novelraw Chapter 826: Ginseng Soup
Chapter 826: Ginseng Soup
This irresponsible attitude of his made Charlotte feel a bit chilled.
And just now she had felt a bit relieved by his words, which seemed rather pathetic.
For Robert Stephens, the matter of having a child essentially held no real significance; it wasn’t part of his life plan.
They were both still young, and he didn’t think Charlotte was at an age to be a good mother.
Seeing her angry expression, he found it somewhat amusing. "Do you really want to have this child?"
Looking at his casually smiling demeanor, Charlotte only felt her heart sinking deeper.
The 21-year-old Robert and the 30-something Robert had completely different views on having children.
He later could dote on George Stephens, but now couldn’t accommodate a small baby.
She put down her knife and fork, stood up from the dining chair, and said softly, "I’m done eating."
Seeing her turn away like this, Robert’s previously smiling expression instantly darkened. Watching Charlotte’s retreating figure, he thought, fine if her temper is getting bigger, but now she throws a tantrum at a few words.
With her whole rotten temper, she still thinks of having a child.
A child isn’t a tool for her to vent her temper on.
*
On the way back, neither of them was in a good mood.
When Charles Grant came to pick them up, he was in a good mood at first, but seeing both Charlotte and Robert with cold faces, he didn’t dare to speak, and nervously drove them back.
Charlotte was dropped off at Robert’s residence.
The man had spent a week going out to pick her up, and as soon as he returned, he went straight to the company. When Charlotte first returned to this place she grew up in, she unexpectedly felt a bit unfamiliar, but the maids at home were very happy to see her return. They all came up to greet her, asking where she had been running off to these past few months and why she hadn’t come home to see them.
A few gossiping maids, seeing her lack of enthusiasm, started telling her gossip about Robert, informing her that Robert had fallen out with the Madison family, and that the Madison family had been causing trouble for him these past few days. They didn’t know what had happened.
Listening to them, Charlotte only felt annoyed. She didn’t want to know about Robert’s matters with the Madison family, so she left the crowd and went directly upstairs to find a guest room and slept.
When she woke up, the air was filled with the scent of medicine. Charlotte sat up and looked out the window, realizing it was still broad daylight and she had only slept for a little over two hours.
A maid came in after knocking on the door and brought in a bowl of soup, smiling as she said to Charlotte, "Miss Smith, Mr. Stephens asked someone to bring you a century-old ginseng. He asked us to cook it to nourish your body, so hurry up and drink it while it’s hot."
Half-asleep, Charlotte asked subconsciously, "Ginseng?"
"Yes." The maid snickered, "Mr. Stephens said you’re pregnant and weak, needing ginseng to replenish. He even took the birthday gift for Lady Stephens being given in a few days to brew it for you."
Looking at the ginseng soup in the maid’s hand and remembering Robert’s attitude when he returned, Charlotte felt a bit confused.
What on earth did Robert mean?
Does he...want or not want this child?
She blinked lightly, looking at the ginseng soup in the maid’s hand, cautiously asking, "There’s nothing else in it, right?"
"Yes, there is!" The maid replied quickly.
"!"
"We added a few other herbs, all for nurturing pregnancy. You’re really something; even pregnant, you have squabbles with Mr. Stephens, and Mr. Stephens is worried sick about you."
"..."
Worried my ass!