Chapter 78

Chapter 78
Alvablue: “Could it be that jerk’s?”
PiggyMarion: “What are you on about?”
Aivablue: “I said Angie’s pregnant!”
Alvablue: “I saw a bunch of pregnancy test strips in her bathroom, and they were all positive!”
HandsomeReese: “Alva, stop spreading rumors!”
Alvablue: “I’m not! I’m worried about Angie. She has to deal with this when she’d just lost one of her family members and still has to take care of her sister. My goodness! If I were her… I’d be devastated.” Alvablue: “We have to come up with a solution.”
PiggyMarion: “If it’s the jerk’s baby, Angie should definitely abort it.”
Reese was speechless.
HandsomeReese: “That’s up to Angie to decide, right? We should be more attentive toward her instead. Make sure she doesn’t get too stressed.”
Alvablue: “She might be planning to get an abortion if she takes a day off. If she doesn’t want to tell us about it, we should figure out a way for her to rest more by then.’
Meanwhile, Gregory was having supper in Ned’s hotel room. He launched his WhatsApp and saw the messages pouring in incessantly.
As he scrolled through all the messages, his eyes widened. Biting down on his utensil, he hastily replied.
Greggiegreg: “That’s impossible! Alva, you must be mistaken. Perhaps they belonged to someone who borrowed Angie’s bathroom!”
Alva stared at his message in disbelief. She glanced at the chat group’s name to confirm she was texting in the right group./
Alvablue: “Gregory! Why are you in our group chat?”
Greggiegre: “You added me in.”
Alva was at a loss for words.
Alvablue: “Don’t spread this outside the group.”
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Greggiegreg: “Of course, I don’t gossip either. But what’s the deal with Angie’s scumbag ex? What about the photo-posting?”
Ned stepped out of the bathroom, only to find Gregory huddling on the couch. He was texting with a fork in his mouth, and the whole room smelled like food. Ned felt very irritated. “What are you doing? You’ve ordered all your favorite food. Now finish them and get lost!”
“One of our labmates is pregnant,” Gregory said while texting.
“It’s with her scumbag ex’s child. She hasn’t told any of us yet, and one of our seniors was worried that she might have an abortion without informing us.
Ned, who was drying his hair, paused.
“Pregnant?”
“Yeah!”
Gregory continued casually, “Marion told me my labmate’s ex was a scumbag. He even did something like post private photos of her, and she almost failed to transfer to Cloudsville College.”
Ned was dumbstruck.
He recalled when Angeline insisted that they didn’t have sex. He wondered how she managed to be impregnated..
He snatched Gregory’s phone and scrolled through the messages.
HandsomeReese: “Let’s just pretend we don’t know anything and make sure not to stress her
out.”
PiggyMarion: “Babe, you should assign fewer experiments to Angie these days. You gave her too much work back then because you were concerned she might be too idle and sad.”
HandsomeReese: “Got it.”
Ned’s heart rate escalated.
He wanted to understand the reason for Angeline’s lie.
He gripped the phone tightly.
“Ned, why did you take my phone?” Gregory asked, his innocent eyes bearing into Ned’s.
Ned tossed the phone back to Gregory and headed out after he changed.
“Where are you going?”
The door was slammed shut in Gregory’s face.
“What’s going on?” he asked, looking utterly bewildered.