Chapter 299

"You!"

Evelyn's blunt accusation made Madeline Kingsley's face darken instantly.

"Just an illness?" The elderly woman's voice trembled. "Alex was running a high fever all night but still insisted on going to Kingsley Group..."

"So you knew he was waiting for me," Evelyn countered without backing down, "yet lied to me about him being at Kingsley Group?"

Madeline faltered.

She hadn't expected Evelyn to uncover the truth.

"Who told you?"

"Did I need to be told?" Evelyn's lips curled into a cold smile. "I went to Kingsley Group and didn't find him. The truth was obvious."

Madeline had been spoiled her entire life.

She'd never needed to think deeply to get her way—now, when she tried, her mind failed her.

And yet, she still clung to absurd delusions.

The epitome of incompetence masked by arrogance.

"If there's nothing else, I'll leave." Evelyn turned away. "Alex should be waking up soon."

She owed the old woman some gratitude for this performance.

Otherwise, she might never have seen the Kingsley family for the pit it truly was.

"Stop!" Madeline grabbed her arm and called down the hallway, "Doctor! Bring her in for the examination!"

A team of pre-arranged medical staff immediately surrounded them.

Evelyn's expression darkened.

"Let go!"

"Don't be difficult, Evelyn." Madeline wiped her brow. "It's just a routine checkup. Your resistance only makes me wonder—is infertility not the only issue you're hiding?"

Evelyn nearly laughed at the absurdity. "My body, my choice. No one forces me into any examination."

Madeline's suspicions only grew. "You do have a problem! What else are you concealing?"

Evelyn was beyond exasperation.

"Grandmother, release me. Don't make me resent you."

The words only enraged the old woman further. "You already do, don't you? Ever since I exposed your affair with Julian Ashford?"

Evelyn stayed silent.

Anything she said would be twisted.

But her silence emboldened Madeline.

"Doctor, how is the infertility examination conducted?" the old woman pressed urgently. "Perhaps a full-body scan would be better!"

The doctor glanced at Evelyn. "An MRI would be most comprehensive."

"I can't undergo an MRI." Evelyn's voice was steel.

Early pregnancy MRIs risked fetal development.

"Grandmother, it could harm my baby."

"Baby?" Madeline froze momentarily before scoffing. "You lost your last child, didn't you? Now you claim to be pregnant again? What illness are you truly hiding?"

"My child is still here!" Evelyn's voice rose in desperation.

"Lies!" Madeline trembled with fury. "After all I've done for you, this is how you repay me? Take her for the scan!"

"Grandmother!"

Evelyn dared not struggle violently.

Pregnant as she was, she could only plead, "Your own grandchild is in my womb. Don't do something you'll regret!"

"Ridiculous!" Madeline turned a deaf ear. "Get her to the examination room now!"

"Please cooperate, Mrs. Kingsley." Several bodyguards seized her arms, dragging her toward the scanning suite.

......

In the hospital room, Eleanor Kingsley suddenly spoke:

"Are you deaf or dead? That phone has been ringing forever."

Alexander Kingsley slowly opened his eyes, retrieving Evelyn's phone from beneath him.

A glance at the caller ID—"Wendy West."

No one he knew.

He tossed it aside.

"What is it?"

Eleanor smirked.

"Enjoying your fake nap? Developing a habit of intercepting your wife's calls?"

Mocking her son was second nature.

Alexander did look better.

Though his fever lingered, youth accelerated recovery.

Unfazed by her jab, he'd long abandoned pride around his mother.

"My being here is thanks to you," he said dryly. "Drugging your own son—what an exemplary mother."

"Please." Eleanor rolled her eyes. "You were coward enough to take a cold shower instead. Nearly gave yourself pneumonia."

Alexander sighed. "Mom, Evelyn is pregnant."

"Like I've never been?" she retorted.

He changed the subject. "Where is Evelyn? Where did Grandmother take her?"

"Wasn't she just outside?" Eleanor stood abruptly. "I'll check."

Two minutes later, she returned flustered.

"Evelyn's gone! Where are your bodyguards?"

Alexander was staring at the ringing phone again.

Wendy West was persistent.

His head snapped up. "She's not outside?"

"Checked the entire floor," Eleanor panted. "Call her—"

She broke off, staring at the phone in Alexander's hand.

Evelyn's phone was with him.

What a disaster!

......

"Grandmother, MRIs are unsafe in early pregnancy." Evelyn braced against the machine.

She wouldn't risk the child she'd fought so hard to conceive.

"The doctor said it's fine!" Madeline was immovable. "What disease are you hiding?"

"I'm not! Can't you listen to reason?"

"After the scan," Madeline waved dismissively. "Restrain her!"