Wilhelmina got up early the next day. For the past three years, she had got up early every day to accompany Sophie to do health exercises and then gave her acupuncture for half an hour as a routine.

Then rushed back to make breakfast for Leon.

She was carrying the medicine box through the corridor and heard an argument coming from the old woman's yard from afar.

"Grandma, Tessa specially brought emerald bracelet from Grenada which brings good energy for your health," he said in a gentle yet compelling voice.

"Take it away!" Sophie slammed her crutch on the ground. "My old body and bones can't bear this kind of fake jewelry."

"Grandma...." Tessa held back herself from crying, her voice trembled. "I know you're angry with me, but I took a lot of efforts to get this bracelet for you. You can touch and feel such a positive energy from it."

As soon as Wilhelmina stepped into the door, she saw Tessa kneeling on a cushion, with a green emerald bracelet on her hand - it was the one Leon had bought at the Heritage Auction last month

"Wilhemina, you're here?" Tessa turned around and smiled at her. "It's just in time for you to help me persuade Grandma. She always misunderstands me ...."

Sophie suddenly snatched the emerald bracelet and threw it at her grandson. "Get out with your fake emerald bracelet!"

The emerald bracelet hit the red bricks wall with a crackling sound and Tessa's tears fell instantly.

Leon frowned and hugged his first love, saying, "Grandma!"

"Get lost!" The old woman coughed violently. "Unless I die, don't let her enter the Pietersons' house."

Wilhelmina rushed over to support Sophie and help her calm down.

Leon gave Wilhelmina a deep glance and then left the yard with sobbing Tessa.

"Wilhelm." Sophie took a breath and held Wilhelmina with her skinny hands. "Leon ... he had really been blinded by that cunning girl, but I only recognize you as my granddaughter-in-law."

Wilhelmina lowered her head and twirled the needle, her hair hanging down to cover her red eyes.

By the time she finished the acupuncture, it was already past breakfast time.

She hurried back to the kitchen and laughed to herself as she almost approached the door.

Now, she didn't need to rush to make breakfast, lunch, or even dinner for Leon, did she?

Sure enough, the dining table was already full of sumptuous dishes, some of which were left over.

Just when she was passing by Leon's door, carrying the medicine box, her footsteps suddenly stopped.

A ray of warm light leaked through the crack in the door. "Leon ...." Tessa sobbed. "Why doesn't grandma like me? I've been working so hard...."

Wilhelmina moved closer to the crack of the door.

"Don't cry," said Leon in a low voice, with a bit of helplessness, "Grandma is old and stubborn. It's not your fault."

"But... why Grandma likes Wilhelmina so much? She didn't do anything."

She bit her lip and asked in a low and sorrow tone, "Is it because ... she deserves to be the Pietersons more than me?"

The man's eyes darkened and he stroked her cheek with his fingertips, saying in a slightly cold tone, "Don't compare yourself with her."

"I'm just ... afraid you'll be in a difficult situation." She lowered her head with a hint of self deprecation in her voice. "After all, Wilhelmina is your fiancée and I ...."

"And you what?" He pinched her chin and forced her to look up at him, "You are more qualified to stand by my side than her."

"But ... will she hate me? Will she think that I stole you away from her?"

Leon sneered, a hint of impatience flashing in his eyes.

"She has no right to hate you. It was you who saved me three years ago. For that, you had to go to Canada to recuperate and then study medicine for three years to help our family."

Tessa took the opportunity to move closer, pressing her cheek against his chest, listening to his steady heartbeat.

"And Wilhelmina took advantage of the situation and somehow bewitched my grandma and everyone around her, making them think that she was my savior and forced me to marry her."

Just then, he leaned over and kissed her lips.

His kiss was somewhat punitive, strong and domineering. Tessa trembled slightly, her fingers tightly grasping his collar.

After the kiss, he leaned against her forehead and said in a low voice, "Don't let your imagination run wild."

Wilhelmina trembled as she listened. To her surprise, Leon had never believed that she was the one who saved him back then.

She touched the scar on her heart and couldn't stop crying.

That day, it was raining heavily. Wilhelmina went to the hill picking some herbs and found Leon covered in blood in the valley.

His chest was blackened by the knife wound, his lips were purple and his breathing was weak.

Wilhelmina gritted her teeth, cut her heart, took three drops of her blood and mixed them with herbs, then used silver needles to seal his meridians.

Due to excessive blood loss, she collapsed beside Leon and the last thing she was aware of was hearing Tessa's cry from afar. "Leon!"

Later, Sophie personally came to take her back to the Pieterson Family and held an engagement for her and Leon.

She always thought Leon married her out of gratitude, so she tried to please him. She hoped to build a closer relationship with him.

She didn't want to keep eavesdropping and peeking, so she stumbled back to the guest room.

Inside the room, Leon seemed to hear something and looked outside the door.

But Tessa kept seducing him and he indulged in his desire.

In the next few days, Wilhelmina followed the routine and never left her room except for giving acupuncture to the old woman.

In order to avoid meeting Leon and Tessa, she waited for them to finish eating before going to the kitchen to make some food herself.

But even though if she tried to avoid them, she still couldn't avoid those scenes of pampering and love.

Tessa wanted to eat Croissant Truffle from the west of the city, so Leon drove to buy them himself.

When she was flipping through a magazine, her fingertips lingered on a limited edition bag for three seconds. The next morning, the servant found the same bag at her door.

When she lost her appetite, Leon invited all the chefs in the city to cook for her.

Even when she wanted to have meditation, Leon immediately ordered people clean and tidy up the entire third floor.

Wilhelmina stood silently at the stairs on the third floor, watching the servants move her old bookshelf into the storage room.

She had a lot of medical books she had collected over the years and now she had to make room for Tessa's meditation.

She sighed and turned away and when she went downstairs, she ran into Leon, who had just gone to the auction to buy an ancient european abstract painting with Tessa.

Tessa was holding Leon's arm and was showing off the ancient european abstract painting she had just photographed with a coquettish smile.

Leon's gaze passed over her and fell straight on Wilhelmina.

"Wilhelmina."

He suddenly reached out and grabbed her wrist with such force that she frowned.

"Have you been avoiding me all this time?"

Wilhelmina struggled a bit but failed to break free and said calmly, "No".

"You said no, but you haven't been seen for a few days and you haven't even come down to eat. Is it because Tessa is back that you're deliberately giving her a hard time?"

"No, I'm glad to hear she's back. I just figured it out, she's back. I shouldn't be pestering you anymore. You're right, you'll never love me. It was my wishful thinking before," Wilhelmina quickly explained.

But these words sounded extremely harsh to his ears and he should have been happy.

"Wishful thinking?" He leaned close to her ear and lowered his voice. "Are you trying to get my attention this way?"

The girl who had been pestering him for three years suddenly said that she didn't like him anymore? He found it ridiculous.

Wilhelmina looked up, a hint of disbelief flashing in her eyes.

Looking at the sudden change in the expression of the girl in front of him, he became more certain of his guess.

For a moment, he felt somewhat smug. See, Wilhelmina still loves me.

"Don't try to get my attention with these tricks. No matter what you do or what method you use, I will never love you. You'd better give up this idea as soon as possible."

She looked at the man she had loved for three years and for a moment she didn't know how to defend herself.

After all, it was hard to believe that she would really give up on loving him for what she did before.

She no longer tried to give him an explanation. Perhaps only when she truly left him would he believe it.

She stopped arguing and turned away.

But her silent attitude made Leon even angrier.

Leon grabbed her wrist with such force that she stumbled over.

"Since you are so knowledgeable about medical skills ...."

He firmly pressed Wilhelmina's hand on Tessa's wrist and said, "Show her!"

Wilhelmina lowered her gaze to check her pulse and suddenly frowned.

She looked up and met Tessa's smug gaze.

"Well ...." He knocked on the table impatiently and asked her, "What's wrong with her?"

Wilhelmina replied, "She's not sick."

Tessa pulled back her hand and threw herself into the man's arms. "I told you it's okay, it's her who's making a fuss ...."

He hugged Tessa, but his eyes were fixed on Wilhelmina. "Since she's not sick, why did you frown just now?"

Wilhelmina took a deep breath and slowly said, "She's pregnant."

The air froze instantly.

Leon's expression changed from shock to ecstasy, but it was a little complicated when he looked at Wilhelmina.

Tessa was taken aback for a moment, then she covered her belly, tears welling up in her eyes as she said, "Leon, we are having a baby!"

"Wilhelmina." She grabbed her hand, her nails almost digging into Wilhelmina's wrist. "I'll have to trouble you to help me with my pregnancy in the future."

She turned to Leon and said coquettishly, "Leon, I want to eat mango yogurt you bought last time~"

"Starting tomorrow ...." He ordered. "Wilhelmina, you'll be responsible for Tessa's diet and acupuncture."

Wilhelmina stood there blankly without giving him any response. She had been with Leon for three years.

He also had sex with her as a way to vent his emotions, but for three years, every time he finished having sex with her, he would watch her drink the abortion pills he prepared.

"Wilhelmina, a vicious girl like you is not worthy of giving birth to the heir of our family."

Wilhelmina smiled bitterly. Am I vicious? Is Tessa the only one worthy of giving birth to your child?

The man's eyes moved around her face, his Adam's apple rolled, but he finally turned his face away. "Tessa has a poor appetite recently, go and make something suitable for pregnant women."

Tessa smiled sweetly at her and said coqquetishly, "Please, Wilhelmina~ I want something sour and spicy."

Wilhelmina gently placed the prepared medicinal supplement in front of her and a faint medicinal smell wafted from the bottle.

"Your skills are really good~" Tessa scooped a spoonful and suddenly frowned. "It's just a little bitter."

Leon said without even raising his head. "It's okay, good medicine tastes bitter."

He put down his cutlery and said, "Tomorrow night, we will have family dinner party. Please prepare for it."

Wilhelmina's fingertips paused and she asked, "Can I skip it?"

His voice was cold. "No, you're still my fiancée in name."

Tessa's spoon suddenly slipped. "Leon, my stomach hurts so much ...."

Leon frowned and stared at Wilhelmina. "What did you add to the soup?"

He quickly walked to the bedroom with his sweetheart in his arms and when he passed by Wilhelmina, he kicked her hard.

"Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and follow up to see what's wrong with her?"

His voice and gazed were as cold as ice, no warmth was left.

"If anything happens to the baby, I'll make you pay."

Wilhelmina staggered, her fingers tightly grasping the hem of her clothes, her knuckles turning white.

She had clearly decided not to love him anymore, but why did her heart still hurt like it was being stabbed by a knife?

She silently followed behind him, watching him carefully place Tessa on the bed, his movements as gentle as if he were treating a fragile treasure.

Tessa covered her belly, her face pale, but she didn't forget to give Wilhelmina a smug look.

"Leon ... my stomach hurts so much ...."

She weakly grabbed the man's hand, her voice tinged with sobs.

"Did something happen to our baby?"

He immediately turned his head and sternlu rebuked Wilhelmina. "Why are you still standing there? Check on her now!"

With a quick movement, she walked over and placed her fingertips on Tessa's pulse.

The pulse was stable and there was no abnormality at all.

She raised her head and met Tessa's provocative gaze. Then, Tessa moved her lips and said in a tone that only the two of them could hear,

"Looks quite similar, right? He believed it."

Wilhelmina withdrew her hand and said calmly, "She's fine, just need to rest for a while."

Leon frowned to hear her words. "Are you sure? Her face looks so bad."

The cunning girl immediately acted up with a groan. "It hurts...."

His face instantly darkened as he grabbed Wilhelmina's wrist and said, "Did you not even check her seriously?"

His strength was so great that Wilhelmina felt a sharp pain in her wrist bones, but she just stared at him, her eyes calm and quiet.

Back then, when she had a high fever, he also stayed by her bed in a worry and anxious, using a wet towel to cool her down again and again.

But now, all his worry and anxious were given to another given.

"Since you are so reluctant ...."

He sneered and pulled Wilhemina's hand on Tessa's belly.

"Then check on her well and feel the baby you will never be able to carry!"

These words were like a poisoned knife, stabbing deeply into her heart.

She jerked her hand away and staggered back two steps.

Tessa pretended to panic. "Leon, is she angry with me?"

Leon didn't even glance at his fiancee and gently comforted his first love. "You don't need to worry about her, just have a good rest."