The Pampering CEO: Don't Mess With My Secretly-Married Sweet Wife

Chapter 563 I’m Over Him

I’m pregnant!

Susan’s back stiffened.

She jerked her head around to stare at Willa. All her assumed calmness was gone, and surges of intense emotions flitted across her eyes.

"What do you mean by that?" Susan growled.

She could understand Willa's sentence, but her brain refused to work at that moment. She understood every meaning of the word in the sentence, but when Willa put them together, she was confused.

A faint triumphant grin crossed Willa’s lips when she saw the crack in Susan’s calm facade.

Wills then continued in a soft voice, "I'm pregnant, Susie. It's Julian's baby. I have checked with the doctor. It's a boy. Madam Shaw is happy as well."

'She is pregnant, and it’s Julian's baby!'

Susan's brain turned into a mushed mess.

When she decided to return to Skyking City, she thought she had prepared herself for everything. Little did she expect that her blood still ran cold when she heard of the news. It temporarily exceeded her level of acceptance and she could not come around to her senses.

For a moment, Susan stood frozen, her arms slowly turning cold.

With a smile tugging at the corner of her lips, Willa looked at Susan's ashen face and continued softly, "After this baby is born, he will be the sole heir of the Shaws. He will inherit everything of the

Shaws, but don’t worry, Susie. Even though Chessie is a girl, Julian wouldn’t be so heartless. I'm certain he'll leave something for her. As for the adopted kid, although he doesn't have the right of succession, I suppose we can work something out with him. Perhaps we can give him a job?"

Willa's tone was slow and mild, and she spoke as if she was already the mistress of the Shaws.

Susan suddenly came to a realization. A smile slowly formed at the tips of her lips as she said, "It seems that you've planned quite far ahead."

Willa then replied in a soft voice, "Susie, it's not good for Julian if he doesn't have a son. Now that he finally has a son, you should feel happy for him if you love him.”

Susan's smile broadened looking at the artificial smile on Willa's face.

On the other side, Willa was alarmed by Susan’s strange reaction.

’Has she gone mad? What is she smiling at?'

"Willa," Susan said flatly, "There are two things that you have to know. First, I'm Mrs. Shaw, while you are just a worthless concubine whose name cannot be mentioned in the public. Without my consent, you can never marry into the Shaws even if you bear Julian's kid.

Second, all assets of the Shaws, including the shares of StarTech, are under my name. I'm afraid that I have more say in who can or will inherit the Shaws' fortune."

Willa was stunned as disbelief crossed her eyes.

'What? StarTech's shares, all the Shaws' properties are under Susan's name? Julian Shaw... Did he really love this woman so much that he did things to this extent?’

Forcing down the surge of jealousy, Willa snarled out loud, "You can't be so selfish, Susan. Everything that belongs to Julian will be passed down to the child in my stomach. This is also Julian's wish. If you really love him, you should fulfill his wish."

Susan could not help but let out a laugh.

If it were in the past, she would've returned everything to Julian impulsively, but unfortunately, she was no longer who she used to be.

She did not want anything from Julian, but she was not going to give it to Willa and the baby in her stomach either. Besides, even if she did not want it, Chesney and Lucas had every right to receive the Straws' assets.

"I suggest you drop the thought if you think reverse psychology is going to work on me." Susan sneered, "I'll never give away what should belong to me and my kids. You just have to remember one thing. Without my consent, the baby inside of your stomach will only, and always be a... b* st*rd."

Willa's expression changed as she shot up from the chair. She grabbed Susan's arm in a state of emotional haste. "Susan, you evil woman..."

A hint of annoyance fitted across Susan's eyes.

She did not know how Willa, a homewrecker, got the courage to say she was an evil woman while she was the one who attempted to use her baby as the bargaining chip to force her to give away the title of Mrs. Shaw.

"Let go of me right now," Susan growled coldly.

A dark glint crossed Willa's eyes as she pitched her voice low and said, "Susan, Julian doesn't love you anymore. Why are you still hogging things that don't belong to you?"

"That is none of your business!" Susan snarled as she flung her arm.

All she did was just fling her arm, but Willa suddenly screamed out in pain and covered her stomach.

"Susie, no matter how much you're angry with me, the baby is innocent..." Willa looked at Susan with tears in her eyes.

Susan did not know what Willa was up to again.

'Is there something wrong with this woman? What did I do that she has to frame me like this?'

Be that as it may, she was not a pushover like before.

Susan sneered coldly, "Since I am the evil witch in your painstakingly forged playbook, I suppose I should act like one. Otherwise, it'd be too bad if I left you alone to play the act.”

With those words, Susan raised her arm up as she attempted to slap Willa’s cheek.

Just before her hand landed on Willa’s cheek, somebody stepped in and grabbed her arm behind her.

"Julian!" Willa’s face lit up in joy when she saw the man behind Susan.

'Julian Shaw!'

Susan froze at the mention of the name. "Julian, let Susan go. Her emotions have gotten the best of her.” Willa said softly," I’m fine after all.”

"Of course you're not fine. Baby is a very delicate being, and we should be very careful about it. Let's go to the hospital and have the doctor perform a check on you." Madam Shaw made a few quick and hasty steps to Willa.

Susan's lips curled into a sarcastic smirk when she saw how nervous Madam Shaw was.

It seemed to her that all the efforts she had made in the past were nothing compared to the baby boy in Willa’s stomach.

"I'm really fine..." Willa was about to say something when a deep voice rang out. " Mom is right. Let me send you to the hospital."

Susan relapsed into a trance when the voice, which was so familiar to her, wafted into her ears.

She could sense the man release her arm. Then, he went up to Willa and scooped her into his embrace.

"Julian..." Willa’s cheeks flushed pink in both embarrassment and surprise.

She did not expect Julian to defend her in front of Susan.

Indeed, the effect of a baby was huge.

Holding Willa in his arms, Julian began to walk out of the coffeeshop. He did not say anything, nor did he spare her a single glance.

Susan watched him expressionlessly.

When Julian walked past her, she grabbed his arm.

A myriad of emotions flashed across Julian's eyes when he felt the warmth of Susan’s hand on his arm. In the end, those emotions melted away as he asked plainly, "Is there anything I can help you with?"

Susan suddenly cracked a smile as she looked straight into his eyes. "Why? I nearly hit your woman and harm your baby. Is this how you should react as her husband and the baby's father?"

Julian turned his head around as he finally could look at the woman in front of him.

A single glance at the woman was always able to make the emotions inside of him go wild. However, he pressed those tumultuous emotions down and said flatly," You can't do it, Susie." "Can't do it? Are you saying that I won't harm Willa and her baby, or that I don't have the power to hurt them?'

Susan fell into a state of confusion. Julian dared not look at her anymore. Holding Willa in his arm, he marched off. Madam Shaw hastily followed after him.

Looking at their backs, which were getting smaller and smaller in her vision, Susan's back suddenly rounded itself like a bent bow.

It had been two years, and Julian and Willa had a baby. Susan found it reasonable since both of them loved each other very much, and it would be very strange for them not to have a baby.

At this instance, Susan heard something inside of her crumble. Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

She realized that she did not feel sad at all. Instead, she felt relieved, and it was at this moment that she truly understood.

She was just deceiving herself when she said that she was going to get over it. It was only now that she truly put Julian down when she looked at his back.

From now on, she would only protect those that she had to protect. Julian and everything about him had nothing to do with her anymore.