Through the Bluetooth earpiece, her mother said, "Well done, Laura.

Play up the sympathy. Everyone feels sorry for you. The Harris Group's stock price has dropped to the limit now. I don't think they'll still do nothing. They'll contact you soon."

The next second, Laura wore a more pitiful look.

Laura felt complacent, as she had never expected to have such a profound impact on the Harris Group. In her opinion, men cared about their careers the most.

Gerard wouldn't stand idly by and let his family business go bankrupt.

Laura believed she would soon marry Gerard, and their baby would become the future heir of the Harris family. She didn't take Jerrold seriously. After she married Gerard, she would drive him out.

To her, Jerrold was nothing but an illegitimate child. He was no match for her baby.

Laura felt extremely complacent.

ALL of a sudden, someone knocked on the ward door.

Laura thought it was a nurse. To her surprise, Lilah and Gerard walked in. She knew Gerard couldn't remain calm any Longer.

While feeling smug about it, Laura looked at Gerard tearfully. "Why are you here?"

Lilah wore a faint smile. "We feel sorry for you, so we came to visit you."

“I... You don't need to pity me. I've done all this on my own accord.”

Laura lowered her head, looking as pitiful as an injured cub.

The reporters became alert upon seeing Gerard.

Actually, they were hired by the Rhodes family to manipulate public opinion. However, Laura looked so pitiful that they were moved. One female reporter couldn't contain her anger and said, "Mr. Harris, you've come at the right time. Don't you feel guilty when you face Miss Rhodes?"

"Guilty?" Lilah chuckled. "Why should he?"

Gerard stood beside her. When he heard her defend him, his lips crinkled into a smile. He wondered if that was how it felt to be protected.

Conversely, the reporters and the online audience were incensed.

The female reporter glared at Lilah with disgust. “Lilah, don't you think you've been blinded by love? Your boyfriend had sex with another woman and got her pregnant. Yet, you're still defending him, hurting a pitiful woman in the process."

Lilah waved her hand. "Hold on a moment. My boyfriend isn't her baby's father."

Everyone was taken aback, so was Laura. She had expected them to resist and deny it, but she never expected them to come up with such an absurd excuse. She was pretty sure that the man that night was Gerard.

Tears streamed down Laura's cheeks. "Lilah, I understand you may not accept the situation, but you cannot slander me. Gerard is the father of my baby."

"Do you have evidence, Laura?"