Deep in her heart, she was hoping that Matthew would allow her to go back to Alorith after she had been behaving well.

“Don't worry about it. As long as you help me now, I will personally take you back to Alorith someday. Matthew won't mind it."

As the saying went, "The most dangerous place is the safest place." No one would ever think, especially Matthew, that Erica would come to this barren place to ask for Tessie's help.

But actually, Erica couldn't stand this place anymore. She couldn't even buy some fresh vegetables here. If she continued to live a life like this, the babies in her belly would become malnourished. So before that happened, she had to leave as soon as possible.

“Are you really going to help me if Matthew blames me?" Tessie asked carefully.

“Yes, I will." Since Erica had Lived with Tessie for quite a while now, she had seen the changes in her. Perhaps she had learned her lessons, so she had changed for the better.

“Great! Thank you.”

That midnight, the two of them sneaked out of the slum and headed south.

At the Leonard family's house in Askor, Chantel had already given birth to a bouncing baby boy.

But the baby was already one month old when Blair remembered to inform

Gifford about it.

She immediately called him to share the good news.

"Gifford, your wife has already given birth to a four-kilogram baby boy. When are you coming back home?"

Perplexity was written all over Gifford's face when he heard Blair's words. He was in a daze. It took a long while before he finally came back to his senses.

"Whose wife?" he asked.

“Your wife, of course! Didn't you know that Chantel was pregnant?"

Blair sensed something odd. ‘Did Chantel not tell Gifford that she was pregnant?' she wondered.

She was right. Gifford had never known that his wife was pregnant. He was dumbstruck with the news that he now had a son. He hadn't seen

Chantel in the past few months. When he called her before, she also didn't mention that she was pregnant. How could she give birth all of a sudden? An eight-kilogram baby boy? He didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Did he get her pregnant when she set him up?

That was the only possibility he could think of. He rubbed his forehead and complained, “Why hadn't anyone told me that she was pregnant?"

Instead of answering her question, Blair chuckled and said, “You didn't even know that your wife was pregnant. No wonder you never cared for her since you got married.

But why are you blaming us now? Have you even asked her before?" He couldn't counter because his mother was right again. He never cared to ask how Chantel was during the past months that he wasn't able to come home.

One week later, Gifford went back home to see his son.

Finally, he was able to hold the chubby baby boy in the crib. He looked around but wasn't able to see Chantel there.