Chapter 297


    ra said, “I need to double-check the final design draft one more time; it might be up for review by


    everyone tomorrow. I got to go deal with it now, and you should hit the hay early if you’ve got nothing


    else to do.”


    With that, she headed for herputer.


    Emmett watched her retreating figure, a sense of unease creeping up…


    He didn’t deliberately keep the news about the kid’s biological mother from her, he just felt it was too


    harsh to spill the beans.


    ra might seem easygoing, but she was thoughtful. She’d brought up the topic of the kid’s biological


    mother before.


    If she wasn’t bothered, she wouldn’t have asked. He walked over to her, “I got something to tell you.”


    ra looked up, a sense of tension creeping up, “What’s up?”


    A sinking feeling hit her, fearing that Emmett might have discovered something…


    “I wanna talk about us leaving the Melendez family.”


    “Again, with that? Did your mom say something to tick you off?”


    “No, it’s just that living with them is a real pain, and both Aiden and Alex think Grandma’s being too


    bossy! A visit over the weekends should do. You know how much of a bummer grandparenting is.”


    ra pondered momentarily at him, then asked, “Did your mom bad-mouth me again?”


    Otherwise, Emmett wouldn’t have brought up the separation again.


    “No, really, no!” Emmett sat next to her, reaching out to rub her hands,” want our family to be peaceful,


    not always at odds, which is not what you are constantly giving in leads to.”


    raughed happily as she said, “I really didn’t…”


    “No need to exin. I get it. I-admit I can’t mediate between you and my mom. That’s why distancing


    ourselves is the only solution I can think of.”


    “Also, it might not be as bad as you think. Once we start living separately, my mom might feel relieved


    and even change her attitude toward you. Who knows?”


    ra pondered awfully, “If you think it’s necessary, I’ll go with it.”


    Emmett lifted ra’s chin and kissed her lightly, “All right, don’t burn the midnight oil after you finish


    checking the design. I won’t bother you tonight.”


    ra smiled, thinking she’d definitely wait for him to fall asleep before going to bed.


    Otherwise, he might take action out of the blue, and she would have to pay the price. She’d had


    enough of that in the past!


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    Emmett returned to bed.


    After a while, ra heard his steady breathing. She took a deep breath and shifted her focus back to


    her design draft.


    Suddenly!


    An app notification popped up on her phone, indicating that her period was three dayste!


    ra was taken aback. How could this happen?


    She’d been so swamped at work recently that she’d forgotten about her period. She wasn’t pregnant,


    was she?


    ra fearfully nced at the sleeping Emmett and quickly deleted the reminder on her phone.


    She thought to herself that she’d sneak out to buy a pregnancy test right after handling her work stuff


    tomorrow morning.


    ra tried to refocus on her design draft, but the reminder kept shing in her mind.