Baby Cupid: Could You Be My New Mommy

"According to the exclusive report of the Weekly News, Leon Lu, the heir of the Lu family, spent forty-eight hours in a hotel room with the famous actress, Candida Ye. Our reliable source confirmed that the actress has a slight bulge. Many believe that she is pregnant now."

It was still early in the morning, but the gossip about Leon Lu and Candida Ye had already spread all over the country, breaking the hearts of countless people.

Leon Lu was the CEO of the Lu Group. He was the heir of the nouveau-riche Lu family and a parvenu in the real estate industry. Currently, he was the youngest businessman in the city, known for being handsome, romantic, and affectionate. He was every woman's fantasy.

The media followed his love life all the time, broadcasting every woman he had associated with.

In the Lu family's villa

Daryl Ye sat quietly at the table with eyes staring unblinkingly at the TV screen. The news was all about Leon Lu and Candida Ye.

Her rough and slender hands grasped her thighs tightly. But still, she couldn't stop her body from trembling.

She couldn't believe that Leon Lu's mistress was Candida Ye, her parents' adopted daughter.

For a long time, Daryl Ye had doted on Candida Ye like her own sister.

"You're so stupid! Why did you put so much vinegar in the soup? Do you want to kill me?" Katrina Su, Daryl Ye's mother-in-law, who was sitting elegantly at the table, suddenly poured the bowl of hot chicken soup onto Daryl Ye.

With a darkened expression, Daryl Ye put down her chopsticks. She endured the burning sensation and knelt down to clean up the mess. "I'm so sorry, Mom. I'll cook for you again."

She tried to restrain her tears from falling, but they just streamed down her face like raindrops.

"You can't do anything right, but cry!" Katrina Su tweaked her left ear and pushed her away impatiently. "You're such a jinx. I don't know what's wrong with Leon that he chose to marry you. Even if you can bear everything, I can't stand you anymore."

"Mom, what do you mean?" Daryl Ye raised her head and looked at her mother-in-law in panic. She had a bad feeling with her words.

Her knees started to feel numb from kneeling, but she didn't complain.

"Are you really dumb? You can't even give birth to a child. And yet, you still want to be the hostess of the Lu family. Candida is pregnant with Leon's child now, so I will let her move in here tomorrow. A jinx like you should start packing now and get out of here."

"Mom, it's not that I can't have a child. Back then..." Daryl Ye was not able to finish her words as she choked with sobs.

The night wind that blew through the window made her body shiver more. She felt cold all over.

In the past five years, Katrina Su had abused her and treated her as a servant. But she endured it all for the sake of her marriage. But this time, Katrina Su's words made her heart break into a thousand pieces.

"Don't mention the past. If you hadn't set Leon up and got pregnant, he wouldn't have been forced to marry you." Katrina Su stood up and stared at Daryl Ye. "But what did you do? You didn't take care of my grandson. You lost him. It's been five years. I'm too tired to put up with you anymore. Get out of here! Make sure that I won't be able to see your face tomorrow morning."

Katrina Su then stomped off with a cold face.

Her words were like a knife that cut Daryl Ye's heart into pieces.

It was true that Leon Lu was forced to marry Daryl Ye because she was pregnant. But she didn't intentionally lose her child.

At this moment, her phone rang. She took it out from her pocket and saw Leon Lu's name on the screen.

She felt excited and nervous at the same time.

This was the first time that he had called her since they got married. But she was also afraid that he would only say something cruel to her.

As soon as she answered, she said, "Leon, mom said..."

"Where are you?" Leon Lu interrupted her coldly.

Daryl Ye felt more nervous. "I'm home."

"Come to Room 1818 of Cloud Hotel in half an hour."

Leon Lu then hung up before Daryl Ye could even say something.

Daryl Ye simply thought that Leon Lu just wanted a quiet place to explain his relationship with Candida Ye, so he told her to go to the hotel.

Maybe he didn't want a divorce at all.

With this thought, Daryl Ye gradually calmed down.

She went to her room, changed into a beautiful dress, and put on light makeup before she went out of the Lu family villa.

In less than half an hour. Daryl Ye was already outside Room 1818. She held the shopping bag tightly, took a deep breath, and knocked on the door.

Inside the shopping bag was a necktie from Leon Lu's favorite brand. She bought it before she came here.

Not long after, the door opened, and a tall man appeared at the door.

Leon Lu was wearing a white bathrobe with his neckline slightly open, giving off a fresh fragrance.

As soon as he saw Daryl Ye, his eyes narrowed slightly. Obviously, he was not satisfied with her looks.

Daryl Ye was about to say something when a delicate voice was heard from the inside. "Leon, is Daryl here?"

Her mouth opened, but there was no sound. The words that she wanted to say were stuck in her throat. As her gaze moved behind Leon Lu, she saw a beautiful woman walking towards the door.

The woman was none other than Candida Ye, who was wearing a white bathrobe too. Her long and curly hair danced as she walked gracefully.

She stood behind Leon Lu and wrapped her arms around his waist intimately as she greeted Daryl, "Daryl, long time no see."

Daryl Ye looked at the two people in front of her in astonishment. She felt a lump in her throat.

"Candida! How can you do this to me? Have you forgotten that he is your brother-in-law?"

Daryl Ye asked painfully as she took a few steps back. The shopping bag in her hand fell to the floor.

"But Daryl, I really love Leon," Candida Ye said weakly.

"Candida, you really disappoint me." Daryl Ye was about to run away from them when Leon Lu grabbed her arm.

"Shut up!" Leon Lu snapped. "I'm telling you, if you screw up my plan tonight, I'll teach you a lesson you can never forget." He dragged Daryl Ye inside the room and threw her on the sofa with a malicious look in his eyes.

He then looked down at her and ordered, "There is a very important person next room. Go and sleep with him."

Daryl Ye struggled to stand up, clenched her fists, and looked at Leon's heartless face in bewilderment.

She had been crying for quite a while now, so her eyes already felt sore. However, her tears still kept on falling. "You want me to sleep with another man? Leon, you asked me to come here just to sleep with another man?"

"Well, what else do you expect?" Leon Lu squinted his eyes and smiled coldly. "Do you think I still want to save our relationship and start over again?"

Candida Ye patted Leon Lu on the chest and said flirtatiously, "Don't say that. She has made an effort to put on makeup. There must be some misunderstanding here."

She then looked at Daryl and smiled. "Daryl, you haven't done anything for Leon in the past five years. After being married into the Lu family, you have never helped him. Now, he finally needs you. As his wife, do you have the heart to refuse?"

Daryl Ye tried to suppress the rage and pain in her heart as she said word by word, "I refuse."

"If you refuse, then let's divorce," Leon Lu threatened her.

"No, Leon." Daryl grabbed Leon Lu's hand and sobbed. "We can't divorce. If we do, Sam won't be able to find his way home. Leon, please."

Leon Lu's face darkened. "Don't ever mention that bastard in front of me again. I'm fed up with your crying and screaming because of that child."

"Don't call him a bastard. He is our child," Daryl Ye countered.

"Daryl, wake up," Candida Ye reminded her kindly. "He is not Leon's child at all."

Daryl Ye suddenly froze and stared at Candida Ye with her teary eyes. "What do you mean? Leon, what does Candida mean?"

Leon Lu said coldly, "She means that the man who got you pregnant that night was not me. That bastard wasn't stolen. I sold him."

His words were like a bomb that exploded in Daryl Ye's heart, and it shattered into pieces.

"What did you say?" she asked to confirm.

"I said, you slept with another man at that time. It wasn't me. And the reason why I let you come here today is for you to do the same business again," Leon replied.

'You are such a disgusting man, Leon.

If you were not the man who slept with me that night, then why did you marry me?' Daryl thought inwardly.

Leon's last words kept on playing back in her mind like a recorder.

"Daryl, if you entertain Mr. Ji well tonight, I assure you that we will treat you fairly. Leon will even pay you alimony after your divorce. But if you don't do this, I'm afraid you will have to give up all your properties." Candida knew Daryl's weakness, so she said something to pierce Daryl in this sore spot. "I am now pregnant with Leon's child. He needs to save money for us. You know, children are expensive."

As soon as Candida mentioned the child, Daryl looked at Candida's belly blankly.

The news on TV a while ago said that Candida was pregnant.

But Daryl hadn't paid much attention to it when she arrived just now because her main concern was Leon. She smiled bitterly.

'Leon is forcing me into sleeping with another man, or else he will divorce me. Candida is pregnant with his child, ' Daryl thought over and over again.

She couldn't believe that Leon was this cruel. He didn't only abandon her in front of Candida, he even rubbed salt into her wound.

"Leon, you are such a bastard! Give my son back to me." Thinking about her missing son, Daryl was almost on the verge of breaking down. She threw herself at Leon hysterically.

She would kill him right now.

"You're a shrew!" With disgust written all over his face, Leon pulled Daryl's hair and slapped her. "Are you going or not? I have never touched you for five years. Don't tell me that you don't need a man right now."

Leon slapped her so hard that Daryl's mouth began to bleed.

A sense of revolt suddenly surged up in her heart. She looked at him and said firmly, "No, I won't go. I would rather die than let you get what you want. Give me back my child. You are a beast, Leon. Give Sam back to me!"

Leon couldn't bear Daryl's screaming, so he covered her mouth with his big hand. Daryl opened her mouth to shout, but she felt a strong smell of medicine penetrate her nostrils.

"Since you don't want to be obedient, I will teach you a lesson. Send her there and let her feel that living is worse than dying."

Daryl tried to fight back, but she gradually lost her consciousness until everything in front of her became dark.

She felt terribly

hot.

In the dark, Daryl heard the door open, and the cold air rushed into the room. There were also steady and powerful footsteps getting closer to her.

"Hubby?"

She wasn't sure if she was only dreaming.

But she knew that Leon lied to her. He didn't sell her child to someone else.

Leon was Sam's father. Sam was their child.

Leon was just playing a trick on her.

A tall and slender figure walked over and stood in front of Daryl. His mint scent gave her a pleasant feeling.

Daryl held the man tightly and rubbed her cheeks against his chest.

It felt so comfortable.

"Hubby, am I just dreaming?" she asked.

Looking down at the woman who threw herself at him, Zack Ji frowned and said, "I'm not your husband."

"Yes, you are." Daryl looked up at his handsome cold face. "Hubby, don't leave Sam and me, okay? You can't leave me alone like Sam did. Do you know how much I've missed you?"

"I told you, I am not your husband." Zack Ji got more pissed off, so he tried to pull her arms around him, wanting to push her away.

But Daryl wouldn't let go of him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately.

Zack Ji didn't see it coming. Daryl even pushed him until his back already hit against the wall.

She clung to him like a vine, and her lips were so sweet.

Zack Ji couldn't resist her anymore.

The next morning, Daryl woke up in a daze.

She was stunned when she saw a strange surrounding. As she looked at the clothes on the floor, she suddenly realized that what happened last night was not a dream.

Leon and Candida indeed sent her to a strange man.

Daryl felt so desperate. She had never thought that the man she loved for many years would become the man she hated the most.

She wanted to find Leon right now.

She had to make everything clear with him.

Despite the pain that she felt, Daryl got out of the bed, put on her clothes, and left quietly. Although she didn't even spare a glance at the man on the other side of the bed, she was too careful not to wake him up.

When Zack Ji woke up a few moments later, Daryl was already gone. He touched the space of the bed beside him, and it was already cold. She had been gone for a long time now.

Zack Ji got up slowly. The morning sunlight that peeped through the window shone on his handsome face, making him look more profound. He pursed his thin lips and took a deep breath of regret.

He took his phone from his pocket and dialed a number.

"Hale, check who entered my hotel room last night."

After saying yes, Hale hesitated for a few seconds before he finally said, "Sir, Benjamin is missing."

Zack Ji's face darkened at once. He picked up his shirt on the floor and put it on while walking out of the room quickly. "What happened?"

"He left a letter saying that he is going to find his mother."

Zack Ji's eyes narrowed.

Hale could feel Zack's coldness from the other end of the line. He broke out in a cold sweat and immediately admitted his negligence. "Sir, it's all my fault. I didn't take good care of him. Please punish me."

"Find him now. Give me his specific location in ten minutes."

"Yes, sir."

When Daryl entered the villa, she saw Candida going down the stairs. The gloating expression in Candida's eyes was apparent.

When their eyes met, both felt the hostility towards each other.

"What are you doing here?" Daryl asked as she stood in front of Candida.

Candida looked elegant and calm, but she was emitting a proud, arrogant aura. She smirked and said, "I should be the one to ask you that. Daryl, how can you be so shameless? After sleeping with another man last night, you still have the face to go back to the Lu family? Are you not afraid to be mocked and humiliated by the whole Lu family?"

Daryl bit her lips tightly and clenched her fists to suppress the anger that started to well up in her heart. Her hands were trembling, but she didn't show any signs of weakness in front of Candida. "This is my home, and I am Leon's wife. How about you? You are just a mistress who climbs into her brother-in-law's bed. You even get yourself pregnant by a married man. How cheap!"

She had been so blind for so long that she didn't see through Candida's true colors.

"What did you say?" Daryl's words irritated Candida at once. "Daryl, wake up! Do you really believe that the Lu family still wants you? Don't be too naive. You are no longer useful to Leon. The Lu family doesn't need you here anymore. Until now, don't you still realize that he only married you because of the Ye family's wealth? I am the one he truly loves. He wants to marry me. I am going to be the hostess of the Lu family soon."

Daryl straightened her back and pursed her lips. She didn't want to see Candida's face for another second, so she stepped forward and said, "Get out of my way."

"No way!" Candida blocked the way, raised her hand to push Daryl out. "What are you doing? Ahh!"

With a sudden scream, Candida stumbled and fell to the floor awkwardly.

Her face turned pale and twisted in pain. Her voice was full of grievances. "Daryl, how can you do this to me? I'm pregnant with Leon's child. Do you want me and my baby to die?"

Leon was upstairs. The moment he heard Candida's scream, he rushed downstairs. When he saw Candida in a pathetic situation, his face darkened.

He strode to her and held her in his arms. "Honey, are you okay? Don't scare me like this."

Candida leaned in his arms weakly, grasped his collar tightly, and sobbed, "Honey, how can my sister do this to me? She wants to kill our child."

Upon hearing Candida's words, Leon immediately got enraged.

He raised his head and pursed his thin lips. His eyes were filled with fury and disgust. "Daryl, what did you just do? Who gave you the right to hit my woman? If anything happens to my baby, you will surely pay for it. Get out of here! Don't you ever show up in front of me again!"

"Your baby? How dare you brag that bastard to me!" Seeing how Leon cared for and worried about Candida, Daryl's heart bled. She stared at the man she used to love with hatred. "What about my child? You were so heartless to sell him. Do you think you can be a good father? Tell me, Leon. Why did you marry me? And why did you do this to me? Have I wronged you?"

Looking at Leon's face, Daryl felt more aggrieved. She wanted to scold and curse this heartless man in front of him.

For so many years, she continued to hold on because she was hoping that her child would come back soon. She had thought that they could still be a happy family in the future after they found Sam.

But now, Leon cruelly destroyed everything. He took away the last ray of hope from her.

Leon raised her eyebrows and said scornfully, "You want to know why? Because I never loved you. I married you because of the Ye family's wealth. I have loved Candida even before. But I have to be separated from her for five years because of you."

It took Daryl five years to find out that everything was a fake. She had never thought that Leon just used her.

She felt like she was on the verge of breaking down. Her body felt numb all over. She stepped back and asked, "Did what happened to Ye family have something to do with you?"

Her voice was so weak when she asked the question.

"All of the Ye family's properties are now under Candida's name. You know what? You are penniless now." Leon looked at Daryl with cold and contemptuous eyes. He felt ecstatic to see Daryl in such a miserable situation.

Daryl clenched her fists, feeling so desperate. She suddenly grabbed the fruit knife on the table beside her and rushed towards Leon.

"I'm going to kill you! You deserve to die, Leon Lu! You took my child away from me!"

She didn't care if she would become a murderer.

If she killed this unscrupulous man right now, she could avenge her child.

The Lu family was ungrateful. If it weren't for the help of the Ye family, they would have been still poor until now.

Leon deceived her. If she had known that it wasn't him who slept with her that night, and he was not the father of her child, she wouldn't have wasted five years of her life. She endured the Lu family's maltreatment, in hopes that things would change in the future.

Because of her love for Leon, she forgot herself. She gave everything to the Lu family. But after finding out that he had been with Candida for a long time, she regretted that she loved him.

"Ahh! Daryl, are you crazy?" Candida screamed in panic. Her face turned pale with fright. Katrina heard the commotion in the living room, so she rushed downstairs.

With a gloomy expression, Leon snatched the knife from Daryl's hand and threw her out of the door. "You're a shrew!"

Daryl fell down and felt that her bones were broken.

But still, she raised her head.

Leon then threw a certificate on her face. With a murderous look in his eyes, he said, "Since you helped me last night, I won't make a fuss with what you did to me just now. Take the divorce certificate and get out of here immediately. Don't bother Candida or me ever again. Otherwise, I will do everything to ruin your reputation."

His words were like lightning that hit Daryl and broke her into pieces.

She looked at the divorce certificate in astonishment, her eyes red with fury.

If this was in the past, Daryl would have begged Leon not to divorce her. But after what happened last night, she had finally woken up.

She didn't want to deceive herself any longer.

"Shameless!" Daryl snapped through clenched teeth. She glared at Leon with tears in her eyes.

"What did you just say?"

"I won't get tired of telling you how cunning and despicable you are! A shameless man like you doesn't deserve to be loved. I shouldn't have been blinded for too long." Daryl stood up, raised her chin, and looked at Leon and Candida. Her eyes were filled with hatred. "I swear, I will make you regret this day!"

Leon sneered contemptuously. "I'm looking forward to that day. I can't wait to have a face-to-face competition with you. But I'm afraid that time will never come. You have nothing now, and you will never be able to get back on your feet forever."

Looking at Daryl's ashen face, Candida also butted in, "Daryl, I advise you to save your strength. You need to go to the hospital and see your mom for the last time. Since she has no money left, she can't pay for her medical expenses anymore. The doctor said that she's dying now."

Daryl was shocked to hear such awful news from Candida.

Her mother was her only family now.

Tears streamed down her face. She didn't have time to argue with these two scums, so she turned around and was about to leave.

But all of a sudden, a loud and clear voice of a little boy reverberated around them.

"Wait!"

They all looked at the little boy in awe.

None of them knew how long had the black Lincoln been parked outside the gate of the villa. Several men in black got out of the car and stood behind the little boy in a suit as he walked towards Daryl.