Looking at that person, Samuel glanced at Theodore instinctively. “Mr. Russell, who is she?”
Theodore narrowed his eyes a little. “She’s Alice’s nutritionist.”
“A nutritionist?” asked Samuel.
Theodore said, “Alice is pregnant again.”
“Oh.” Samuel had just replied when he suddenly realized something was wrong. “Mr. Russell, I have to say you’re a bit lame. Your brother already has a second child, and you haven’t even had the first one yet.”
“Is this the time to talk about this?” Theodore snapped. It was really not a good time to discuss that, especially when Ellie’s health had inexplicably gone wrong.
Suddenly, Theodore realized something and fixed his cold eyes on Mindy. “You just said you know why Ellie has a stomachache?” Mindy clutched the stack of money Alice had stuffed into her hand last time, looking anxious. “Yes..
At night, a scream cut through the silence of Russell Manor. Theodore dragged Alice all the way from the bedroom to the first–floor hall and then threw her to the ground.
When Alice fell, she instinctively protected her stomach. Then she saw Mindy standing behind Theodore and was so angry that she wanted to get up from the ground. But the next second, Theodore kicked her shoulder, instantly sending her back to where she
was.
He had disdained to hit women, but this time Alice had really crossed his bottom line.
Anthony, who followed from the bedroom, looked back and forth between Alice and Mindy before asking, “Theodore, what are you doing?”
Theodore looked at him and asked faintly, “Don’t you know?”
Anthony stared back without blinking. “Know what?”
At this time, Lainey, who had heard the commotion, also came downstairs. Seeing Alice lying on the ground, she hurried to help her up, mainly fearing that her precious grandson might get hurt.
Suddenly, Theodore’s cold voice rang out. “Don’t you dare to help her up.”
Lainey froze, looked up, and said, “Theo, you’re a grown man. Is it necessary to keep picking on a woman?”
“Good that all of you are here.” Theodore stared at them sharply and waved his hand at Mindy behind him. “You talk.”
On the other side, in the second–floor room. Eliana sat up in bed and asked, “Dr. Wilson, did you hear any sound coming from downstairs just now?”
Samuel, who was ordered to stay with her, played dumb. “No.” To avoid her further questions, Samuel took out his Walkman and pressed the play button. “How about having some music to relax?”
Unlike the harmony upstairs, the atmosphere downstairs had tensed
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After hearing Mindy’s words, Lainey was so shocked. “You mean Alice asked you to make contraceptive recipes to presenttia from getting pregnant?”
Mindy nodded. “Yes, ma’am. I sent those recipes to Mrs. Alice Russell by email, and they’re still there. If you don’t believe me, Icon retrieve them for you to see.”
Lainey couldn’t help but look at Anthony, but Anthony shook his head, indicating he knew nothing about it. Only then did Lainey breathe a sigh of relief, and then asked Alice, “Do you have anything to explain?”
All along, Alice kept staring at Mindy. “You sent me the recipes and took my money. You can’t deny it.”
Mindy forced herself to speak, “Yes, I took your money, but I just gave all the money to Mr. Theodore Russell. I don’t want to do such things against professional ethics anymore.”
“I’m a nutritionist. My duty is to condition mothers‘ bodies so that they can give birth to healthy babies.
But you lied to me, saying that a friend of yours wanted contraception and asked me to send the recipes to you. By the time I found out the truth, it was already too late.”
Alice said sinisterly. “Then why didn’t you say it at that time? You just waited for more than a week to jump out and play the good guy?”
Mindy had long regretted conspiring with Alice.
She said, “Over the past week, I watched you give Mrs. Eliana Russell ‘extra meals‘ every night, all of which are extremely harmful to her health.”
“I tried to persuade you, but you said you wanted her to be infertile forever. That’s why I decided to tell Mr. Theodore Russell the truth,” she added.
“Alice, do you think your stinking money can buy everyone off?” As Theodore finished speaking, he suddenly threw the stack of money Mindy had just given him in Alice’s face.
Alice picked up the money that had fallen on the ground, laughed, and shouted at Mindy, “You’re just as foolish as I expected. Instead of taking the money, you tell him the truth?”
“Do you think he’ll go easy on you because of that? You made the woman he loves unable to get pregnant. Just wait and see how he torments you in the future. This will be the price for your betrayal of me,” Alice said.
Mindy felt panicked after hearing her words. The next second, Theodore said, “I will hand her over to the police to deal with according to the law. Alice, you’d better worry about yourself.”
Upon hearing this, Mindy actually felt relieved. She feared Theodore’s private revenge. Being handed over to the police was safer.
Seeing that Theodore was actually willing to let Mindy off the hook and only focused on dealing with herself, Alice had to turn to Anthony for help. “Honey, say something. I’m bullied. As my husband, you can’t just keep silent!”
Anthony looked down at her with a cold face. “You shouldn’t have hurt Eliana. That’s the worst mistake you made.”
Others might take this as a perfunctory remark, but Alice knew it was his true feeling. Anthony had always been reluctant to hurt Eliana. Now that he knew the truth, he was probably as eager to tear her to pieces as Theodore was.
She had begged the wrong person. Alice had to grab Lainey’s hand and reminded her, “Mom, I’m still carrying ye randson. You can’t let him suffer any harm, right?”
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Lainey felt annoyed. Alice always caused trouble when she was pregnant. Last time, she had a miscarriage while framing Eliana, and this time, she got herself into trouble again because of Eliana. Lainey thought, ‘Why couldn’t she be more clever and avoid leaving clues?‘
Seeing that Lainey seemed to be wavering, Alice went on, “Mom… The doctor said it’s not easy for me to get pregnant with my body. If I have another miscarriage, I’ll be completely ruined.”
Lainey, who had long desired this grandson, had no choice but to plead with Theodore. “Theo, I can totally understand how you feel now, but can you go easy on her for the sake of the Russells‘ flesh and blood she’s carrying?”
Hearing that, Theodore sneered. “Sure.” He appeared lenient. “Tell her to pack up and leave the Russell residence immediately.”
His words left Alice pale. Theodore always knew her weakness. She had tried every means to stay in Russell Manor, and now his casual words could make all her previous efforts in vain.
Even Lainey was a little at a loss. What it meant to let Alice leave the Russell residence was almost self–evident.
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