Chapter 90: Chapter 90: Bearing a Child for His Brother
"I overheard it!" Tata’s mood turned frantic again. "AHHH! That stinky man is trying to trick Sweetie into having a baby for his brother!"
Renee Jennings’s gaze hardened, and a flicker of astonishment crossed her plain, pretty face. "This is..."
[What did Tata say? Why is the host so shocked?]
[Tell us, tell us! The suspense is killing me!]
[I really hate that I don’t have the host’s ability...]
[Don’t worry, everyone. The host will definitely tell us once she gets the full story.]
"I haven’t gotten all the details yet, so please wait a moment." After explaining to her eager audience, Renee Jennings fixed her gaze on Tata and asked seriously, "What is their plan?"
Tata said angrily, "That bastard, that stinky man, is only dating Sweetie for his brother’s sake!"
Renee Jennings’s brow furrowed slightly. "Tata, where did you hear this?"
Tata: "One time, Sweetie went on a trip with her best friend and left me with that stinky man for a few days. I heard him on the phone with his family."
That afternoon, Sweetie’s boyfriend, Ivan Lowe, got a call from his family asking when he was going to bring Sweetie home.
Ivan Lowe said smugly, "Don’t worry. That woman is completely devoted to me now. She believes whatever I say. She’s not going anywhere."
At the time, Tata had been playing with his toys. When he heard that, he instantly became alert.
’Who?’
’Which woman?’
"The sooner the better, to avoid any complications," Mrs. Lowe urged from the other end of the line.
Tata pricked up his ears, listening intently.
Ivan Lowe rubbed his temples. "I know, but Sweetie’s away on a trip right now. The soonest we can do anything is after she gets back."
"Then tell her to come back!" Mrs. Lowe said, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. "Didn’t you say she’s very obedient? Tell her to stop messing around and hurry back to have a baby for your brother!"
Tata’s feline eyes went wide.
’What?’
’Make Sweetie have a baby for his brother? How is that reasonable?’
Even a cat like Tata found the whole thing outrageous.
"I know," Ivan Lowe said. "I’ll arrange it as soon as she’s back from her trip. I guarantee your eldest son will have a big, healthy baby boy to carry on the family line."
Tata was so furious he started scratching wildly at the sofa. "Bad guy! Big bad guy!"
Ivan Lowe hung up the phone. Seeing the scratch marks Tata had made on the sofa, he frowned in displeasure, picked the cat up, and locked him in his cage.
"Host!" Tata was extremely agitated. "It’s a good thing I met you today! It must be fate! Please, you have to save Sweetie!"
"I understand." Renee Jennings nodded at him through the screen, then her gaze fell on Sweetie’s face. "What I’m about to say might sound unbelievable, but this is what Tata heard with his own ears. He told me I absolutely have to save you."
Unease instantly filled Sweetie’s face. "Is it something serious?"
Renee Jennings: "Very serious. It concerns your future."
"Just tell me," Sweetie said, her expression turning grave as she pressed her lips into a thin line.
Renee Jennings said softly, "A while ago, you went on a trip with a friend and left Tata at your boyfriend’s place, didn’t you?"
Sweetie’s pupils contracted. Her eyelashes fluttered a few times before she managed to say, "Yes."
’This is my first time on a call with the host, and she even knows about that... so she really can understand what Tata is saying.’
As this realization dawned on her, Sweetie felt her heart skip a beat, then begin to pound violently. A vague sense of foreboding washed over her.
Renee Jennings: "And did Tata become very aggressive after that, especially when he saw your boyfriend?"
Sweetie’s face paled. She gave a stiff nod. "Yes."
Renee Jennings: "It’s because Tata overheard his plan at your boyfriend’s house. That’s why he’s so hostile toward him, but he had no way of telling you."
"So..." Sweetie bit her lip, her voice low and muffled. "What was the plan?"
Renee Jennings looked at her, a hint of sympathy in her eyes. "Tata heard that your boyfriend is dating you for his brother’s sake."
[Huh? Dating her for his brother? What kind of scheme is that?]
[Is it because Sweetie’s boyfriend’s brother won’t date or get married, so her boyfriend is finding a girlfriend because of family pressure?]
[That can’t be right. If he was dating her because of family pressure, why would they say it’s ’for his brother’?]
Sweetie looked completely bewildered. "Host, what do you mean by that?"
Renee Jennings sighed. "Besides taking you to meet his parents tonight, your boyfriend also plans to have you bear a child for his brother to carry on their family line."
Disbelief filled Sweetie’s eyes. She shook her head, frantically denying it. "Impossible! I don’t believe it! You must be lying!"
Tata meowed at her. "Sweetie, you have to believe what the host is saying! I heard it!"
Renee Jennings said helplessly, "I’m just relaying what Tata told me."
The audience also chimed in, trying to persuade Sweetie.
[Sweetie, don’t be in denial! You have to believe her! Last time, Peach didn’t believe the host either, but the host ended up saving her.]
[Oh my god, your boyfriend is so disgusting to come up with a scheme like that! Break up with him!]
[Sweetie, you have to believe the host! Being able to connect with her and find this out is a blessing from heaven trying to save you!]
[I have two words for you: BREAK UP!!!]
Sweetie watched the viewer comments scroll by, her heart a tangled mess of complicated and painful emotions.
’Walter and I have known each other for three years and been dating for a year and a half. How could he be that kind of person?’
The rims of Sweetie’s eyes gradually turned red as she clenched her fists tightly.
Renee Jennings looked at her pale face and sighed inwardly. "You should be glad you have such a smart cat."
[She should be even more grateful she met the host! Otherwise, it wouldn’t matter how smart the cat is!]
[Host, you’re my goddess.]
"I really can’t believe it..." Sweetie mumbled, crestfallen. "Walter and I have already started talking about marriage. He said we’d meet his parents this time, then meet mine next time, and he’d bring up the wedding then."
"Don’t go meet them," Renee Jennings said lightly. "Find someone who will treat you sincerely. The one thing this world isn’t short of is men."
"No!" Sweetie choked out through blurry tears. "I don’t believe it! It’s fake! You’re lying to me!"
Renee Jennings watched the girl’s sorrowful expression through the screen, a stark contrast to the vibrant energy she’d had at the beginning of the call.
She pressed her lips together and offered gentle consolation. "I can understand. Any girl would find this impossible to accept."
"We were about to get married..." Sweetie sobbed, slumped over in front of the screen.
[Sigh, crying like that... Sweetie must actually believe it, right?]
[It’s a good thing she found out now. Imagine if she met the parents and then got left in the brother’s room. That would be horrible!]
[Sweetie, girl, you shouldn’t be crying! You should be happy!]
Sweetie wiped the tears from her face, glanced at the viewer comments, and took a deep breath. "I’m going to get a clear answer."
She was on the video call using a tablet. She picked up the phone sitting beside her and dialed Ivan Lowe’s number.
Over 10,000 viewers were glued to their screens, watching her.
The phone rang for two seconds before a man’s gentle voice came through. "Sweetie, are you ready? It’ll be another half an hour before I can come pick you up."
