Terrence countered, “Mom, who did I sleep with? Don’t make things up and let Meredith find out, or I might as well not even think about sleeping in the bedroom.”All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org.


    He said thest part in jest.


    Hearing this, Ste became even more agitated.


    “What? She dares to kick you out of the bedroom? That’s outrageous, where does she get the nerve?” Ste eximed.


    She had forgotten that she had treated Julian the same way when they were young.


    Like father, like son. Not only had Julian spent countless nights in the guest room, sometimes he couldn’t evene home.


    Rubbing his temples, Terrence said, “Mom, I was only joking. Don’t blow things out of proportion. Meredith and I are fine. Stop making trouble behind the scenes. Meredith is pregnant and can’t handle the stress. Don’t make me do something you don’t like.”


    With those harsh words, Terrence hung up the phone.


    Ste did not back down, still dissatisfied with Meredith. She went to a pharmacy and bought a bottle of contraceptives, intending for Azure to take them. She disguised them in a vitamin bottle and bought many other nutritional supplements.


    After purchasing everything, Ste headed to Merrydale Estate.


    Azure had just finished preparing the stew, and before Terrence Sterling could return to eat, Meredith, tempted by the aroma, got a bowl for herself.


    Azure remarked, “I’ve put poison in it. Eat at your own risk, and don’t me me if you get sick.”


    Just then, Ste entered and hearing this, quickly snatched the stew from in front of Meredith, “Don’t eat it, she’s put poison in it, what if it hurt the baby?”


    Ste’s sudden appearance startled both Meredith and Azure.


    Ste moved so quickly, almost dashing forward.


    She poured the beef stew into the trash and coldly confronted Azure, “How could you do this? What if you harmed the baby? That’s Terry’s child, I won’t forgive you if you hurt Meredith’s child.”


    Meredith was speechless.


    What’s going on now?


    Ste was defending her?


    Of course, this was clearly a misunderstanding.


    Meredith began to exin, “There’s no poison in the soup, we were just joking…”


    Ste harshly interrupted, “You’re too naive, you believe everything. What if there really was poison? It doesn’t matter if something happens to you, but you can’t risk the baby. I don’t know what my son saw in you, you have no sense of caution, as naive as can be.”


    Meredith was speechless.


    Ste’s actions also made Azure realize that the Sterling family did recognize the child in Meredith’s stomach, though not Meredith herself.


    And she, Azure, was just a tool, a means for Ste to get rid of Meredith.


    Ste then turned to Azure, “Come outside, I need to talk to you.”


    Azure stood still, but Ste pulled her out to the yard.


    Meredith, observing through the ss, saw the two arguing fiercely but chose not to intervene. Instead, she rxed and asked Mrs. Wooten to bring her another bowl of stew.


    Mrs. Wooten, worried, asked, “Mrs. Sterling, shouldn’t you go and break it up? It looks pretty intense.”


    “No need to interfere,” Meredith watched the heated argument outside and told Mrs. Wooten, “Azure needs to vent like this to let out her frustrations. Mrs. Wooten, could you please prepare some steamed potatoes for me, thank you.”


    Mrs. Wooten quietly asked, “Are you really going to drink this stew?”


    Meredith smiled, “Mrs. Wooten, don’t worry. And please bring a bowl to Justin too.”


    Mrs. Wooten served another bowl of stew and prepared the steamed potatoes. Meredith enjoyed her meal in the dining room, while the argument outside continued fiercely.


    When Terrence Sterling returned and saw the two arguing in the yard, he ignored them and went straight to the dining room, “Meredith, what are you eating? It smells so good!”


    “Stew, Azure made it herself, it’s delicious, try some?” Meredith offered.


    Terrence nced at the quarreling pair outside, then back at the carefree Meredith eating, andughed, “What are my mom and Azure arguing about?”


    Meredith replied, “Probably about… how their boat gets capsized, I guess.”


    Ste and Azure were on the same boat, and now that they had fallen out, it was indeed like a boat getting capsized.