Chapter 537: Seemingly Becomes A Cuckold
Wendy was a little dazed by the sudden disconnected tone on the other side of the phone. She had just woken up and was not totally conscious yet.
Once Wendy was fully awake, she remembered the words Grandmother had said on the phone and the tone she had used. Wendy swallowed.
What had happened? Hadn’t Grandmother been so kind and caring about her yesterday? Why had it changed overnight?
Wendy reached out and touched her belly. Didn’t Grandmother know that she was pregnant? Could it be that she had heard it all wrong just now, not being fully awake?
Head full of doubts, Wendy got out of bed. She saw Michael sitting at the dining table, his face lowered with a heavy expression on his face.
Hearing the sound of footsteps, Michael raised his head, looked at Wendy, and smiled gently as he got up. "Wendy, let’s have breakfast after you wash up. I’ll call Jake and Leah."
"Michael..." Wendy thought for a while and then said to him, "Just now, Grandmother called me, asking us to go back to the mansion immediately."
"Grandmother wants us to go back right away?" Michael frowned when he heard this and asked, "Did Grandmother say anything else?"
Wendy saw that Michael’s expression was a little nervous. She quickly asked, "Did something happen? When Grandmother called me just now, her tone was somewhat off."
"Let’s have breakfast first," Michael said. "Let the kids get more sleep. They don’t have to go to school anyway," he said.
Seeing Michael sit back down on his chair, Wendy became more anxious.
She walked up to Michael and asked, "What’s the matter?"
Wendy thought it might have been just Grandmother’s phone call that she had misjudged. Michael’s behavior now made it seem like there must be something unusual going on.
Michael served Wendy a bowl of porridge, placing the spoon inside. He smiled darkly and said, "Have some food first. Let’s go to see Grandmother after breakfast."
The more Michael behaved like this, the more disturbed Wendy became.
"How can I eat with such doubts?" Wendy frowned tightly.
"Then I’ll tell you when you finish eating." Michael was afraid that once he told Wendy the truth, she would not have any appetite then.
By now, Wendy knew that things could not be simple at all. She looked at the porridge placed in front of her and finally went to wash up before forcing herself to eat although she didn’t have much of an appetite.
Looking at her half-finished bowl, Wendy could not bear to eat any more.
Michael didn’t force the issue. "Go get dressed. We’ll go back now and I’ll tell you everything on the way," he said.
Wendy nodded and went to get changed.
As Wendy and Michael were about to head out, Jake came in, having just woken up.
He asked, "Mommy, are you going out?"
"We are going to see Grandmother," Wendy said.
"You’re not taking Leah and me?" Jake wondered. "Leah said yesterday that she would like to play with Great-grandmother again today."
Wendy glanced at Michael, her eyebrows furrowing slightly as she said, "No, not today. Just have fun with your sister at home, and Mommy and Daddy will be back soon."
Jake felt something was wrong, but nodded. It was only 9 A.M., and yet his parents were in a rush to leave, saying that they would return to the mansion. Moreover, it was strange that they were going back without Leah and him.
But Jake had never asked much because he knew that he was still too young. He simply could not help being aware of many things.
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In the car, Wendy fastened her seat belt and watched Michael staring ahead as he drove. She sighed and asked, "Michael, can you tell me what’s happened now?
Otherwise, I won’t know what is going on."
Michael took a deep breath as he said hesitantly, "Wendy, you have to prepare yourself mentally..."
"It’s been a while since Grandmother called, and I’m mentally prepared," Wendy replied. She felt fearful and slightly helpless.
"I received a call from Mr. York early in the morning." Michael paused and said, "Christian has bought the media and released a news item saying that you’ve been pregnant for two months. And yet two months ago, you weren’t in Lake City..."
As Michael trailed off, Wendy’s eyes widened. She certainly understood the meaning of his words. She immediately looked for her cellphone, her hands trembling as she retrieved it from her bag.
Michael observed Wendy out of the corner of his eye. He felt worried, and comforted her. "Christian deliberately intended to smear us. Wendy, don’t worry. I have asked Mr. York to assist in this matter. We will have this taken down soon."
"So that’s why Grandmother called us to go back to the mansion right away. She found out about it, right?" Wendy was already holding on to her cellphone.
With shaking hands, she clicked on the news application. Sure enough, the first article in the entertainment section was about her. The headline blared: Michael Lucas’ Wife Wendy Is Two Months Pregnant; Mr. Lucas Seemingly Becomes A Cuckold Wendy took a closer look at the content:
"It is reported that Wendy Stewart, the wife of MC Enterprise’s CEO, also known as the famous fashion designer Corrine Swift, is now two months pregnant. Two months ago, Wendy was in Rheinsville City, and at the time, in a complicated relationship with Todd Lewis, the CEO of Lewis Design Company. According to relevant insiders, when Wendy was in Rheinsville City, she seduced a resident of the city, who comes from high society.
Wendy spent time with that man exactly two months ago. When Michael Lucas went to Rheinsville City looking for Wendy, he happened to discover the two of them in bed. What’s more, there are rumors about Wendy leading a messy love life in Rheinsville City, and often obtaining business through immoral means.
Now she’s back in Lake City with Mr. Lucas. Perhaps she needs to claim a father for her child. It should have been a happy event for her; if only Mr. Lucas didn’t know what Wendy did in Rheinsville City. As for the unborn child, Mr Lucas may now be questioning the identity of its biological father."
The news report also included several pictures inserted between the lines. They had all been taken when Wendy and Todd had been pretending to be a couple.
The man mentioned in the news was Clement. However, no one had a photo of Wendy and Clement, so there was no graphic evidence.
Wendy couldn’t believe the news she’d just read. There were now over ten thousand comments on the article, accumulated within a short period.
[No way, no way. Ms. Stewart also screwed herself up? I always thought that only the entertainment industry was so messy. Too terrible.]
[Wendy came to power so quickly in Rheinsville City and became a top designer in just a few years. Anyway, I don’t believe that she is without her tactics. If you look at the famous international designers, most of them are in their 40s or 50s. Even the youngest one is not like Wendy, who made her mark internationally in her mid-20s.]
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[I still can’t believe it. If there is no evidence, the entertainment news should not have written this indiscriminate content. Okay?]
[Dude, what evidence do you want? Wendy has indeed become a top designer at a young age. Others have to toil for several years before achieving success, and she doesn’t even have to. You could say that she relied on her own competence to get to the top, but I don’t believe it anyway. I admit that she is somewhat talented, but she’s not yet able to crush designers all over the world.]
[In fact, Wendy hadn’t been going out with Todd for long two months ago. Besides, her baby might be more than two months old. Who knows how long she has been pregnant? Now think about it, when Todd and Wendy broke up, could it be that Todd found out about Wendy’s messy love life, so they broke up?]
[Poor Mr. Lucas. After waiting for Wendy for so many years, it turned out that he became a cuckolded husband.]
[You people base everything on hearsay and merely believe in the news. Please use your brain so as not to be driven by the media framing.]
[Who’s the one without a brain indeed? A week ago, Christian got smeared so miserably by all the netizens, and now comes Wendy’s news. I wonder if Wendy deliberately bought out the media to conceal her pregnancy so that public opinion was concentrated on Christian. Nonetheless, she did not expect that her messy love life would still get disclosed by others in the end.]
[You can say that again! I felt Christian’s news was outrageous at first. He loves Zen and his child so much. Most importantly, he is not short of money. How could he force Zen to draw design sketches?]
[Yes, yes, I also feel outraged. Probably Wendy wanted to conceal her affairs to avoid becoming the target of public opinion, so she bought out the media. Doesn’t the entertainment industry often do this? If a scandal gets caught out by a reporter, they would discredit their opponents first. Not only does it smear the opponents, it also reduces their own clout and public opinion.]
[After reading your words, I only want to say that the entertainment industry is such a mess. Fortunately, I am poor and a nobody, so no one is going after me.
Otherwise, I might not survive two episodes or even the opening theme within a drama series.]
[Michael is so loving that he even accepts such a woman. Poor Mr. Lucas, I think it is unfair for him. Oh, by the way, I presume that Mr. Lucas also needs to do a paternity test with the twins. Perhaps those two children have nothing to do with him either.]
Almost all of the comments that Wendy saw were criticizing her.
One short piece of entertainment news had completely subverted the public’s view of her. Wendy could not differentiate the genuine comments from those posted by the ghostwriters bought by Christian. She only knew that so far, 90% of the comments were meant to smear her.
She took a deep breath, suppressing her emotions as much as possible.
Michael glanced at Wendy worriedly. While waiting for the traffic lights, he reached out to hold Wendy tightly with one hand and comforted her. "Wendy, don’t look at it anymore. It was all released by Christian. Apparently, those who aligned with Christian were all the ghostwriters he hired. He wanted to divert the conflict and let everyone aim at you by doing this."
Since Christian had released the news, he would definitely get ghostwriters to lead public opinion. The effect was clear. Wendy logged onto Twitter to check on the situation there.
The trending topics on Twitter had flipped. In the top ten trending topics, she accounted for three, and Christian accounted for two.
All three of Wendy’s were to scold her, but both of Christian’s were to feel sorry for him due to the previous misunderstandings.
