Chapter 1000
Immediately after, the post became a trending topic after more and moreizens paid attention to
it. Lillian looked at the post in shock. Although it did not state the name of the blind date and the rich
man, she and Callum had already been exposedpletely.
Moreover, the post was so popr now, yet Jerick did not step out to deny the guessing of the
netizens. It looked as if he tacitly acknowledged what people had discovered.
Lillian could not help but think of the strange phone call from Jerick today. She thought, “Did he
apologize for this matter? But… the baby in my belly has nothing to do with him at all, so why did he
say that?”
Subconsciously, Lillian looked up and saw Callum was also looking at the trending topic with his
phone beside her. His handsome face was filled with gloominess at this moment.
Lillian suddenly felt like her heart seemed to skip a beat.
“Callum, ugh… The baby in my belly is truly not Jerick’s. I swear, there is nothing between me and
him…” Lillian hurriedly wanted to exin.
Callum raised his head and said to the secretary, “Get out. And take note of this. No matter who
wants to get an interview again, directly reject them. Moreover, let the people in thepany know
what should be said and what not to!”
“Understood!” the secretary responded and rushed out of the office.
The spacey office once again turned silent again.
It was so quiet that Lillian could clearly sense her own breath and heartbeat.
She thought, “Callum couldn’t have misunderstood, right? Does he think there’s something
happened between me and Jerick? Thinking that I’ve deceived him?”
Lillian did not know why Jerick, who had helped her many times in the past, would do something
like this. She was genuinely afraid that Callum might misunderstand.
She didn’t want there to be any more waves between them due to misunderstandings or even to
separate again.
Lillian’s lips trembled. She knew she should give an exnation, but her voice seemed to be stuck
in her throat at this moment, and she could not even mutter a word.
Callum looked up and saw Lillian’s pale face with big beads of sweat on her forehead. When he
raised his hand to wipe off the sweat on her forehead, Lillian’s body began to tremble slightly in an
unexpected way. Callum was taken aback. “What’s the matter?”
“I… I…” Lillian moved her lips, but there was an obvious sense of fear shown on her face.
“Did I scare you with my behavior just now?” Callum seemed to realize and toned down the hostility
shown in him. He stood up and said, “I’ll arrange for someone to avoid those reporters and send
you back in a while. As for this matter, I’ll…”
However, before the man could take a few steps forward, Lillian abruptly grabbed the man’s hand. “I
was not afraid of your behavior just now. I was afraid that you would misunderstand!”
She finished the words in a hurry and then gasped for air. It was true that she was most afraid of
having a misunderstanding happening between them again.
Her hand trembled slightly, holding Callum’s hand tightly. She seemed to be scared that once she
loosened her hand, their rtionship would return to the previous state where they misunderstood
each other.
Callum’s gaze moved from Lillian’s trembling hand to her pale cheek. There was ayer of tears
formed in her round eyes, which made his heart ache for a moment.
“I won’t misunderstand anything. I know that the baby in your belly is surely mine, and you and
Jerick won’t have a romantic rtionship,” Callum said as he bent down and gently stroked Lillian’s
face.
“You… you really won’t misunderstand?” Lillian asked with puzzlement.
“I won’t,” the man replied. “Because the person you love has always been me, right?”
Upon hearing it, Lillian abruptly wrapped her arms around Callum’s neck and burst into tears while
lying on his shoulder. “I… I only love you… Callum, I… You’re the only one I have always loved. I’ve
never been
intimate with anyone else. I would never do that…”
She cried like a child.
Callumforted her gently, “Alright, alright. I know it. I know it all along. You don’t have to worry
about this matter. I will handle it well, and I won’t let you suffer from this injustice, so don’t cry
anymore. Didn’t the doctor say that the most important thing for you now is to keep a pleasant
mood? It’s for the good of the baby in your belly.”
Hearing the man mention the baby in her stomach, Lillian hurriedly said, “Okay, okay. I won’t cry
anymore… I’ll stop crying…” Yet, her shoulder still could not help shaking.
After a long time, Lillian finally stopped crying. However, perhaps due to her pregnancy, she fell
asleep shortly after.
Callum looked at the sleeping beauty with a trace of pity shing across his eyes.
He carefully ced Lillian on the couch and covered her with a thin nket cautiously.
It was not until Callum settled the matter that his expression finally rxed. This incident, seemingly
just a post from Jerick, was far from idental to make it to the top trending list; someone had
deliberately orchestrated it.
Callum wondered, “But who’s the mastermind ordering Jerick to do such a thing? Who on earth
wanted Lillian to bear such disgrace?”
Just as he was about to turn around and leave the couch, Lillian’s hand unconsciously grabbed his
hand, causing the man to stop in his tracks.
“Callum… let’s not have any misunderstandings… Those scandals on the Inte… They’re not
true…” Lillian seemed to be sleep-talking. Even if she fell asleep, her two eyebrows would
unconsciously twist.
Losing in thought, Callum drooped his eyes and looked down at Lillian’s sleeping face, which
showed uneasiness. He then sat back down again. “Don’t worry. I will never let those who hurt you
get away with it. Just like before, and in the future… It will be the same too.”
When Lillian woke up, she found that her hand was holding Callum’s the entire time while the man
sat by the couch and kept a fixed position.
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She hurriedly let go of his hand. “Did your hand turn numb from my grip? Actually, if I grabbed your
hand when I was asleep, you could just pull your hand away directly. You don’t need to
amodate me.”
Callum replied, “I was reluctant to do that.”
Lillian was taken aback. “Reluctant?”
“Yeah, you fell asleep and kept holding my hand. It made me feel like you couldn’t leave my side
and needed me very much,” Callum said.
Lillian blushed slightly but then shouted as if something hade to her mind, “By the way, my
parents…”
“I have informed someone to pick up your parents and send them to my private mansion, so rest
assured. They will not be disturbed!” Callum replied.
Lillian was relieved that her parents would not be harassed.
She looked out the window and found the sky had turned dark. She then picked up her phone to
check the time, which showed that it was already past eight o’clock at night. She was shocked that
she had slept for
quite a long time.