Ch. 1561..1565: Powerful Papa with Triplet Babies Chapter 1561-1565
Chapter 1561
The way she put it sounded like she was considering the matter for the reputation of the wealthy families at every turn.
In fact, however, only she knew best why she did it.
Besides, it was all so obvious, so what was there for them to reject the idea?
She refused to believe Corentin was not thinking the same thing.
Beth and Jeremy could not make a decision there and then. They felt that no matter what, it would be hurting Ashlynn.
They had to keep the harm to a minimum…
“I didn’t have an affair,” Ashlynn said again.
“I believe you,” said Corentin.
Ashlynn was slightly stunned as she looked at Corentin.
Jeremy became anxious. “Corentin, you already had a vasectomy but she got pregnant. This is the truth that will never change. Why are you still fooling yourself?”
“Call the doctor here,” Corentin said to Evan, who was behind him.
Evan then went out to look for the doctor.
Not long after, the doctor came over.
Before Corentin said anything, Meredith beat him to the punch and asked, “If the man has already gotten a vasectomy, could the woman still get pregnant? Unless the surgery has failed, right?”
If the doctor dared to say that the woman could get pregnant, then he would be admitting the hospital was unskilled.
Who would destroy the reputation of their own business?
“Before the surgery, I’ve already told Mr. Lloyd that a vasectomy is not one hundred percent effective. After practicing medicine for so many years, I’ve encountered people who have gotten pregnant after taking contraceptive medication, using condoms, and also having a vasectomy. Therefore, it’s dependent on the person’s body for every single case,” said the doctor.
“You mean there is a possibility for my daughter to get pregnant, right?” asked Beth.
“Yes,” said the doctor.
Beth looked at Corentin. “What do you think?”
“There’s no problem then. The child Ash is carrying is mine.” Corentin’s gaze was sharp. “If anybody were to question this and spread nonsense everywhere, don’t blame me for not being polite.”
As soon as he said that, Meredith had no way to speak everything in her mind anymore.
“Have the child then! As long as you won’t regret it. I have something on, so I’ll first be taking my leave. Auntie, I’ll go and visit you at a later time.”
Upon saying that, she turned around and left.
Seeing that, Beth said, “Corentin, you stay here. Jeremy and I will be returning home now. You have to pay attention to her meals and daily activities after she’s discharged from the hospital. Got it?”
“I will. Don’t worry.”
“If he made you uncomfortable while taking care of you, just give me a call and I’ll go pick you up.” Jeremy still wanted to continue but was pulled out of the ward by Beth.
“He’s your brother-in-law. What are you doing?” Beth criticized her son when they got out of the ward.
“Nothing. I’m just annoyed.” Jeremy stuffed both his hands into his pockets.
After everybody left, Corentin and Ashlynn were the only ones left in the ward.
The atmosphere in the ward was unusually depressing.
Corentin walked up to her and sat down on the edge of the bed. The bed sank a little as it could not withstand the weight.
He used his big hand to hold Ashlynn’s slightly cold hand. “I didn’t expect it would turn out like that. It’s my fault. I’m sorry…”
Ashlynn already lost the ability to think about the fact that she was pregnant.
It was completely not in her plan at all.
She had even planned on not having children in this life.
This was too sudden.
Corentin was truly apologizing at that moment. It was unexpected to him as well!
She could not bring herself to blame him.
“If you really don’t like it. I’ll ask the doctor to make preparations and conduct the surgery for you.”
Ashlynn looked up at Corentin’s face in a tense mood.
“Don’t be afraid I’m here!” Corentin kissed her on her soft lips.
After he let go of her, he stood up and went to tell the doctor about the surgery.
Just as he was about to take a step, he stopped in his tracks.
He looked down and saw a delicate and fair hand pinching a small corner of his pants.
Ashlynnis gaze was lowered. “Let’s keep the child.”
Corentinis body suddenly trembled “You want to keep the child?”
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“I’m already pregnant, so what can I do?” Ashlynn was also very troubled.
She thought that she could let him finish inside her without feeling any stress anymore after he had a vasectomy. She did not expect that she would actually get pregnant.
Corentin was extremely overjoyed. He went forward and put her in his arms. “Let’s have the child then! I’ll certainly be a good husband and father.”
Never would Ashlynn ever expect that her pregnancy was completely a plotted scheme.
After Corentin brought Ashlynn home, he was careful at all times, and he was almost carrying her all over the place.
He did not even go to his company anymore. He just kept Ashlynn accompanied at home every day, and he oversaw to make sure the cook would prepare different food for her to eat every day.
Because Ashlynn was still having morning sickness at that moment and would throw up if she ate too much, they did their best to ensure her food was plain but nutritious as they could not let Ashlynn throw up anymore.
Beth and Jeremy were serious and they took turns to come and visit her.
They even bought all sorts of baby supplies. Needless to say, clothes and shoes for the baby were
also included.
Even the nursery was already done up.
“Mom, Dad, and Jeremy, you guys don’t have to buy anything anymore. Corentin already bought plenty. Both for a boy and also a girl. He said one of them would certainly come in handy. The child is only one- month-old. Aren’t you guys a little too anxious?” Ashlynn expressed that she found it helpless.
“Sit down.” Beth pulled her to the couch and made her take a seat.
“Since when am I so weak?” Ashlynn chuckled.
“You’ve never given birth to a child before, so you have no idea. It’s best to lay in bed and rest. during your first trimester, but you keep walking about,” said Beth.
Ashlynn and Corentin both glanced at each other, then lowered their gaze.
She did not tell her family that she was once pregnant with Salvatore’s child in the past.
The child was gone at five months.
The pain of being separated was still so vivid to her.
Therefore, Ashlynn subconsciously held her belly.
“Mom, I will keep an eye on her. Don’t worry,” said Corentin.
Beth stroked Ashlynn’s hand. “Ash, I am truly overjoyed and filled with happiness. I found now, I’m going to be a grandmother! There’s nothing more amazing than this!”
you,
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Marshall said with a child, “I can testify to that. She insists on talking to me every night and it’s all about the child. I can’t even sleep even if I wanted to.”
“What’s the problem with that? I’ll give every single one of you a reminder now. If anything were to happen to my grandson, I’ll never spare all of you,” said Beth.
Jeremy refuted, “How do you know it’s a boy? She might be your granddaughter. Mom, don’t you always favor girls over boys?”
Beth glared at him. “What I mean is my grandchild. You should know what I mean. Besides, no matter if the child is a boy or a girl, I’ll be fond of the child just the same.”
“Yes, yes, yes, it’s my fault. You only have eyes for your daughter and grandchild now.” Jeremy surrendered.
Ashlynn saw that her mother was so happy, and she also heard everything she said.
Even if she did not want to deliver the child, Beth would probably exhaust all ideas to change her mind…
Since this child has everybody’s blessings, Ashlynn certainly would deliver the child with all her heart and soul.
When it was in the dead of the night, Owen and Paul watched Ivan’s car leave before they entered the residential area.
Paul was sitting by the flowerbed in the residential area. He could see every person who came in and out of the area there, and he could also hide in the darkness.
Owen, on the other hand, went into the apartment building.
He had already done a thorough investigation beforehand on which block and which apartment unit was the man living in.
Therefore, Owen, who was familiar with the route, arrived and stood in front of a door with great
ease.
At that moment, the person must be asleep.
He took out a piece of soft wire and stuck it into the keyhole.
Owen was a petty thief back when he was in the slum.
Therefore, he opened the door very easily.
After he went in, the entire place was in pitch-black darkness, and it was so quiet that he could hear his own heartbeat.
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Owen made his way to the room in the dark and gently pushed the door open.
He was wearing a wire and Paul was connected on the other end.
Therefore, both of them could clearly hear every movement happening on the other end.
The room only has simple furnishing, and a human size bulge was formed under the covers on the bed.
The person was asleep with his back facing the door.
While Owen approached the bed, he took out a knife.
He then stabbed the neck of the man on the bed.
With a slash, the knife was stabbed into the pillow. The man who was asleep at first dodged and avoided the knife.
Owen was shocked, then he quickly stabbed him once again.
Unexpectedly, the man on the bed reacted faster than Owen. The man was strong and agile, and his moves were clean and sharp.
He directly knocked Owen's knife to the ground.
Owen's wrist, on the other hand, became numbed after being struck, and he let out a dull moan in pain.
Paul, who was on the other end, noticed something was wrong, so he asked, "What's happening?"
Owen did not answer Paul through the wire. Instead, he asked the man whose face he could not see clearly in the dark a question. He could tell it was a man from his figure.
However, he absolutely was not the man they were looking for.
"Who are you?* asked Owen, and in the next second, the lights in the room were turned on.
Ivan was standing on the bed and facing Owen directly.
"Didn't you leave?" Owen's expression was vicious.
"It was another person who went out. I was waiting for you guys here." Ivan's gaze was ice cold with a murderous air. ’I want to know very badly who's the person who sent you here.
Ivan had never met Corentin's men, so it was only natural that he could not figure out that this had something to do with Corentin.
Even though Paul could not recognize Ivan's voice, he figured out who it could possibly be. He then said in a low voice through the wire, "Owen, retreat!”
Owen, however, felt he had to kill the man to silence him. After all, the man has already seen his face.
Therefore, he charged forward once again and fought with Ivan.
At first, he could still handle Ivan, but it got more and more straining for him later. In the end, he flew across the room after Ivan gave him a kick.
Owen fell on the coffee table, and the coffee table was almost smashed.
Ivan was seeing red and was prepared to deliver a critical hit straight away.
However, a chair flew toward him from behind his back.
Ivan noticed something was wrong and dodged it rapidly.
With a loud smash, the chair landed on the floor.
Paul pulled Owen up, pointed his gun at Ivan, and fired a shot.
Ivan got up immediately and dodged the bullet.
He then fired two shots before Paul and Owen escaped through the door.
They still escaped in the end.
Ivan turned on the lights in the living room and looked up. There was a surveillance camera installed in the corner of the ceiling.
Paul and Owen got in the car and successfully escaped from the residential area.
However, Owen was shot in the back of his waist and he was bleeding all over the seat. The stench of the blood filled the air inside the sealed car.
"How're you doing?" asked Paul, then he handed him a towel. "Press it against your wound.’
Owen pressed the towel against his wound. He was instantly in so much pain that he wailed and almost lost consciousness.
"Hang in there."
Corentin was sound asleep while hugging Ashlynn when he received a call from Paul.
He then quietly left the room with the phone in his hand. He answered the call, but before he said anything, Paul's urgent voice could be heard coming from the other end of the call.
"Mr. Lloyd, something went wrong. It was a trap."
"What the hell are you guys doing? You guys can't even tell it was a trap?" Corentin held his voice back and bellowed as he was extremely furious.
"Owen got shot. It doesn't look too good," said Paul after glancing at Owen, who has already lost consciousness.
"Go to the bar. i'll send a doctor over!" Corentin immediately hung up the call.
They could not even get such a small matter right!
He had already reminded them to be mindful of traps! How brainless!
Corentin returned to the room and took a glance at Ashlynn. She was more lethargic as she was pregnant, so she did not even notice the movements of the person next to her.
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When Corentin got to the bar, Owen had already died because he lost too much blood and the resuscitation failed.
The atmosphere was unusually grave among the brotherhood of men who used to hang out together in the past.
It was impossible for Paul, who was the closest to Owen, to not feel saddened.
Corentin maintained a suppressed silence while looking at Owen’s body.
Paul told him in detail about their mission at night, “…I asked Owen to retreat. He didn’t and he fought with Ivan. If I had arrived slightly later, he would have been captured alive.”
“I’ve long said that Owen’s temper will have him killed one day.” Corentin wore a gloomy expression on his face.
Paul had tried to talk some sense into Owen in private! However, Owen’s character was simply hot - tempered. It was very easy for him to act on impulse.
“Mr. Lloyd, we have to avenge Owen!” One of the associates shouted.
The rest echoed, “Yes. If we don’t take revenge, they won’t take us seriously!”
Paul shot a glance at them with a serious gaze. “Don’t act recklessly and end up following Owen’s footsteps.”
“Are we supposed to be afraid of that man? Mr. Lloyd is the most powerful man in Athetin!”
“Of course, Mr. Lloyd won’t be afraid. Rather, this is not the time now. It’s a fool’s move to go into a lose–lose situation,” said Paul.
Corentin looked straight ahead with a grave expression. “If anybody dared to take revenge or spread word about this matter everywhere without my order, don’t blame me when he no longer has a place in Athetin. I will etch Owen’s revenge in my mind. Paul, settle this properly.”
“Yes.”
Corentin did not stay any longer. He turned around and left.
When he got home, Ashlynn was still sound asleep on the big bed in the bedroom.
Corentin took off his clothes, got into bed, and gently hugged her in his arms.
Ashlynn moved her body a little, found a comfortable position, and continued sleeping.
The next morning, Corentin had breakfast together with Ashlynn.
Breakfast was a feast and very nutritious.
“Have the custard.” Corentin put it in front of her.
“I’m already full. I can’t eat anymore.”
“Just a bite. Be a good girl.”
Ashlynn was very speechless. What did he mean to be a good girl? Has he not gone overboard with the way he fed her? If this continued, she would put on plenty of weight before she even delivered the child.
*Just a small bite. Open wide. Corentin scooped a small bite with a spoon and brought it to her mouth.
“I’ll do it myself.” Ashlynn snatched the spoon away and ate by herself.
The butler came in. “Mr. Lloyd, you have a guest.”
Ivan stood at the door to the dining room and nodded his head a little. “Hello, Mr. Lloyd. Pardon my intrusion.”
“Have you had breakfast?” Corentin was considerably polite.
“Yes, I have.”
“Wait for me. I’ll head over in a moment.”
After Ivan left, Ashlynn asked, “Why is he here? Is Anne and Anthony here?”
“He didn’t leave. He has been here all this while conducting an investigation. Maybe he needs me to help him with something.”
Ashlynn was stuffed, and Corentin was done as well, so they left the dining room.
Ivan did not take a seat. Instead, he was standing here with his figure as straight as a pole.
“I’ll first take my wife back to the room,” said Corentin.
Ashlynn has issues with that. “Can I not listen as well?”
“You’re carrying a child now, so just don’t listen to these things anymore.”
“Are you being overprotective?”
“Ash, you know how badly I want this child. Your parents share the same thoughts as me as well.”
“I just had breakfast, so I want to go out for a stroll,” said Ashlynn as she walked toward the outside of the living room.
Corentin hurriedly ordered the servants, “Follow her closely.”
After Ashlynn left, Corentin invited Ivan to take a seat.
“Is there something I can help you with? Or have you found a clue?”
Ivan took out his phone and showed Corentin a surveillance footage on it. It was a clear screenshot of Owen’s face.
“Please help me find this person, Mr. Lloyd.”
Chapter 1565
Powerful Papa With Triplet Babies Chapter 1565
Corentin took over his phone, looked at the person on the screen, and pondered for a moment. Who’s this person? Does he have something to do with what you’re investigating?”
“Two people wanted to kill the victim last night, but they fell into my trap. I only managed to see one of the faces clearly. The other one had a mask on,” said Ivan.
“You’ve already told Anthony?”
“Yes.”
“Leave this matter to me. If he is still in Athetin, it’ll be very easy for me to find him.”
“You feel he might not be in Athetin?”
“It’s hard to say. Some people would go into hiding after they committed a crime Like Tommy. I believe it’ll be easy for us to find Tommy’s tracks once we find this person.”
Corentin deliberately implied that this person has something to do with Tommy.
Ivan stood up. “I’ll leave this to you then. Thank you.”
Then, he left.
Just as he got into the car, someone pulled the car door from the opposite side open and got into the car.
It was Ashlynn.
Ivan looked at her in silence. “…Is there anything I can help you with, Mrs. Lloyd?”
“What brings you here to look for Corentin? Have you found a clue regarding the thing that happened earlier?” asked Ashlynn.
“Someone went to assassinate the victim and was caught by me on the spot, so I’m troubling Mr. Lloyd to help me look into it.”
Ashlynn gave a thought and asked, “Who is it? Do you have a picture? Can you show me?”
“Why don’t you ask Mr. Lloyd? I’ve given him the photo. You’re pregnant now, right? You shouldn’t be worried about all these.”
Of course, Ashlynn would not ask Corentin because he would not tell her even if she asked anyway For some reason, she kept feeling that Corentin was doing something behind her back.
Perhaps she was just sensitive because she was pregnant…
“Corentin and I are different entities. You should know how powerful my family is, right? I won’t even need to worry at all. I’ll just show them the photo. The more help we get, the greater the chance of us finding the culprit, isn’t it?”
Indeed, Ivan had been in Athetin for quite some time.
However, he has not been making progress.
He finally found another person who had been infected, but that person had been scared out of his mind.
In the end, the person who fell into the trap he set up got away.
Was he supposed to continue waiting again?
Mr. Marwood was not a patient man.
Ivan took out his phone and showed her the photo. “This person.”
Ashlynn looked at Owen’s photo on the screen with downcast eyes, and she did not move a muscle at all.
Her long hair was blocking one side of her face, so her expression could not be clearly seen.
She was just suspicious, so much so that she thought she was overthinking it, but when she saw the man, she was overly shocked.
What she felt the most, however, was just disappointment and heartbreak.
“Why did this man want to kill the victim? Is this not related to Tommy?” There were still plenty of things in Ashlynn’s mind that she could not understand.
“This virus was created by Tommy, so no one else could’ve gotten their hands on it, right?” Ivan. made a guess.
Ashlynn handed the phone to him. “Send me the photo. I’ll ask my brother to look into it.”
“Thank you very much.”
“If Corentin asked what we talked about in the car, please make sure to cover up for me,” said Ashlynn, looking at Corentin, who was walking toward them Upon saying that, she opened the car door and got out of the car.
Corentin’s amber colored eyes glinted and his gaze was extremely gloomy. He grabbed her hand and asked, “What’s the matter?”
“Nothing. I just asked how Anne’s situation has been lately and if they’ve caught Tommy. I’m a bit tired. I’ll just head back to the room to take a rest.”
Corentin did not dare to let her leave on her own.
He directly carried her in his arms. “Don’t walk on your own if you’re tired.”
Ashlynn did not reject him. She simply let him carry her back to the room as he pleased.
After she laid down on the bed, she closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Corentin kissed her cheek, got up, got out of the room, and gave Ivan a call. “What did you tell my wife?”