Fannie glanced at Kylie's belly, then beamed. "Forget it! You can't have ice cream in winter. What if you will have diarrhea after eating ice cream?"

Kylie walked towards Fannie, and sweetly smiled at her to stop her from yelling out her secret.

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"Who wants ice cream? My treat!" Kate walked over, holding Ben's hand.

There was no one else who knew Kylie was pregnant in the show crew, so she explained with a smile. "I was just joking with Fannie. I'm allergic to ice cream."

"Me too!" Ben got excited. "Mother Kylie, we could be a biological mother and son."

Kate beamed. "Are you staying in your Mother Kylie's home these days? Your face is a little rounder."

Ben covered his face fight at once. "I didn't gain weight. I'm not staying in Mother Kylie's home either!" Ben's cute reaction amused everyone.

Fannie didn't ask Kylie until they were on the way home. "I saw Faith wandering around the Finch family's house when I went to pick you up this morning. Did she turn to you for help again?"

Kylie shook her hand. "Not really, I needed her help. Lucas took the 20 thousand dollars I told him to give her as his own, so I gave her that amount of money again."

"Well, Kylie, you're so kind, but why do people always have a bad opinion about you." Fannie wore a resigned look.

Kylie understood she was talking about Ethan's blood brothers. "It's fine. They care about Ethan too. What bothers me more are those revelations about Ethan and Stephen's identity. Honestly, I wanted to ask you a bit of information about them since I heard you've been with them for a couple of years,"

Fannie was stunned upon hearing her words. Fannie let out a deep sighed and said, "I am not the right one to answer your doubts, but one thing I can assure you, I am one of them too, but we tried to live like a human. We aim to help not to harm,"

The last part Kylie had heard from Fannie slightly changed her perspective. She threw a sad look outside the car window. "Yeah, I should let Ethan explain everything in detail later on. I was just so anxious about my children's identity inside my belly. They're growing too fast, and I dug out pieces of information about your race,"

"Kylie, I trust you whatever you're doing, but I hope you can protect yourself well. I heard the truth from Nate that Ethan's biological brother was Stephen. No wonder why they have a similar feature once I saw them both before. I thought it was just a product of my imagination and I trusted Lord Ethan when he introduced him to us, as a new doctor to help our race to retain our human form. Stephen hid his identity from us too, and nobody figures it out after we've known him. Lord Ethan's mom might know all of these, and I think you better ask her,"

Fannie glanced at Kylie. "Feel free to let me know if you need my help."

Kylie leaned on Fannie's arm and acted like a 3-year-old girl. "Fannie, you're the best! Why don't we make a couple?"

"I'm totally fine with it, but can you?" Fannie laughed, then stopped the car at the front of the Finch family's house.

Kylie compressed her lips. "I don't know what to do."

She hadn't seen Ethan for seven days.

She only heard it from the housekeeper that Ethan's wounds were much better now, and his voice was back to normal as well.

Stephen's medicines weren't enough now, and she must meet him again.

They met each other at the same place once more. Stephen didn't give the ointment to Kylie but stared at her with confusion.

"Why are you looking at me? Where is medicine?" Kylie avoided his eyes.

Stephen snorted, "The ointment is enough for ten days. Why is it consumed so fast?"

Kylie panicked a little. "What do you mean? I won't sell your ointment for money."

After that, she subconsciously crossed her arms on her chest and did her best not to scratch the itchy wound on her hand.

"I bet Ethan's wounds must be much better now." Stephen wore a satisfied smile. "That means you can be back to my side a day earlier."

Kylie turned aside not to look at Stephen's eyes. "You know I'm a celebrity. Although I can't work in the entertainment industry anymore after being with you, I still hope I can finish my current job well."

"What does it mean?" Stephen laid his hand on Kylie's shoulder all of a sudden, which scared her.

Kylie was nervous but forced herself to stay calm. "Didn't you say you still need to finish the deal with Tory? I'll leave with you after it's done. What if you're caught?" Stephen used force and turned Kylie to face himself.

When he looked at Kylie, he was as gentle as always. "Don't worry, I'll handle it well, and I'll finish the deal with Tory in advance. Once it's done, we'll leave here together."

"Advance the deal?" Kylie had doubts. It was an important clue. Should she tell Ethan?

However, Stephen knew her too well, and he already figured out her thoughts from her expression. "If you plan to tell Ethan, you must consider whether he'll believe it or not at first."

"I'm not dumb!" Kylie argued. "If I tell him, he'll know I've met you behind his back."

"Great." Stephen smiled, then took out an ointment from his pocket.

Kylie reached out her hand, and Stephen didn't notice the cloth wrapped around it until now. He caught her wrist and looked displeased.

"Let me go!" Kylie was anxious.

Stephen, instead, ignored her and rolled her sleeve up.

Her hand was wrapped in the piece of cloth, so it was useless even though she scratched it when it was itchy.

Kylie tried to get rid of Stephen's hands, but Stephen was much stronger than her. He glanced at Kylie, then unwrapped the cloth without delay.

"What are you doing? Let me go!" Kylie got nervous and stepped on Stephen's foot with great force. She used a lot of strength, but Stephen stood still.

He dumped the cloth to the ground and questioned her in a cold tone, "What is this?"

Kylie stammered, "It's nothing. I-I burned my hand with hot water by accident."

"Are you suspicious of me?" Stephen caught Kylie's wrist harder.

Kylie felt the pain but refused to give in. "Yes, because you're not trustworthy!"

"I'm not trustworthy?" Stephen got mad. "I've taken care of you for over a dozen years. I supported you when you were in the university till you found your first job!"

"If I'm not trustworthy, I would have killed Ethan when I found out he's Adolph's biological son!"

Hearing that, Kylie was struck dumb.

Stephen pulled Kylie walking to the car in great anger. "Does Ethan matter so much to you? You're willing to test the medicine on your own body for him?"

Kylie was squeezed into the car, but she pressed her hands against the car door to stop Stephen from closing it.

"Yes!" She answered in a loud voice. "No one is more important than Ethan in my eyes! As long as he can be safe and fine, I'm willing to do anything for him."

Stephen looked down at Kylie's face. He gently rubbed Kylie's cheek. "Kylie, your life is full of pain when you're with him. Trust me, the right thing you should do is to be with me."

"I value you above anything else. Your benefits are my first priority. Even if you want a star in the sky, I'll do my best to pick it for you!"

Kylie turned her head to avoid Stephen's hand. She stared at him with determination. "I only want Ethan to be safe and healthy. Can you do that?"

Stephen felt sad but put on a strange smile all of a sudden the next second. "I could if you made that request before, but the thing is different now."

He lifted Kylie's injured hand above her head. "You're injured because of him, and I'll pay him back!"