Ch. 1166..1170: Powerful Papa with Triplet Babies Chapter 1166-1170
Chapter 1166
Ashlynn sat in the car, no longer feeling nauseated.
However, she was not feeling comforted at all.
Perhaps this was not because of chronic laryngitis. She would not have felt like vomiting just because of a small glass of milk if it was chronic laryngitis.
More accurately, she was already not feeling well before she drank the milk.
However, it was still strange for her to vomit.
She knew that she did not catch a cold.
Could she be pregnant?
Ashlynn was freaked out by her own guess. How could that be possible? She had never missed a day of her contraception. How would she be pregnant?
Perhaps her symptoms were too similar to that of pregnancy. After all, she had been pregnant before at one point and had experienced it.
Ashlynn took her phone out to take a look at her menstrual cycle. It should already have been here since yesterday. However, she did not feel like her period was coming at all.
Ashlynn’s hand that was holding the phone was starting to feel cold, and she even had cold sweats.
She wiped her forehead and felt absent–minded.
“Ms. Thompson, are you feeling hot? Should I turn up the air conditioning?” the driver asked.
He thought that he did not feel hot at all, but why did Ms. Thompson look very hot?
“No need,” Ashlynn said. She looked out the window, and her mind was a mess.
It was impossible for her to be pregnant. She could not be pregnant, and she should not scare herself.
Ashlynn was not in the mood to work that whole morning. When she went to the bathroom, she saw the janitor and asked her secretly, “Auntie, can you help me to buy something from the pharmacy? I can pay you a hundred dollars as your tip.”
The janitor thought there was a pharmacy just nearby, and it was a good deal. “Sure, what do you need?”
Ashlynn said, “You should not tell anyone about this. People will gossip if they knew about this.”
“Okay, I will not tell.”
“Please help me to buy the pregnancy test. My period is late. I would like to test it,” Ashlynn said.
“Sure, I will buy it for you.”
Then, Ashlynn gave the janitor a hundred dollars and got her to purchase it.
Ashlynn was waiting in the bathroom.
She could not go out, as it would be discovered by Corentin.
Just when she was waiting in the cubicle, her phone rang.
She jumped. It was Corentin.
If there were anything about work, usually Corentin would only call Evan. He would not have called her mobile.
What was up with him?
She answered the call, “Yes.”
“Where are you?”
“In the toilet, what is the matter?”
“Nothing, just checking.” Then, he hung up.
Ashlynn was feeling odd.
Was he afraid that she would run away from the office?
The janitor entered the bathroom and asked, “Are you there? I got what you wanted.”
Ashlynn closed the door, and bolted it, then sat on the toilet. She opened the pregnancy test and tested using her urine.
While she was waiting, her hands and legs were shaking.
She prayed, ‘Please don’t be, please don’t be, please don’t be pregnant…‘
Firstly, a red line showed, then, a second red line, very faintly, showed too.
After a few minutes, the red line darkened.
Chapter 1167
Ashlynn’s breathing stopped. She felt as though her heart had stopped beating.
The second line freaked her out, her face went pale.
She was pregnant… Her mind was a mess.
Why would she be pregnant? Was her contraception ineffective against time?
No way, she could not conceive Corentin’s child. She could not give birth to it!
She had to abort it. She had to…
The door was pushed, and Ashlynn froze.
The door would not be opened. Then came a knock.
“Who… Who’s there?” Ashlynn asked.
“Is your stomach upset?” It was Corentin’s voice!
Ashlynn was shocked. “This… This is the ladies toilet. How did you get in?” she asked as she hid the pregnancy test away.
“The Lloyd Group’s office is my place. Do I need anyone else’s permission to enter any space? Open up.”
“I… I am not done yet.” Ashlynn tucked it into her clothes, and she then felt it unsafe. The pregnancy test was long and hard. It would be hard for her to flush that away.
“Are you waiting for me to kick the door open?”
“No, don’t… I will open up.” Ashlynn tried to throw the pregnancy test into the trash can, but she realized there was not a single piece of paper in the trash can, as the janitor had just cleaned it.
What should she do?
Ashlynn had an idea. She stuffed the pregnancy test under the cubicle next door and then finally opened it up.
Corentin stood outside of the door, his amber–colored eyes looking at her. “What took you so long?”
Ashlynn walked out. “My stomach is a little unwell, now I am…” Before she could finish, she saw Corentin walking to the next cubicle, her heart skipped a beat, but she steadied herself and asked, “What are you doing?”
Corentin did not say anything, and his eyes scanned past everything.
He did not see anything, then came out.
“What are you looking for? I am only here for my toilet business. Now I am going back to work.” Ashlynn turned and walked away.
Just when she took two steps forward, she felt Corentin pull open the next cubicle door.
She turned around in shock. She stood in the same spot, watching as Corentin picked up the thing from the floor with her soul out of her body.
“What is this?” Corentin asked.
Ashlynn did not know how mentally strong she had to be to act calm, even though she knew that she must have exposed herself, but she still suppressed her heart that was about to leap out of her throat and said, “I don’t know.”
“You don’t know?” Corentin showed her the two red lines.
“It looks like… a pregnancy test?”
“Does that mean pregnant?” Corentin asked.
“I suppose… yes.”
Corentin was suddenly thrilled. “You are pregnant!”
“Not me!” Ashlynn took one step back. “Someone used this cubicle before. It is next to mine. How can it be mine…”
Corentin’s eyes squinted. He toyed with the pregnancy test in his hand and then looked at her while pondering. “Then, should we ask the janitor?”
Ashlynn felt her body limp. Her body crashed right onto the sink. Her face was so pale that there were no signs of blood as she breathed heavily.
Corentin walked forward, his body pressed downward slightly.“I will definitely get you pregnant, just like what I said.”
Ashlynn’s body and lips were all shivering. She let out a voice weakly because she knew that there was no point for her to deny, “What did you… What did you do to me?”
“Do to you? The doctor said that your body is fine. It is perfectly normal for you to be pregnant.”
Ashlynn knew that she would not be pregnant because she had always been taking pills!
“Or, did you take contraceptive pills in secret?”
Ashlynn bit her lips and did not say anything.
“Since you are pregnant, I will bring you to the office for a check–up.” Corentin stood up.
“I don’t want to go!” Ashlynn pushed him, then moved to the side. “Corentin, I will not give birth to your child. Even if I am pregnant, I will abort it!”
Chapter 1168
Corentin went forward and grabbed her shoulder, locking his eyes onto hers. “Ash, this is our kid. I must have it. If you dare kill it, I will kill Anne!”
“What… What did you say?” Ashlynn looked at him in disbelief. “Anne is…. is your niece. How could you…
“Do you think that I care?”
Ashlynn looked at Corentin, who was a pervert, and was speechless.
She was then dragged out of the toilet by Corentin.
Ashlynn’s legs were jelly on the way to the hospital.
She wished the test paper was faulty and that it was a false positive.
However, the doctor read from the report. “Pregnant for fifteen days. It is still early. We probably cannot see it on the ultrasound yet, and I suggest you come back after a month.”
Ashlynn was so shocked that she fell off the chair.
Corentin had to catch her so that she did not drop on the floor.
“Hey, are you alright?” the doctor asked.
Ashlynn had already lost her voice.
She stood up, pushed Corentin, and ran out.
She sat by the flower patch outside, her tears streaming out.
She was really pregnant.
She was pregnant with Salvatore’s kid again…..
Corentin saw her depressed as he walked over. He squatted in front of her, grabbed her two hands tightly in his, and said, “Ash, are you not happy? Our lost kid is back.”
“Happy?” Ashlynn looked at her with teary eyes. “Do you think I will be happy to give birth to a monster like you? Look at all that you did. Which of them was not a sin?”
“I will change, okay?”
“No, you can’t change. You told me that you would change last time, but you never did. You lied to me again and again…” Ashlynn sobbed, pained.
“I will change as long as you give birth to the kid. I will change.” Corentin tried to coax her. As long as she could give birth to the child, he would do anything.
Ashlynn shook her head. “Salvatore, I don’t want to give birth to it. Please conceive your child with someone else, as long as it is not me!”
Corentin brought her face up and wiped her tears away. “My Ash…”
Ashlynn refused to listen. She was not his Ash, no… Her heart felt as though it was being slit open, as she refused to admit that she was his Ash.
This kid should never be brought into this world.
“Let’s go home.” Corentin carried her up and got into the car.
As soon as they got home, Ashlynn headed upstairs. She did not see Chichi tailing her.
Chichi’s legs were short. It could not climb up the stairs and could only see its owner go up helplessly.
Ashlynn went back to her room. Then she remembered something. She ran to the closet and took out the contraceptive pills under her clothes.
The box was still the same. She opened the lid and poured the pills into her hand.
Ashlynn looked at the pills in detail, then only she realized something was wrong.
She did not notice this before. It was because she had always been in a hurry whenever she took the pill. She did not realize that her pills were already swapped…
Ashlynn looked at Corentin, who followed her, and then slammed the pill bottle onto the floor. The pills were scattered all around. “You swapped my pills! It must be you!”
Corentin did not deny it. “You took contraceptive pills behind my back, and now you don’t allow me to change them? If I did not do this, how can I make you pregnant? These are all vitamins. They are good for the kid.”
“I will not give birth to it. I will not!” Ashlynn was going crazy.
Should she replay the tragic history of giving birth to Corentin’s child?
No way, she could not take it.
She would rather the kid had never existed.
Ashlynn went forward and grabbed Corentin’s arms. “Salvatore, the kid is still just a lump of tissue now. Let’s take it away, okay? At least wait until I can accept it then only we get pregnant!”
Corentin’s eyes were dark and stubborn. “Ash, you are now my wife. The kid is a legitimate child. When will you be able to accept it? I cannot wait for long. Since you are pregnant now, just give birth to it. He
will become my heir in the future.”
Ashlynn’s tears streamed down her face as she looked up. Her teary eyes were full of pleas. “Salvatore, don’t you treat me this way. I had already promised to be by your side, don’t make me give birth to a child…”
Corentin helped her to wipe her tears away. “Ash, this will be my kid as well. Come here, and wash your face.”
He pulled Ashlynn into the bathroom and used a towel to wipe her face.
Ashlynn looked at herself in the mirror and saw her eyes were red and swollen.
Ever since Corentin found out about the kid, she had been crying.
She could not accept such a catastrophe.
She wanted to leave!
Ashlynn was then carried into the bed by Corentin. He pinched her hand gently and said, “Rest up. You don’t have to go to the office anymore. Now you can focus on yourself and the baby.”
Ashlynn’s eyes were still filled with tears. “You knew it well enough that I did not want the kid…”
Corentin lost his patience at her going over and over again about not wanting the kid. He snapped, “Abort it then?”
Ashlynn felt as though she had finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel, then looked at him and said, “You…”
“I said it before; if you dare abort it, I will not let go of the people around you, including Chichi.” Corentin’s eyes were full of menace.
It was a kid that he had longed for. How would he allow anything to happen to him?
He had to keep him!
“Salvatore… Why did you treat me this way? I hate you so much!” Ashlynn’s tears streamed down.
Corentin touched her face. “Hate me as you wish. Even if you hate me, you still have to give birth to the kid. I must get this kid!”
Then, he left.
She heard the door close. Ashlynn lay on the bed, pressed the pillow on her face then cried.
She still lost to Corentin. She still ended up pregnant with his kid.
Why did God decide to treat her this way?
Why trap her in such a nightmare?
Salvatore was dead! He was dead!
Ashlynn cried until she was tired and then opened her watery eyes. They were watery and soulless with no light.
Woof!
Ashlynn moved and saw Chichi’s tiny round head by the bed.
She reached her hand out and scooped it up, then placed it next to her pillow, gently caressing it.
Corentin did not even want to spare a pet dog.
These were the true colors of Salvatore. In his eyes, everything was nothing.
How could this kind of person deserve a kid?
“Chichi, tell me, what should I do?” Ashlynn asked. Could she remove it before the kid was formed?
She really had no other choice.
Chichi did not know what to say. It could only look at its master with two round eyes, then it placed its little paw on the back of Ashlynn’s hand as though consoling her.
Ashlynn felt sad. She carried him in her arms, and her tears streamed down again.
Chapter 1169
Corentin served her the food at meal times.
Ashlynn was still hugging Chichi, and leaned against the headboard lifelessly.
“Have something.” Corentin sat by the bed.
Ashlynn did not respond, as though she did not hear him. Her eyes were not even moving.
“Ash, I said it. As long as you give birth to the child, I will change, okay?” Corentin asked.
Ashlynn still did not budge.
“After lunch, I will bring you out of here. We will go to my secret residence. I will protect you until you give birth to the child,” Corentin said.
She still did not respond, then Corentin pinched Chichi, sitting in her hands, and lifted it up.
Chichi wailed in shock.
“What are you doing?” Ashlynn finally responded and wanted to snatch Chichi back,” Return Chichi to me!”
Corentin blocked her using one hand, another one dragging Chichi. It was so tiny and so vulnerable, as though Corentin could have easily killed it with just his fist.
“Eat your food.” Corentin lifted his head slightly, signaling to her.
Ashlynn turned and looked at the lunch being placed on her nightstand. It looked nutritious and not oily. It was specifically prepared for her.
She hesitated. She did not want to eat.
“I will return Chichi to you after you finish eating.” Corentin’s hand rubbed Ashlynn’s flat tummy.
In fact, the fetus was only as big as a nail and was only ‘planted‘ in the ‘soil‘ not too long ago.
However, he was very precious and gentle with it.
Ashlynn did not like it that way. It was because the kid was not welcomed, and Corentin’s action would only make her annoyed.
She moved her body backward, lifted the bowl and the cutlery, then ate her lunch quietly.
She could not eat that much, and soon, she placed her cutlery down.
“Too little.”
Ashlynn looked at Chichi in his hand. “I will vomit if I overeat. Can you return Chichi to me now?”
Corentin returned Chichi to her.
Ashlynn immediately hugged it in her arms as though she was afraid that it would be hurt.
Corentin looked at her defensive mannerism and said, “Keep the kid, then I would not do anything to Chichi.”
“You could not even spare a dog. Are you still a human?” Ashlynn’s tone was full of detest.
“You are the one who did not want the kid. You are its mother,” Corentin reminded her.
“It is still a fetus now, and it is not considered a kid. Salvatore, if you don’t want this kid, I will be thankful.” Ashlynn tried to say something to convince him.
However, Corentin, who was ruthless, would never agree to it.
He looked at his watch and said, “It is about time.”
“I am not going anywhere.” Ashlynn did not know where Corentin wanted to bring her to. However, she was very clear that it was somewhere worse than where she was. “My old man had already planted his people around here. He would spy on me all day! It is not only not good for the kid, but it also is not good for you as well.” For now, Corentin did not have absolute control over the Lloyd Group.
The old man was precisely afraid of this, which was why he had not yet let go of his control.
That was right as well. He was not the real Corentin, who was very much obedient.
He was Salvatore, born with a presumptuous personality.
“I did not know that you have your cowardly side.” Ashlynn was sarcastic.
Corentin laughed. He did not care to be mocked. His finger slid across her belly and said, “You should feel grateful to be pregnant. At least you have some upper hand against me. Otherwise, I would not care much.”
Ashlynn felt that the thing that just glided across her belly was not a finger but a blade.
She was thinking hard.
If she informed Cory about her pregnancy, would that mean she had a way out?
“Don’t you expect Cory to help you? If you remove the kid, I don’t know what kind of crazy stuff I would do to you…” Corentin pointed at her belly.
His shadows cast over her, and she felt shiveringly cold.
Chapter 1170
“Don’t think so much about it. Just give it all to me, and I will arrange it for you.” Corentin went forward to hug her.
“I will walk myself!” Ashlynn resisted.
She went downstairs, and the car was already waiting outside.
Ashlynn carried Chichi, and when she went to pack the dog food, it was instead redirected to the servant by Corentin.
Then, she took the dog food and entered the car.
The mansion was a single independent building not too far from the city. The scenery was picturesque, the lawn freshly manicured, very good for a getaway.
Ashlynn got out of the car and looked around the mansion.
“I got some people to build this place a while ago. It belongs to part of the city but is very quiet. It is also warm throughout the year. Now I only arranged two servants here, no one else,” Corentin said.
There were two maids standing by the door, waiting to serve.
Ashlynn asked, “Are you going to detain me here?”
“Don’t you like it here? Where do you want to stay?”
“Will you agree to what I wish for?” Ashlynn asked.
Corentin’s hand wrapped around her. “Come on in.”
He did not even answer her.
After entering, Corentin said, “No one can enter the premises without my permission. No one can hurt you here.”
Ashlynn had never expected him to care about the kid this much and to be so careful.
If the kids were gone, she could not imagine what Corentin would do.
“Are you staying here too?” Ashlynn asked.
“I will come over whenever I can,” Corentin said.
That meant he would not be staying here but would visit from time to time.
Ashlynn felt as though she was a paid mistress, but she did not say anything.
She was pondering; if Corentin was not here, could she attempt to run away?
If the kids were not aborted but only disappeared together with the mother, that could not be blamed, right?
They went to the bedroom. It was huge and was obviously not prepared for just one person.
It was for Corentin, who needed to come over occasionally.
However, to Ashlynn, any more fancy facilities only meant a prettier cage and ponds for her.
Corentin hugged her from behind, and his hand was on her flat tummy. “I will spend the nights here for these few days so that you can get used to living here.”
Ashlynn looked at the scenic garden and did not say a word.
“Just take good care of our child, and give birth to it. I need a kid so much.” Corentin kissed Ashlynn’s ear, and consoled her, “Aren’t you very fond of the triplets? Perhaps you have twins or triplets in your belly too.”
Ashlynn thought about the adorable appearances of the triplets. They were so cute, and anyone would love to have them.
Her heart was slightly melted.
She did not tell Corentin that, back then, even though she managed to send Salvatore to jail, she actually kept the kid.
She did not expect she would lose the kid in the end.
Maybe this was fated?
If the end was a tragedy, why did she have to be with Salvatore, why did she have to keep the child?
It would be the best option to pull everything to a halt immediately.
Corentin accompanied Ashlynn to sleep every day.
Ashlynn did not have to worry about Corentin forcing her. After all, she was already pregnant, so it kind of spared her.
The mansion was equipped with various women’s clothes, including pregnant women’s dresses, and the meals were curated to fit a pregnant woman’s requirements.