The Billionaire's Ex-Wife Returns!
Chapter 11: Two Months Pregnant

Chapter 11: Two Months Pregnant

"Sir, did you hear me?" Alaric walked closer, thinking Landon didn’t hear him the first time. He repeated his words. "Miss Leblanc suddenly collapsed, and your mother asked you to go to the hospital."

"Alaric, am I doctor?"

Alaric was dumbfounded. "No, sir."

"Then why are they urging me to go to the hospital?"

"But your mother and Miss Leblanc..."

"Enough, Alaric!" Landon raised his voice, shooting him a glance that had his secretary shutting his mouth. "The one who’s paying you is me, not my mother. And as for Yvonne, the doctors at the hospital didn’t become doctors, so they have to call me to come over."

"Understood, sir."

Alaric chanced a look at his boss and sighed in relief when his boss didn’t glare at him anymore. He almost lost his job just now. If he had said one more word, the word ’you’re fired’ would come out of Landon’s lips.

Thankfully, he knew how to shut up. And next time, he wouldn’t dare mention a word of Miss Leblanc in front of him.

Landon reluctantly backed away from the door before he started to walk away from it. He wanted to stay and wait for Lucy to come out. But he had already told Vanessa to pass his word to her.

He just needed to meet her under the same oak tree where they first met and speak to her.

Truthfully, he didn’t understand why he was even doing this.

Accepting the divorce should’ve been an easy thing. After all, it is what he wanted.

He could finally marry the woman who was his first love. He should be happy about it and celebrate.

But he just couldn’t.

At the mention of Yvonne’s collapse, Landon’s instinct that should’ve made him hurry to her side didn’t appear.

Instead, all he could think about was Lucy. Even his body refused to go elsewhere.

And he couldn’t comprehend why that was.

Maybe when he saw Lucy again, he would then figure out what was happening to him.

"Just what did you do to me, Lucy?" asked Landon, his voice barely a whisper as he entered the car.

...

"He’s gone, Lucy." Vanessa rapped her knuckles on the cabinet.

Lucy took a few seconds to respond, still reeling at the sight of Landon. Only a few meters were separating them, but her heart chilled when she realized how he had changed so much.

Pushing open the cabinet, Lucy looked at Vanessa guiltily. "I’m really sorry, Vanessa. I shouldn’t have come here."

If she hadn’t come to her best friend’s place, Vanessa wouldn’t have been involved in this mess.

Vanessa smiled. "Silly, that was nothing. I should’ve at least punched that bastard so he’d have a taste of your pain. Not that I’m saying it’ll be enough."

Lucy didn’t remark as she pulled herself out of the closet, leaving a messy trail of clothes on the ground. Landon really deserved a punch to the face. She loved him, but what he did was not just horrible.

The two found themselves sitting on the bed.

Silence fell over them until Vanessa asked, "What are your plans now?"

"I want to get out here," Lucy said hoarsely, but firmly.

"OK! I’ll help you!" Vanessa suddenly stood up and dragged Lucy to the kitchen. "But for now, I need you to fill your stomach with food first."

When food was mentioned, Lucy suddenly remembered that she hadn’t eaten anything all day.

The kitchen was soon filled with the delicious aroma of food, and after fifteen minutes, Vanessa placed a plate of food in front of her.

"Bon appetite!"

The two chatted for a while longer before Vanessa excused herself to take a phone call. Lucy watched her leave and continue eating her food.

After cleaning the plates she had just eaten on, Lucy saw Vanessa walking to the living room, waving at her to come to her.

Vanessa immediately pulled her to sit and handed her a paper, saying, "I booked you a flight to Auramont, a small town in Virelia. Don’t worry, no one will find you there, and it’s completely safe!"

Lucy was momentarily shocked, then smiled. "But I don’t know anyone in Auramont."

"Who said you don’t? I’m coming with you!" Vanessa flashed her a cheeky grin and winked.

"No. I can’t drag you into my problems anymore. Besides, don’t you have a job here? What about this place? I can’t let you leave behind everything for me."

"But..."

Lucy interrupted her. "Trust me, Vanessa. I can’t take care of myself."

"Fine! But you have to promise me you’ll get treatment while you’re staying there. If you don’t, I’ll fly there and haunt you like a ghost!" Vanessa narrowed her eyes with a pout that made Lucy smile.

An hour later, Vanessa helped Lucy drag her bags out of the apartment and drove to the airport to catch the earliest flight.

As they got out of the car, the speakers in the airport announced that the plane for the next flight had arrived, asking for the passengers to quickly check-in.

Looking at each other, Lucy couldn’t stop tearing up. She hugged Vanessa for the last time and said their farewells to each other.

"Take care of yourself."

Lucy wiped the tears from her eyes and took a deep breath.

"You, too."

The process for check-in was surprisingly fast. When Lucy was walking inside the airport, she thought someone would stop her and catch her. By now, the Leblanc family must be trying their best to find her so they can hold her accountable for what happened to Yvonne.

But none of that happened, much to her relief.

As she sat in her seat, Lucy looked out of the small window inside the plane. She had never expected herself to move to another country.

A lot of things happened in the past two years. She was happy and shed tears. And honestly, they weren’t all too bad.

At this moment, the sound of a phone ringing suddenly came from her bag.

Lucy turned towards the sound and took her phone out.

Lucy looked at the caller ID, but it was an unregistered number.

She ignored it at first and thought of turning her phone off.

But the call came again after the first ring.

She pressed the answer button.

"Hello?"

"Is this Miss Grey? This is Serenity Haven Medical Center. You had an ultrasound this evening in our hospital, is that right?"

Lucy straightened up as anxiety shot through her. "Yes."

She didn’t know why the hospital would suddenly call her.

Did the doctor make a mistake?

Deep within her, she hoped the doctor had mistaken the cancer inside her. That she was not truly ill. But another concern soon rose in her head. What if it’s not stage two, but she was actually in the later stage?

"Um, I think you have to hurry back to the hospital."

Lucy gripped the seat handle of her chair until her nails embedded in her palms.

She nervously asked, "Why?"

"You’re two months pregnant."