Female Novel
Chapter 275
Chapter 275
Xavier was humiliated when he found out that Renee had discovered him. He started cursing irritably,“Sh*t! How the f*ck did you find out?! I tried to be as covert as humanly possible—I even held mybreath!’
Renee folded her arms and looked Xavier up and down, then gave him a look that suggested he was acomplete moron before explaining, “It’s broad daylight, and you’re wearing all black. You’ve also beenfollowing me too closely, not to mention how you chose such a stupid and obvious hiding place, andyou ask me how I found out?”
Xavier realized that Renee’s analysis was flawlessly logical, so he scratched his nose inembarrassment and grumbled, “Didn’t they say pregnant women are absent-minded? Your mind seemspretty sharp to me! You reacted pretty quickly.”
It was then Renee’s turn to panic.
“Who’s pregnant?” she hastily asked, acting dumb. “Was it you? Ha! I didn’t know you were that crazy!”
Xavier rolled his eyes. In normal circumstances, he would have exploded in rage, but he remindedhimself of the reason why he followed Renee and considered the fact that Renee was pregnant, so hekept his temper under control.
“Stop pretending,” he told her. “I’ve been following you since you came to the hospital and went into theobstetrics department. I know you’re pregnant…’
“You!”
Renee did not know what else to say. Her breathing quickened, and she started to get anxious. Nowthat Xavier had found out she was pregnant, he might inform his best friend Stefan, and then it would
all be an ugly mess!
“Don’t worry,” Xavier assured her in a firm voice. “I’m no tattletale. I won’t tell Stefan about yourpregnancy.”
This took Renee by surprise. As far as she knew, Xavier was obviously prone to prattling. How did heturn into such a reasonable person all of a sudden? Something very fishy must be going on here!
“After all,” Xavier continued, “Stefan just got a divorce from you not too long ago, and you’ve alreadygone on and got pregnant with that Osborne dude’s child. This will be a huge blow to my friend’s ego,and I don’t want to see him suffer like that.”
This concern of his was borne out of the series of events that happened after Stefan got his heartbroken many years ago. Back then, after Cecilia dumped him, not only did Stefan torment himself, heeven dragged his best friend Xavier along to suffer with him.
And now that Stefan had fallen for his ex-wife Renee, Xavier could not imagine what would happen ifStefan found out she was pregnant with another man’s child, so quickly after their divorce! It wouldsurely be catastrophic! That was precisely why he did not need Renee to ask him not to reveal this-because Xavier himself would take this secret to his grave!
“I see!” Renee could not help but smile. It was clear what Xavier thought of her. Immediately afterfinding out that she was pregnant, he took it for granted that the babies in her belly were anotherman’s, not Stefan’s.
But that was fine with her since she could rest easy now. She wondered what Stefan would do when helearned the truth about their children one day. Would he thank this best friend of his for keeping thesecret?
She cleared her throat and said, “I wanted to keep my pregnancy with Liam Osborne’s child a secret allalong because I’m planning to leave this place, with my baby and Liam in tow, and live elsewhere. Afterall, I was Stefan Hunt’s wife for four years. If I start building a perfect family with a house full of childrenwhile he is still single and lonely, then it would really hurt his feelings, wouldn’t it?”
“Damn right it would!” yelled Xavier. He then sternly warned Renee, “If you’re smart, you’d do well notto reveal your pregnancy before my friend finds a new woman! Otherwise, I’ll never leave you inpeace!”
Renee stifled a smile and maintained a serious expression on her face as she nodded and assuredXavier, “Don’t worry, I won’t let anyone know about it. Boasting is not my habit anyway.”novelbin
She started to realize that although this idiot tended to have a potty mouth, he was actually quite anearnest guy and a loyal friend, which Renee found adorable. Still… Why was this guy following heraround like a weirdo?
“Tell me the truth,” she began to ask bluntly. “Why did you follow me like that? If you don’t give me areason, I’ll make sure to start a habit of boasting around your friend Stefan!