My Husband, Warm The Bed

When Adrienne woke up, she found herself at the village clinic.

The first thing she saw when she opened her eyes was several overwrought gazes. Among them was Phoebe, who had always taken good care of her.

"Phoebe..." She moved and wanted to sit up, but Phoebe reached out and pressed her down. "Miss Carter, you should lie down and rest for a little while longer."

Adrienne did think that her body felt a little heavy, but she didn't feel like she needed to be lying down. "I'm fine, don't worry."

Her face covered in concern, Phoebe took Adrienne's hand and said, "Miss Carter, you're still so young, but you came into this rural area all by yourself. I'm sure that your family is worried about you."

At the mention of her family, Adrienne immediately thought of Sheridan. She also recalled her mother, Eudora, who had died a miserable death. At that instant, her already pale face grew even more disconsolate. "Everyone in my family is gone."

Phoebe felt bad for bringing up such a sensitive topic for Adrienne. She apologized, "Miss Carter, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring up your past."

"It's all right. It's all in the past now." Adrienne shook her head and saw that Phoebe wanted to say something but stopped on a second thought. She asked, "Do you have something else to say to me?" Phoebe hesitated for a long time before she answered slowly, "Miss Carter, you're pregnant."

"W-what? I- I'm pregnant?" Adrienne was in disbelief at first. But after thinking about it for a while, she realized she had indeed been showing signs of pregnancy.

When her period was delayed, she simply assumed that it was caused by stress, so she hadn't paid any attention to it.

She instinctively touched her lower abdomen. There was a tiny life growing inside of her at that moment.

This tiny life was the child of her and Jefferson...

What was Jefferson doing at that moment?

Was he thinking about her, too? She wondered.

Discreetly, she had left Chatterton Town, and he hadn't been able to find her. He was probably so furious that he might not even want to talk to her anymore.

Phoebe added, "But Miss Carter, worry not. As long as you are willing to stay with us, we will help you take care of the child. We won't look at him any differently just because the child doesn't have a father." "Phoebe, that's not..." Upon hearing this, Adrienne understood that Phoebe had been trying to ask about the child's father earlier.

And her reply had made Phoebe misunderstand that the child was fatherless.

If Jefferson knew that she'd caused such a misunderstanding, he would definitely throw a tantrum at her.

Thinking of the man who was so supercilious that he thought he was king of the world, Adrienne couldn't help but reveal a smile on her face. "Phoebe, you've misunderstood. The child's father is fine, but he has no idea that I'm pregnant."

Phoebe was both surprised and happy to hear that. She felt guilty for her earlier words so she apologized, "Miss Carter, I'm so sorry that I misspoke before understanding the situation." "It's okay." Adrienne smiled.

At that time, her mind was full of Jefferson's dramatic expressions. If he knew that she was pregnant, he would probably shout over the rooftops and tell the whole world that he was going to be a father. An adult man he might be, but he often acted immaturely, like a child who would never grow up.

However, there was no way of letting him know she was pregnant at that moment.

She hadn't brought her phone with her nor did she buy a new one here. Hence, she was completely cut off from the world.

She intended to stay there for a longer time, but she would have given birth by that time. She wondered how Jefferson would react if she were to bring a baby home then.

He would probably doubt if the child was even his.

She could lie with her words, but Adrienne's faint smile gave her away.

Phoebe believed what Adrienne said, but she also retained some doubts. "Miss Carter, how could he let you come to such a rural area all by yourself?"

Adrienne smiled and said, "He definitely wouldn't have allowed it if he knew. If he had known, I bet he would have followed me at my heels, so I came here without letting him know."

"Miss Carter, I don't mean to criticize you, but you are too reckless for your own good. Perhaps it would be fine if you weren't pregnant, but things are different now. You shouldn't fool around anymore. You'd better go back to him and let him know." "Okay, whatever you say." In order to not let the villagers worry about her, Adrienne agreed immediately.

Subsequently, Adrienne went home under the escort of Phoebe and several other villagers. They were so nervous as if the woman who was pregnant was not Adrienne, but them.

After seeing Adrienne off, Phoebe said again, "Miss Carter, the first three months of your pregnancy is a very crucial time. You need special care, so the rest of us have decided that we will take turns cooking you meals. All you need to do is to teach the children."

Adrienne refused in a hurry, "You don't need to trouble yourselves like that. I can take care of myself."

However, Phoebe exposed her mercilessly, "Miss Carter, if you're on your own, you can eat your boiled food all you want, but you are eating for two now. If you keep eating like that, how is your child going to grow healthily?"

Adrienne had no comeback.

She thought no one knew that she boiled everything she ate, but it turned out that everyone was already aware of that.

At that instant, she was so embarrassed that she wished she could bury her head in the sand like an ostrich.

Adrienne was a klutz in the kitchen. Ever since she had arrived at the village, it was the villagers who took care of her meals. But after a few days, she felt bad for imposing on them so she insisted on cooking on her own.

Every time she tried to fry something, things would go terribly wrong for sure.

Hence, her only solution was to boil everything.

She boiled her meat.

She boiled her vegetables.

Everything she ate was boiled.

It was fine at first but after a while, she started to get very sick of the blandness.

She never felt full either.

"That's that then," said Phoebe.

Adrienne wanted to refuse once again but she saw Yura walking over with Bennett with a basket of eggs in her hands.

Everyone looked at the mother and son with concern. "Yura, is Bennett feeling much better now?"

"He's fine now. Thank you all for your concern." Then, Yura looked at Adrienne and said, "Miss Carter, you have my undying gratitude. If it weren't for you, Bennett would have..."

When she recalled the incident, Yura still felt fearful and she couldn't even speak clearly.

She quickly pulled Bennett forward and said, "Bennett, say thank you to Miss Carter."

Bennett was usually a naughty and bubbly child. Perhaps it was because he had been frightened so he didn't look as energetic as he used to be.

He stepped forward obediently. "Miss Carter, thank you for saving me. My mother said that I would have died if it weren't for you. From now on, I swear that I will love you like how I love my mother."

"Yura, you don't have to thank me. Anyone would have done the same as I did." Adrienne touched Bennett's head and bent over as she said, "Bennett, the best thanks you can give me is to study hard, you got that?"