However, Grace immediately felt a pang of guilt the moment she thought of Ed. She quickly scrolled through their chat history.

    After she had coaxed himst time, he seemed to have been behaving himself ever since.

    After taking a deep breath, she was just about to drive toward the manor when Liam suddenly called, his voice filled with panic.

    "Grace, can you go to the vi and see what''s going on? The housekeeper said Andrea got food poisoningst night and has been throwing up all day. She''s refusing to go to the hospital."

    Grace''s hands tightened on the steering wheel. So, in the end, Liam really had let Andrea move into his vi.

    She raised a hand to massage her temples.

    "I''ll goter. I have something important to take care of first."

    Liam didn''t say anything, but his breathing grew heavier.

    Grace pressed her lips together, then reluctantly turned the wheel in the opposite direction.

    "Fine. I''ll go check on her now."

    ...

    Inside the vi, Andrea was sitting with one leg crossed over the other, looking smug and imperious.

    "This fruit wasn''t air-shipped, was it? I''m not eating it. I''m carrying Liam''s child, the future heir to Lambert Group. You''d all better treat me with more respect."

    She had been living in the vi for a week now, and the housekeepers were already worn thin. Unfortunately, she wasn''t wrong-everyone had to tiptoe around her.

    Just as Andrea was about to lean back, she spotted Grace''s car through the window.

    She quickly clutched her stomach and feigned a frail, weak appearance.

    When Grace walked in, she was greeted by the sight of Andrea covered in sweat.

    Andrea didn''t bother to hide her hostility, leaning against the side. "I''ve been feeling awful all day. What, were you waiting for me to die beforeing over?"

    Grace gave her a once-over and said coldly, "I''ll arrange for someone to take you to the hospital."

    Andrea immediately hugged a throw pillow to her chest and looked terrified.

    "No way! Who knows if you''re nning to use this opportunity to get rid of my baby?"

    Grace''s brows furrowed in annoyance. She turned to the housekeeper and asked, "What''s her actual condition?"

    The housekeeper wanted to say that Andrea had been fine all along, that there was nothing wrong with her. However, Andrea was now the de facto mistress of the vi, and once Grace left, the staff would be the ones to suffer.

    So, she could only lower her head and mutter nervously, "Ms. Sullivan just ate something bad. She threw up a few times and is feeling a bit weak."

    Upon hearing this, Andrea suddenly clutched her stomach.

    "I can''t take it anymore! The pain is killing me! Grace, you''d bettere by the vi often and wait with mez for Liam toe back. If anything happens to this baby, its grandfather wouldn''t be able to rest in peace, would he?"

    Grace stiffened. A memory suddenly surfaced in her mind-something from her birthday.

    Quentin said his biggest wish was to see her and Liam safely married and start their own families. Perhaps that was the wish of every parent out there.

    Andrea used her memories of Quentin to guilt her, and it worked.

    Grace fell silent and called a doctor to make a house visit instead.

    While waiting for the doctor to arrive, Andrea didn''t stop causing drama. One minute, she imed she had a headache, and the next, she wouldin about stomach pains.

    She had long received orders from Joanne to use the child inside her to keep Grace distracted, keeping her away from Ethan.

    The doctor arrived an hourter. Grace was ready to leave as she was in a rush to pick some magnolia blossoms at the manor.

    But just as she took a step toward the door, Andrea actually fainted.

    Moreover, this time, it wasn''t an act. She hit the corner of a table and even started bleeding.

    When Andrea first teamed up with

    Joanne, she had sworn a vicious

    oath to follow Joanne''s orders to the

    letter in

    order to secure her ce as

    the future mistress of the Lambert

    family.

    And as a matter of fact, she did get a taste of the sweetness of power, so she

    treated Joanne''s instructions like royal decrees.

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