A Night of Desire

Chapter 626: Chapter 623: I Want to Keep It

She turned to look at a panicked Poppy Vance.

Poppy Vance hid the medicine she was holding behind her back. She offered the glass of water in her other hand, smiling unnaturally. "Clara, here, have some water."

Clara Grant took the glass but didn’t drink. She set it on the table, her eyes glancing at the hand Poppy had been hiding, then back at her face. "Poppy, are you really pregnant?"

"What are you talking about, Clara? I already told you, I’m not pregnant. My stomach has just been a bit upset recently..."

"Does an upset stomach require folic acid?" Clara cut her off. "I may have never been pregnant, but I know that folic acid is something pregnant women take. Poppy, tell me the truth. Are you pregnant?"

In truth, after seeing her dry-heaving the last time and now seeing the bottle of folic acid, Clara already knew the answer. She just wanted to confirm it.

Pinned by her stare, Poppy Vance bit her lip and looked down for a long moment before finally giving a slight nod.

"You’re really pregnant?" Even though she had been prepared for it, hearing Poppy confirm it still felt sudden and difficult to accept.

Poppy was only twenty-one. Even though she was of legal age to marry, she was still in school. On top of that, things had gone wrong between her and Linden Jennings. Discovering she was pregnant at a time like this was definitely not good news.

Poppy Vance nodded again. Looking at Clara, she said, "Yes! I’m pregnant! When we saw each other last time, I suddenly started retching, and you asked if I was pregnant. I didn’t know I actually was at the time."

"After you asked, I started to get suspicious myself, so I went to the hospital for a check-up. The results proved it. I really am pregnant."

"So, have you thought about what you’re going to do?" Clara asked cautiously.

Poppy Vance understood what she meant. Clara was asking if she wanted to terminate the pregnancy or keep the baby.

She smiled. "Since I’m carrying this baby, of course I’m going to have it."

"If you’re planning on having it, then come with me. I’m taking you to see Brother Jennings." As she spoke, Clara started to pull Poppy Vance toward the door.

"If it were just you, living in a place like this would be one thing. But you’re pregnant now. You can’t let the baby in your belly suffer along with you, can you?"

"Besides, you’re carrying Brother Jennings’s child. He’s the father. He has a right to know and a duty to take care of you and the baby. He has to take responsibility."

But Poppy Vance shook her hand away. "Why would I go find him? This isn’t his baby!"

"Poppy, what did you just say?" Clara asked, her face a mask of disbelief.

Poppy Vance’s gaze was evasive. "I said, this baby isn’t Linden Jennings’s!"

Of course, Clara didn’t believe her. She could tell how much Poppy loved Linden Jennings. Even if some misunderstanding had made her fall out of love with him now, her feelings for him before had been absolutely real. ’It’s impossible for her to have gotten together with another man and become pregnant in just a few short months!’

"I don’t believe you, Poppy. You wouldn’t be having someone else’s baby."

"Clara, I’m begging you, please stop trying to make me go see him. So what if it is his baby? We’ve already broken up. There’s no way we’re ever getting back together."

"So now, this baby is mine alone. It has nothing to do with him!"

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