Chapter 589

Preston Valentine froze completely.

He slowly turned his head.

Susan Langley was staring at them with a deathly glare, her voice hoarse. "Send me to prison? I won't let you off easy either!"

She seemed to have gone completely mad.

The threat of Fox's poison hung over her head like a blade. The illusion of a life-saving debt had been shattered. She finally tore off all her disguises.

Evelyn Ross frowned. "What are you talking about?"

Susan suddenly burst into loud, hysterical laughter.

The sound was sharp and grating.

"Hahaha... That infertility report for Preston Valentine? That was Fox's doing! Later, you exposed it, didn't you? So Fox had me actually drug him! He'll never have children in this lifetime!"

She threw her head back, laughing until tears streamed down her face.

She knew she couldn't escape.

The look in Preston's eyes held nothing but hatred for her now.

Since she was going down, she'd drag a few more people with her!

Her gaze snapped toward Evelyn.

"It's all because of you! Grace, do you know? It's all because of you! Your first mission, wasn't it to make Marcus Valentine marry Mina Sherwood? Fox created that fake report to stop you! Hahaha... Evelyn Ross, you're a curse! You're the one who ruined the Valentine family! I only came to the Valentines because of you, I only got together with this idiot Preston because of you!"

Evelyn was stunned.

She slowly turned her head.

Marcus Valentine stood there, his body stiff as a stone.

"Call the family doctor!" Evelyn immediately shouted.

The family doctor arrived quickly.

After the examination, the doctor's brow was deeply furrowed.

"Master Marcus has indeed been drugged. Saying he can never have children is an exaggeration, but for at least five, maybe even ten years, it will be very difficult for him to father a child."

Marcus swayed on his feet.

He looked dazedly toward the upstairs bedroom.

In this moment, he was actually grateful Mina wasn't present.

Infertility...

Before, he had been misled. He hadn't believed Mina. He had hurt her.

Was this his retribution now?

He truly couldn't have children anymore...

Marcus's entire body seemed to go limp.

"Big brother..." Evelyn couldn't bear to see it.

"I'm fine," Marcus's voice was raspy. "Continue the interrogation. I... I need to go upstairs and rest for a bit."

He turned and walked up the stairs, step by step.

His retreating back carried an indescribable loneliness.

Evelyn watched him, a sudden question popping into her mind.

Seeing him like this... did he still not know Mina was pregSterlingt?

It had been three and a half months!

Mina's belly had been showing for a while now!

...

Upstairs.

Mina Sherwood was looking down at her own abdomen, troubled.

Her belly was already somewhat noticeable.

But the child's father hadn't asked a single question about it.

From choosing to forgive Marcus, to returning home, she hadn't known how to bring up the matter of the child, so she had kept silent.

Yet Marcus saw her belly every day. He'd rather believe she had gained weight than suspect anything!

Just this morning, he had even patted her stomach and remarked, "The postpartum recovery period really does nourish you. This belly of yours... feels quite nice to touch."

Mina had been speechless at the time.

She was just thinking about how to tell Marcus the truth when the bedroom door was pushed open.

Marcus walked in.

Mina immediately stood up.

"Why are you back again?"

Marcus sat down beside her, looking at her with something he couldn't quite say.

His gaze fell on her stomach.

"Do you like children?" he suddenly asked.

Mina's heart tightened.

Had he noticed?

She gently placed both hands on her abdomen, a soft light appearing on her face.

"I do. Don't you?"

Marcus was taken aback.

He wanted to say he liked them too, that he had once looked forward to their child.

But after losing the first one, he never dared to say those words again.

The rims of his eyes reddened slightly.

Tears slid from the corners of his eyes.

He suddenly spoke in a muffled voice, "Mina..."

"Hmm?"

"Can we... wait until we're forty to have a child?"

"What?"

Marcus closed his eyes in pain.

Tears rolled down.

"It's because I didn't want that child that I lost the chance... I'll never have children in this lifetime. If I could go back a month, I would never have been so foolish..."

Mina didn't understand. Her face darkened.

"What do you mean? You don't want children?"

Marcus shook his head.

"It's not that I don't want them... It's that I can't have them anymore... I was poisoned... The infertility last time was fake, but this time... it's real..."

Mina: "..."

She suddenly didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

She couldn't help but give Marcus a little shove.

"Well... I have some good news to tell you."

Marcus opened his eyes, wiping away his tears.

"What?"

Mina took his hand and gently placed it on her abdomen.

"Feel it properly. Do you know what this is?"

Marcus: "??"

His pupils gradually dilated.

He looked at Mina with disbelief.

...

Downstairs.

Susan was still shouting arrogantly.

"Marcus Valentine has no children! The heir has no descendants! The fight for the next successor will start all over again! Hahaha... Your Valentine family is finished!"

Mr. Valentine, Marcus's father, swayed.

"What did you say?!"

Marcus was his eldest son.

When the infertility was first mentioned, he had found it hard to accept.

Later, discovering it was a misunderstanding, only to have the child lost in the turmoil...

And now... his son couldn't have children again?!

Mr. Valentine clutched his chest, struggling to breathe.

Susan shrieked, "Uncle, are you filled with hatred? Then you should hate Evelyn Ross! Hahaha... She's the one who stirred up trouble and threw your family into chaos! Hahaha..."

Mr. Valentine gasped for air.

Mrs. Valentine clenched her fists.

Both of them looked at Evelyn.

They knew they shouldn't blame her.

But Susan's words still pierced their hearts.

The head of the family was Mr. Valentine.

Back when Mr. Valentine had no children, the family went through turmoil selecting an heir.

In the end, Mr. Valentine directly took Marcus and raised him as the heir to settle things.

Now... if Marcus also had no descendants...

They didn't dare to think of the consequences!

At that moment, Evelyn suddenly spoke.

"Who says my big brother won't have children?"