Anne's morning sickness was only getting worse. Her face was utterly pale and she could barely eat
anything throughout the day.
Kevin spent most of his day in the study. Whenever he would hear Anne vomiting, he would feel mildly
annoyed.
She was already so thin. How could her body stand all that throwing up?
Suddenly, the door flew open as Cherry strode in. She had a huge smile on her face, holding what
seemed to be a container in her hands.
"Kevin, what's on your mind? Something seems to be bothering you," Cherry asked in concern as she
placed the soup in front of him. She then fondly held his arm as a way to comfort him.
"Nothing. Just work. What are you doing here?" Kevin really wasn't in the mood to hash it out with
Cherry.
She didn't find this suspicious as this was pretty normal behavior for him. He was a workaholic whose
life revolved around his career.
"You've been working so hard. You must be exhausted. I made you some soup to help you with the
stress."
Cherry pushed the soup towards Kevin, looking worried.
He looked at her affectionately, flashing her a smile as he took the soup.
Just as he was about to drink the soup, he stopped. Frowning slightly, he seemed to have realized
something.
"What's wrong, Kevin? Don't you want the soup?"
Cherry frowned, looking nervous.
"Anne's morning sickness is getting worse. She hasn't eaten anything the whole day. Why don't you
just give the soup to her?" Kevin said lightly as he put the soup back on the tray.
The smile on Cherry's face froze as she looked at Kevin, visibly taken aback.
"Oh, that's right. How could I forget about Anne? I was so focused on you."
After a momentary silence, she forced a smile. As she spoke, her tone was gentle but the envy in her
eyes was undeniable.
Kevin turned and returned her gaze. In a soft tone, he said,
"I'm doing this for the baby's sake. I need to make sure the baby is healthy. Do you understand?"
He decided to explain himself as he was worried that Cherry would feel uncomfortable.
Cherry smiled back, feigning concern.
"Kevin, you don't have to explain anything to me. Anne is pregnant and she's my cousin. I should take
care of her. I'm sorry I wasn't more sensitive. I'll bring her the soup right now."
She acted as if she was considerate and truly cared about Anne. In reality, she abhorred Anne.
She couldn't help but notice that Kevin's concern for Anne had been increasing recently. She couldn't
let this go on any further.
"Honey, we can go shopping later after I'm done with work." He got up and planted a quick kiss on
Cherry's forehead.
Cherry left with the soup, beaming.
However, the minute she stepped out of the study, the smile on her face instantly soured.
She didn't even bother knocking on Anne's door as she just went straight inside her room.
At that moment, Anne was preoccupied, reading a book. When she looked up, her eyes instantly
turned cold at the sight of Cherry.
"What are you doing here?" Anne asked bleakly.
"I'm here to bring you some soup. You're still carrying Kevin's child after all. You need to take good care
of yourself,"
Cherry said snidely, glowering at Anne.
"You don't have to pretend to care about me. Kevin isn't here. You can stop this pretense right now."
Anne looked at Cherry with disdain, her eyes filled with resentment. She was tired of playing this game
with Cherry.
Cherry shot her a dirty look, visibly nettled.
"You're dreaming if you think Kevin's going to fall in love with you just because you're pregnant with his
child. He has nothing but hatred for you. If you weren't carrying his child, he probably wouldn't even
look at you. I'm the only woman in his heart."
As Cherry spoke, she proudly lifted her wrist to show off the bracelet that Kevin had given her.
Sneering, Anne deliberately looked away.
While she knew that Cherry was just purposely showing off, she still couldn't help but feel downcast.
"Please get out. I don't want to see you anymore," Anne said coldly as she closed the book in her
hands rather irritably.
"What right do you have to tell me what to do?" Contempt was written all over Cherry's face as she
approached Anne, still holding the container of soup in her hands.
"I asked you to get out. What's so hard to understand about that?" Anne was visibly sickened by
Cherry, not even bothering to hide it anymore.
Cherry opened her mouth, ready to retort when she heard Kevin's footsteps nearing.
Upon hearing this, an idea came to her.
"Ah!" She fell on the ground as the soup splashed all over her now red and swollen arm.
Anne looked at Cherry in utter confusion, wondering what was going on.
It didn't take long for her to figure out what Cherry was doing.
Startled, Kevin rushed inside. As soon as he arrived, he saw Cherry on the floor.
"What's going on? Kevin approached Cherry and helped her up, looking at her pitifully.
Cherry made sure she looked aggrieved as she nursed her swollen arm.
"Anne, I know we don't get along that well but you can't do this to me. I'm still your cousin..."
Tears streamed down her cheeks as if she had been terribly maltreated. As expected, Kevin couldn't
help but feel sorry for her.
"Cherry, what the hell are you talking about? You fell down on purpose. You're framing me!"
Anne was seething. She couldn't believe Cherry would go this far.
"Anne, how can you say that? What happened to you? Are you still the same Anne I know?" Cherry
looked afflicted, pretending to be disappointed.
"Anne, did you do this?" Kevin glared at Anne.
"Would you believe me even if I tell you the truth?" Anne asked indifferently as she looked him in the
eye.
She knew in her heart that he would never believe her but a small part of her still hoped that he would.
"Do you really think Cherry would do something like that? Only you would be capable of doing
something like that!"
Kevin said spitefully.
Anne was taking it too far this time. How dare she hurt Cherry?
Anne tried to hide her sadness by sneering.
"Why bother asking me if you weren't going to believe me no matter what I say? If you think I did it then
so be it! So what?"
She might as well just admit it since Kevin wasn't going to believe her either way.
Slap!
Without warning, Kevin slapped her across the face. Her cheeks stung in pain.
Visibly shocked, she glared at Kevin as she asked, her voice shaking,
"How dare you hit me?" She never expected this from Kevin. She was surprised that he would willingly
hit a woman for Cherry's sake.
Kevin's eyes glinted, not knowing what had gotten into him. He didn't know why he suddenly couldn't
control himself.
As he gazed at her swollen cheek, guilt and pity welled up inside him.
However, when he thought of what she had done to Cherry, all these emotions suddenly disappeared.
"You deserve it! No one's allowed to hurt Cherry!" Kevin spat brazenly.
Anne stared him down, feeling her heart ache. She never expected him to be so ruthless to her.
Cherry seemed pleased with herself as she scowled at Anne.
As far as Kevin was concerned, if Anne hurt Cherry then she deserved his enmity.
"Kevin, I'm going to make you regret this one day!"
Anne warned, trying to hold back the tears in her eyes. Kevin and Cherry were the last two people she
would ever show her weakness to.
For some reason, Kevin felt briefly flustered.
"Kevin..." Cherry whimpered, lifting her head.
"Does it still hurt, Cherry?" He asked worriedly as he held her swollen arm.
"Yes, it hurt but it's much better now..."
Cherry's eyes were brimming with tears, successfully inciting Kevin's sympathy.
"Let's apply some medicine on it first," Kevin said gently as he wrapped his arm around her shoulder.
"Okay..."
Cherry cast Anne a cold look as she walked out of the room with Kevin's assistance.
Just as they were about to leave, Kevin turned around, a sour look on his face.
"If you do anything to hurt Cherry again, I'll make sure you pay for it. You better watch yourself from
now on."
Kevin was visibly outraged.
Anne balled her fists in frustration. She couldn't believe Cherry would have the nerve to frame her so
blatantly like that!
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