Revenge of the Hideous Lady (Xyla Quest)
Chapter 1618

"I know the child is mine... You chose to keep it a secret only because you didn't want to cause me any trouble..." Josh Batton said.

Regardless of what Annabeth Cates said, he still believed in his assumptions.

Based on the timeline, his inference wasn't wrong at all.

However, Annabeth still tried to change Josh's mind. "Honestly, the child isn't yours... Josh, stop overthinking, will you?"

"Alright... If you say this child isn't mine, would you dare do a test with me right now? With how advanced medical technology is now, we can already carry out a DNA test on the baby after twenty-five days of pregnancy, such as in your case..." Josh said.

When Annabeth heard this, she panicked...

To the best of her knowledge, this test couldn't be done within twenty-five days.

It would have to wait until the baby was much larger...

Or did she remember wrongly?

From Josh's facial expression, it didn't look like he was lying.

Annabeth felt frantic...

She subconsciously took in a breath of cold air. "This isn't necessary... This kid really does belong to my boyfriend..."

After saying that, Annabeth subconsciously crumpled the bedsheet tightly.

Josh was able to catch her tiny reaction.

Annabeth had been with him for quite a long time.

Through the time spent together, he had gotten to know Annabeth sufficiently well.

Whenever Annabeth felt extremely nervous, she would grab onto something tightly.

Based on her subconscious reaction, Josh felt certain that Annabeth was panicking. She only panicked because she was lying.

Josh smiled a little before naturally placing his hand on her lower abdomen. "You're lying..."

Annabeth shook her head and raised her voice without realizing it. "I'm not..."

At this moment, it felt as if her heart would leap out of her chest.

Josh's gaze and his palm seemed to carry with them an endless supply of electric current. It was enough to cause Annabeth to forget about breathing. Her heart raced.

"You grab onto things when you're extremely nervous... For example, you held onto the bed sheet earlier, and you're only nervous because you're lying," Josh said.

"I really wasn't..." Annabeth said.

"Since you weren't, I'll take you with me to get the test done after your drip is finished. What do you think?" Josh asked.

Annabeth felt even more panicked.

She had no idea how to answer that.

Right then, Josh was giving her a lot of pressure.

It made Annabeth feel even more frantic. "No. What if my baby gets hurt by getting the test done this early? My boyfriend and I plan to welcome this child into the world. If the baby gets hurt, my boyfriend and I would both be sad."

"Oh, if that's the case... Give me your boyfriend's number. I'd like to congratulate him since I'm your superior..." Josh said calmly. His gentle gaze never left Annabeth's face.

At this moment, Annabeth felt as if Josh was cornering her, and she felt suffocated...

She even forgot how to breathe.

Annabeth never expected Josh to ask for her boyfriend's number...

She had made her so-called boyfriend up.

Where would she replace a number for Josh to call?