leila's mouth twitched. Her goal was to kill Essie in silence. Even if Willi blamed her, she couldn't be blamed.
"Don't worry. My task is to get you a beauty." With a sinister smile, she held his arm and said, "let's go, honey. You have to learn from Zac and show off more love with me."
Giving her a glare, Walt led her out of the garden.
Mary arranged two older servant and nurse to take care of Suzan. After getting along with her for two days, Essie found that Suzan was sometimes confused and sometimes sober. Sometimes she didn't know anyone, and sometimes she could recognize everyone clearly. Except for Mary and Lady Rose, she seemed to have never made them right.
This morning, she accompanied Suzan to bask in the sun on the balcony.
Suzan looked very depressed with tears in her eyes.
"Grandma, what's wrong? Are you okay?" Asked Essie in a hurry.
Suzan looked out of the window, completely immersed in her own thoughts, as if she hadn't heard what Essie said.
"I warned you, but you still did it. You drove her away and occupied her home, her husband and her child. How could you be so vicious?" She murmured to herself with her body trembling slightly. She looked very excited.
Not understanding what she meant, Essie held her hand gently and said, "grandma, I'm your granddaughter-in-law, Essie. Don't you know me?"
Suzan suddenly shook off her hand and glared at her with her big eyes. "Didn't I tell you? Don't ask something that doesn't belong to you. Why don't you listen to me? Do you really think you can replace her? No matter how you pretend, I can recognize you. You are greedy for something that doesn't belong to you. You will pay for it! "
"Grandma!" Essie took two steps back, and the nurse was outside. They had warned that Suzan often had mental disorder and might be aggressive. She must be careful all the time and let them in as soon as she found anything unusual.
However, instead of calling them at once, Essie said softly, "grandma, no one can replace another. You must have misread it."
Suzan stretched out her hand and pointed at her angrily, "then why do you live in her house? Why are you with her husband? Why does her child call you mom? "
"Your eldest daughter Mary lives here, and your second daughter Charlotte lives outside." Explained Essie. She didn't know why she should explain it to Suzan. Suzan must have suffered from Alzheimer's disease again, so she couldn't think clearly and had a delusion.
Suzan waved her hand and said, "don't lie to me. I know you have been complaining about me. It's my fault that I didn't let you go to America with your sister, but insisted on keeping you and living a hard life with me. But I agreed to let you go later, didn't I? There are so many men in the world. Why do you fall in love with your brother-in-law? It's a sin for two sisters to fall in love with the same man! "
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