The next day, Zoey sent someone to bring Vi to Silverstone Estate. However, Vi replied that she wasn''t feeling well and would return on another date. She was plotting how to discuss the divorce with Barrett, and didn''t want her family to know just yet. However, Barrett had been on night dutytely. He slept during the day, which left them with little time to talk. It wouldn''t do to bring up the divorce out of the blue without any preparation-there had to be some sort ofmotion first.


    Since Vi''s visit to Richspire Peak, she had felt utterly exhausted. There were two days when she slept through the afternoon, not waking even when Barrett returned from his shift. It was only when Poppy nudged her awake for dinner that she finally stirred. Fatigue, drowsiness, and a slight sense of nausea gued Vi. On top of that, her monthly cycle was dyed by several days. With all the factsbined, she couldn''t shake the worry that she might be pregnant.This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org.


    Calcting the dates in her mind, she recalled how Barrett had spent nearly every night at Grace Mansion during what had been the most romantic phase of their marriage. Panic set in as she fervently hoped she wasn''t pregnant.


    She didn''t dare call for a physician toe to her, so she donned a veil and headed to a physician''s office with Poppy to get checked.


    At the physician''s office, an elderly physician with silver hair smiled and said, "Congrattions, mydy. You are indeed pregnant."


    Vi felt her blood run cold. Even though she had suspected for days, the confirmation left her reeling.


    How could she be so unlucky? Why did it have to happen now?


    If she had be pregnant before Thomas returned, she wouldn''t have entertained any other thoughts. But now that she had opened up to Thomas, her feelings were uncontainable. If she had be the wife of a third-rank major general and gained a title of nobility, it would have fulfilled all her aspirations in this life.


    However, the arrival of this child threatened to shatter everything she had worked for.


    She returned to Silverstone Estate in despair, and ordered everyone out of Evelyn''s quarters.


    Then, she knelt on the ground before her mother, just as she had years ago. She raised her head, trembling all over, panic and desperation flickering in her eyes.


    "Mom, please help me," she pleaded, "I can''t keep this baby."


    Evelyn nearly fainted at Vi''s words as she eximed, "What are you saying? Is the child not your husband''s again?!"


    For noble families, this was a nightmare from the past.


    Tears streamed down Vi''s cheeks. "It''s Barrett''s. But Mom, I''ve reconciled with Thomas. He promised that if I divorced, he would marry me again. I can''t keep this child." Evelyn struck Vi across the face sharply, and Vi''s face snapped to the side. Yet she quickly turned back to face her furious mother, her own body trembling with defiance. "Mom, if you don''t help me, I''ll kill myself right now!"


    Evelyn''s vision blurred, and pain constricted her chest. She pressed her hand to her heart, and slowly copsed to the ground.


    "Mom! Mom!" Vi cried out in panic, wrapping her arms around her. "Someone! Mom has fainted!"


    After the family physician administered treatment, Evelyn gradually regained consciousness.


    With a weary gaze, she looked at Zoey and Luna. "You two stay. Everyone else, leave."


    "Mom..." Vi knelt beside the bed, sobbing.


    Evelyn turned her head away, refusing to look at her. "Get out!"


    Vi sniffled, and bowed her head. "Mom, you must help me. I''m begging you onest time."


    With that, she slowly rose and walked out.


    Not even Evelyn''s closest maid was allowed to stay. Everyone was ushered out. The door was locked, the curtains drawn, and the room fell into darkness.


    Zoey had an inkling of what had happened. It seemed that Vi was truly intent on divorcing, and Evelyn couldn''t bear the news.


    So she asked directly, "Mother, is it about Vi wanting a divorce?"


    Evelyn fixed her with a heavy gaze "Zoey, you''re preparing for the worst, but it won''t matter. She has already gone to see Thomas. She truly intends to divorce."


    "If she really can''t get along with Barrett and wants to divorce, that''s fine. We''re her family. We epted her back once, and we''ll ept her back again. After all, such a thing happened at Valor Estate, and several lives were lost. No one Knows if there will be assassins lurking-" Zoey began.


    "She''s pregnant," Evelyn interrupted Zoey sharply. "She wants to get rid of the baby and remarry Thomas."


    "What?!" Zoey and Luna gasped in unison.


    Upon hearing the full story from


    Evelyn, Zoey''s heart burned with fury toward Vi. She didn''t care about the consequences any longer, and instructed Luna to take care f Evelyn.


    Once outside, Zoey ordered, "Prepare the horses!"


    That matter could no longer be buried. Thomas needed to crush any thoughts Vi had and put an end to her intentions.