When Valerie heard this, the expression on her face looked better. To be honest, although she knew that Skylar married Coralie to bring forth the good luck to Grandmother Holland, she did not expect there to be an agreement between them.
And the duration for that agreement was only a year.
However, Valerie was not silly. Judging by the way Skylar treated Coralie, she knew that the position of Coralie in his heart wasn't as simple as a contractual wife. He was genuine in his affection.
After knowing that Coralie was pregnant, the pregnancy meal was introduced in the company the immediate next day. Such caring treatment was not something that would exist between a fake couple. Moreover, if Skylar had no feelings for Coralie, even if they had s*x, he would not allow Coralie to get pregnant.
"Auntie, I think that even if their contract expires, it's impossible for them to get a divorce."
Valerie knew that with her own strength, it was implausible for Coralie and Skylar to divorce each other.
Valerie needed more help to execute her plans.
Now, the most favorable external source of help would be Lillian. Lillian had never disguised the fact that she liked Valerie and despised Coralie.
"What do you mean?"
Lillian looked at Valerie.
Looking at Lillian's ignorant face, Valerie pretended to be surprised and asked, "Don't you know? Hasn't Skye told you?"
Lillian was confused by her words and probed, "What's the matter?"
As far as she could imagine, there wasn't any reason why they wouldn't get divorced when the contract expired.
Valerie looked at Lillian as if she was caught in a dilemma and whispered, "I'll tell you, but promise me that you will pretend to be unaware of anything until Skye told you about it. Otherwise, he'd be angry with me."
Lillian didn't know what Valerie meant, so she could only nod endlessly.
"I found out that Miss Chariott is pregnant, and Skye treated her really well. When he found out, he immediately introduced a pregnancy meal for the pregnant employees in the company!"
"How could this be..."
Lillian's expression froze for a second, but when Valerie glanced from the corner of her eyes, she saw that Lillian's expression was not angry at all, but quite happy instead. This was completely beyond her expectations!
Valerie thought that if she disclosed this to Lillian, Lillian would definitely throw a fit and get furious.
Unexpectedly, Lillian was not angry at all. On the contrary, there was a hint of expectant joy on her face that she was going to be a grandmother.
However, Valerie did not reveal any of her emotions. She smiled and went along with Lillian's thoughts, "In fact, I am very happy for Skye. After all, it was me who failed to cherish him in the past. Now that he has found his own happiness, and will soon be a father, we should share his happiness too."
When Valerie was in high school, she had s*x with a punk outside the school, and she even fell pregnant. It was also one of the key events that caused Skylar to gradually drift away from her.
Due to Valerie's one-sided stubbornness, she still didn't want to give him up.
When Lillian heard about Valerie's words, she was also anxious. She said straightforwardly, "Although I really want to be a Grandma and to hold my grandchild in my arms, if the child is not yours, Valerie, I can't feel genuine happiness from it."
After all, if Coralie gave birth to Skylar's children, Valerie might cut all ties with the Holland family in the future. Then, Lillian's privilege of receiving gifts from Valerie would also be severed.
Coralie certainly would not spend as lavishly on Lillian like how Valerie did.
However, Valerie was not angry. She grabbed Lillian's hand and said, "Auntie, as long as the grandchild is Skye's child, isn't that enough? Even though I wish to bear his child, now that things have become water under the bridge, I can only give them my blessing."
Lillian did not expect Valerie to be so sensible.
"Good girl."
Lillian patted Valerie's hand, feeling a little relieved.
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