Chapter 126 Rejection
This was a number without a note. Isabella answered, "Hello."
"Isabella, long time no see. Would you like to meet up for some afternoon tea?"
It was Vanessa.
Hearing her voice, Isabella looked at Seb first.
Since the phone wasn't on speaker, Seb didn't know it was Vanessa calling.
"Do you need something?" Isabella felt inexplicably guilty.
"I do have something to share with you. I might be pregnant."
Isabella felt as if she had woken from a dream, instantly alert, with a chill rising from the bottom of her heart.
Her hand holding the phone tightened unconsciously. "Really? Congratulations."
"So, do you have time to grab a cup of tea?"
Isabella lowered her eyes. "Sorry, I'm afraid I don't have time."
"Alright. Maybe another time?"
"Yeah."
After hanging up, Isabella's expression wasn't quite right.
Seb asked, "Who was on the phone?"
Isabella didn't answer him and no longer avoided his gaze. Her voice returned to calm. "Mr. Landon, don't say such ridiculous things again."
"Isabella."
"No matter how many times you say it, it's impossible between us." Isabella looked out the window. "Mr. Landon, please respect yourself."
Isabella's cold rejection was like a sword, mercilessly wounding Seb.
Seb clenched his jaw and gripped Isabella's wrist. "Why are you rejecting me?"
Clearly, she didn't want to reconcile with Matthew. Clearly, Isabella had feelings for him.
Seb couldn't understand.
Isabella wanted to completely cut off his thoughts and said, "Because I still want the child to acknowledge their heritage."
A sharp glint flashed in Seb's eyes. He said, "But you just said you didn't want to link with Matthew anymore. Isabella, isn't this reason too far-fetched?"
"This child isn't Matthew's."
Seb furrowed his brows, thought for a moment, and said, "Is it Leo's?"
Isabella was speechless.
She didn't understand why Seb's thought process was so peculiar.
But now she wanted to get rid of Seb, so this seemed like the best reason.
Isabella didn't deny it, lowered her head, and considered it as tacit agreement
Seb's eyes were tightly fixed on her. "Did you have something with Matthew?"
"Yes, I have been with other men as well as Matthew. Mr. Landon, I'm just weak-willed. In other aspects, I'm not as conservative as you think!"
"I didn't fancy Leo before, so I never told him about the child. But today he came to me, and I found that he had changed. I like him now, so I want to use the child to reconcile with him."
"Mr. Landon, we're all adults. You wouldn't have developed different feelings for me just because of that night of sex, would you?"
"If I can't reconcile with Leo, I'll consider being with you, okay?"
"Isabella!" Seb gritted his teeth as he called her name. "I told you, never belittle yourself!"
"I'm not belittling myself. I was born this way. Mr. Landon, it's you who has been idealizing me."
Seb's gaze was almost murderous.
After a while, he finally let go of her hand and placed Isabella back in her seat.
The warmth on Seb's face was gone, leaving only endless coldness. He said, "Isabella, as an adult, you need to be responsible for every word you say and you know that, right?"
Isabella nodded and replied, "I know."
"I won't believe your one-sided words. I will investigate everything you just said. If I find any falsehoods, I won't let you off easily."
Isabella's heart skipped a beat, and she pursed her lips without saying anything.
Seb looked at her for a moment and told the driver to pull over. "Get out!"
Isabella was speechless.
She finally understood what extreme passion and extreme indifference meant.
In the hospital, Vanessa was there for a check-up. Today was the day to check if the fertilized egg had implanted.
Unexpectedly, she ran into Isabella and Seb at the entrance.
Vanessa watched Seb lovingly carry Isabella into the car and saw the car door close. She didn't know what they were doing inside, but she was insanely jealous.
Clearly, she was Seb's fiancée now, but Seb never looked at her properly and always had Isabella in his heart.
Even though Isabella had left the Landon Group, it didn't stop him from liking Isabella.
'Did Isabella tell Seb about that night?' Vanessa thought.
Vanessa looked at the tightly closed car door and took out her phone to call Isabella.
Vanessa deliberately told Isabella about her pregnancy, partly to test Isabella's reaction and partly to indirectly warn Isabella not to mention that night to Seb. She was indeed Seb's true fiancée.
But in reality, Vanessa hadn't had the check-up yet.
The pregnancy was something she made up.
"Ms. Field, your report is ready." The doctor's voice brought Vanessa back to reality.
She immediately asked, "How is it? Did it implant?"
The doctor regretfully told Vanessa, "The implantation failed."
"What!" Vanessa slumped in the chair, unable to recover for a long time.
'Why did it work for Isabella the first time?
'I had carefully planned for so long, but it failed,' Vanessa thought.
"How have you been feeling lately? Have you been drinking?" The doctor tried to find the cause of the failure.
Vanessa snapped back and asked, "Can't drink?"
"You can't, because this is a special period. I told you to be careful with your diet and not to drink alcohol. Did you forget?"
Vanessa looked annoyed.
She didn't just forget.
She had completely forgotten.
That day, as she watched Isabella get into Seb's car, she was in a bad mood and thought about relaxing at a bar.
But when she saw the alcohol, Vanessa got tempted.
She thought that drinking a little wouldn't hurt, but she ended up drinking a lot.
"So, the reason it didn't work is because I drank?"
"It's hard to say. But generally, drinking is strictly prohibited during the preparation period."
Vanessa was full of regret.
She drank quite a bit that day and even went to the bathroom to throw up several times.
"Your ovulation period is coming soon. If you want to try again, there's still a chance."
Vanessa clenched the report in her hand.
At the Moon Club, Zaire sat on the sofa, holding a wine glass in one hand and resting the other on his knee, watching Seb with interest.
Someone who didn't know might think Zaire was eyeing some beauty.
But in fact, sitting opposite him was Seb, a straight man.
Finally, Zaire couldn't stand it anymore, pinched his brow, and said, "What's wrong with you? You called me out in the middle of the night, no drinking, no girls, just working?"
About an hour ago, Seb suddenly called him, asking him to come to Moon Club.
Zaire's first thought when he got the call was, 'You workaholic finally know how to enjoy life!'
This was the first time Seb had asked him to come to Moon Club since Zaire had known him.
So, Zaire picked a flashy shirt and came over excitedly.
But there was no enjoyment.
Seb had all his documents moved here. Zaire had been sitting there for nearly an hour, dryly watching him work for an hour.
