591 Chapter 590

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As soon as Keira spoke, everyone was shocked.

Susan looked at Keira in disbelief, “What did you say?”

Mr. and Mrs. Olsen also looked at her in astonishment. “Keera, what did you mean by that?”

Keira glanced at Susan and Ellis before lowering her eyes. “Mary has been pregnant for three and a half months now.”

That statement left everyone extremely shocked.

Mr. Olsen couldn’t help but tremble as he spoke, “Really?”

Keira just nodded.

Mrs. Olsen frowned. “How could this be? Over three months… Does that mean Mary didn’t have the abortion?”

“That’s right.”

Keira sighed. “At that time, I accidentally discovered Ellis had bought abortion pills, so I switched them out.”

Mrs. Olsen burst into a cry of laughter, “Why didn’t you say it earlier?! We’ve been thinking this whole time that Mary couldn’t forgive your brother because of that child…”

Mr. Olsen added. “Yeah, I’ve been so distressed over that child recently, but I didn’t dare to say anything, fearing it would upset your brother.”

Keira smiled, and Mrs. Olsen said, “I knew it! When Mary came back this time, her belly seemed to be showing. Your brother insisted she just gained weight and kept reminding me not to mention it in case it upset Mary. He’s such an idiot…”

Her eyes were brimming with tears.

Any small bit of reproach she had toward “Keera” just vanished in an instant, and she even felt guilty for having blamed “Keera” earlier.

How could she have followed along with what Susan said and put the blame on Keera?

That really wasn’t right!

Mrs. Olsen grasped her hand. “Keera, you saved that child. You saved Ellis’s baby, which means you saved my grandchild. From now on, you are that second branch’s lifesaver!”

After saying that, she wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes and turned to look at Susan and her brother. “I’ll leave them to you to deal with. I’m going upstairs to see Mary… Ah, I have to prepare an extra meal for her tonight. Seeing how she had a good appetite usually, I worried she would gain weight, but it turns out she’s eating for two people now. I won’t ask her to go on a diet anymore!”

Mrs. Olsen considered Mary her daughter. After all, she never had a daughter.

Since Mary and Ellis got back together and moved back in, whenever she saw Mary eating, she felt nervous and even gently reminded Mary to keep an eye on her figure because her belly was getting rounder.

Mrs. Olsen went upstairs.

She was emotional and exchanged glances with her husband, both somewhat unsure what to do.

Their son must know this good news by now, right?

As the two were hesitating outside the door, inside, Ellis was also in a dilemma…

How was he going to tell his wife, “You’ve gained some weight around your waist”?!

Mary looked at him with expectant eyes. “Why are you silent? What’s wrong?”

Ellis hesitated for a moment before speaking up. “Well, a bit of weight is nice.”

Mary was dumbfounded.

Seeing her freeze, Ellis immediately changed his phrasing. “I’m not criticizing you. I mean, chubby girls are quite cute…”

Mary was speechless.

Ellis quickly added, “No, I mean, Mary, what do you want me to say? Maybe give me a hint? I really don’t know…”

Mary didn’t know what to say,

Mary couldn’t help but smile wryly, finding Ellis such an idiot.

Just as she was about to speak, Ellis said, “Actually, I really can’t have kids now, and I should divorce you instead. You like children so much, so you definitely can’t bear a lifetime without kids. I shouldn’t keep you from that… But Mary, after what happened last time, I think spouses should be truthful with each other. There shouldn’t be any secrets, so whether to divorce or not is your choice. If you despise me… we can divorce…”

As Ellis said this, his stomach sank.

Seeing this, Mary couldn’t help but smile wryly. She deliberately frowned. “Are you trying to abandon me and the child?”

Ellis immediately waved his hands. “I’m not. How could I possibly abandon you and… what?!”

Ellis finally caught on, looking down incredulously at Mary’s belly…

What did Mary just say?

The child?!

He stared dumbfounded at Mary’s belly, speechless for a moment before swallowing and asking, “Mary, does this mean…”

He placed his hands on Mary’s abdomen, gently caressing it.

Mary nodded. “Yes, our child. It’s not gone…”

Tears instantly filled Ellis’s eyes.

He stared at Mary’s belly and then finally said, “We are having a child…”

After saying that, he sighed, “Although we can only have one child, maybe for the rest of our lives, that’s enough. Mary, though I wanted one boy and one girl, it’s perfect now. Do you want a boy or a girl?”

Then he laughed, “No matter what we have, I’ll love them… I don’t have any preference for one gender over the other. In our family, we feel the same. Everyone will treasure a girl even more as if she were a rare gem.”

Hearing that, Mary couldn’t help but smile. “Can’t we have both?”