Goodbye, Ex-husband! I'm Pregnant with Your Uncle's Child!

Julia Land hadn't expected Arabella Shaw's incident of being tackled by a fan to involve her too.

She had gone out for lunch when Noah Quarter's bodyguard came to the restaurant and escorted her to Imperial View Gardens.

Imperial View Gardens was also a property owned by Noah Quarter, and their wedding house was Jade Gardens, which had been given by Grandma Quarter.

She rarely visited this place.

When she entered Imperial View Gardens and saw Arabella Shaw was also there, she felt an ominous premonition.

Julia Land had been standing for half an hour already.

At the table, Noah Quarter carefully fed Arabella Shaw.

Arabella Shaw's right hand was fractured, and she wasn't used to holding a spoon or chopsticks with her left hand.

So, he fed her.

"Noah, I'm full, I really can't eat anymore," Arabella Shaw leaned in close to him, quickly pecked his face with a kiss, and cooed, "Secretary Land has been here for quite a while."

Noah Quarter pulled out a tissue to wipe Arabella Shaw's lips.

He looked toward Julia Land.

"Bring the person in."

As his command fell, a bodyguard pushed a middle-aged balding man into the room.

Julia Land looked on with puzzlement.

Noah Quarter asked indifferently, "Secretary Land, do you know this man?"

Julia Land glanced at the middle-aged man and shook her head, "I don't recognize him."

"And you?" he asked the middle-aged man, "Do you know her?"

The middle-aged man violently shook his head, "I don't know her."

Noah Quarter scoffed.

The bodyguard restraining the middle-aged man kicked his knees, causing the man to fall to his knees.

Julia Land pursed her lips, watching calmly.

"Secretary Land, I have already decided to stop bothering you and Noah, and yet you arrange for this man to harm me; you really are too malicious," Arabella Shaw frowned, angrily questioning Julia Land.

Julia Land's eyes flashed with shock, "Harm you? I don't even know this man."

Arabella Shaw appeared disappointed, "You still won't admit it?"

Julia Land responded calmly, "Admit what? I don't even know what happened."

Noah Quarter looked at her coldly, then ordered someone to bring in a woman.

As the woman walked in, Julia Land immediately recognized her.

Ruby Steele was her junior college classmate.

Seeing his daughter being dragged in, the middle-aged man suddenly started crying and kowtowing, "I'm sorry, I was wrong; this has nothing to do with my daughter, I'm sorry; I was just trying to help Miss Land."

Julia Land frowned, "Help me with what?"

Arabella Shaw spoke helplessly, her voice tinged with annoyance, "Secretary Land, you instructed this man to pretend to be my fan and to molest me in front of everyone, making me a laughingstock in the entertainment industry; your intentions are truly vicious!"

"I didn't instruct him," Julia Land finally understood what had happened, she looked at Noah Quarter, "I really didn't; I wouldn't do something like that."

Noah Quarter stated flatly, "I only believe in evidence."

His words weighed heavily in Julia Land's chest.

Obviously, he didn't trust her.

Julia Land straightened her back, "What evidence?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the bodyguard roughly pulled on Ruby Steele's hair to take her away for a lesson.

"Ah! Dad, save me, Julia Land, help me!"

Ruby Steele felt an agonizing pain in her scalp.

"Yes, it was Miss Land who instructed me to do it; it has nothing to do with my daughter."

Mr. Steele kept kowtowing, begging for his daughter's release.

Julia Land asked, unruffled, "So just because you say it was me, it's me?"

"Miss Land, you transferred two hundred thousand before to save my daughter; I was very grateful, and that's why I agreed to do this bad thing for you."

Mr. Steele began to apologize, "I'm sorry, Miss Land, I have wronged you."

Julia Land looked at Ruby Steele, who had been silent all along.

Then she looked at the middle-aged man still apologizing on his knees.

She sneered, "You and your daughter owe me an apology; 'The Farmer and the Viper' indeed makes a good story."

Julia Land had never met Ruby Steele's father, Mr. Steele, but she would remember his face of feigned innocence this time.

How could some people be so unscrupulous and treat their savior with such ingratitude?

Half a year ago, Ruby Steele was hospitalized and needed surgery, her family had no money, so they started a fundraising campaign and sought loans from many people.

Julia Land had seen it; they were dorm mates in junior college and had a relatively good relationship.

She lent Ruby Steele two hundred thousand.

She never expected that lending money out of kindness would also lend itself to problems.

Ruby suddenly looked up, "Julia Land, I am grateful to you for lending me the money, but you shouldn't have let my father do that kind of thing for you. I will definitely pay you back."

"Just because you and your father say so, you think you can throw dirt on me?" Julia turned back, looking at Arabella Shaw, "Miss Shaw, I did lend Ruby two hundred thousand for her medical expenses, but that doesn't mean I instructed them to do things for me, right?"

"This..." Arabella looked at Noah Quarter, hesitating, "Noah, what Secretary Land said is also true, this time it's just a broken hand, let it go."

Julia felt a lump in her throat, uncomfortable and stuck.

Noah poured a cup of tea for Arabella, his gaze sharp, "You take care of your hand. I won't let go of anyone who hurt you. Leave this matter to me."

Arabella's eyes and brows curved, her face blushing.

And Julia felt a chill down her spine.

Ruby and her father were taken away by the bodyguards, with Noah going out to the balcony to make a call.

Arabella walked up to Julia, lowering her voice, "Secretary Land, all you got is a marriage certificate, what does it prove? Besides, Noah told me that his marriage to you was just a marriage of convenience."

He actually told Arabella about the marriage of convenience.

Julia's expression turned cold, "Whether it's a marriage of convenience or not, the marriage certificate is real. As long as the two of us are not divorced, you would be the third party."

Arabella shook her head hopelessly, "Secretary Land, Noah doesn't love you, why bother holding on? You'd be better off letting go."

Julia smiled, "If you can, persuade him to divorce me."

She didn't have enough money to pay the penalty for breach of contract.

Seeing the smile on Julia's face, Arabella's eyes also gleamed with amusement, "Secretary Land, feel free to visit here when you have the time. I now live here."

He had actually brought his ex-girlfriend to live in Imperial View Gardens.

After he finished the call, Noah asked Julia to accompany him to the study.

Arabella watched Julia ascend the stairs, smiling softly.

But in her heart, she was thinking of another matter.

If Julia knew that she had slept with a stranger, she wondered if Julia would go crazy.

Arabella's lips slightly curled up.

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Inside the study.

It was too quiet.

Julia pinched the palm of her hand, feeling a bit nervous, "It wasn't me who instructed Mr. Zhu to lay a hand on Miss Shaw. I will clear this up and explain to Miss Shaw."

This matter was actually hard to investigate.

The other party had used an ambiguous issue to set her up...

Essentially, they made it look like she was the one who had stirred up trouble.

Julia had a suspicion that this might have been orchestrated by Arabella.

Arabella was a woman who could even torture a newborn kitten to death—naturally, her heart wouldn't be kind.

Four years ago, Julia had witnessed Arabella stomping a kitten to death with her high heels, just a few months old.

It wasn't just her who had seen it; Grandma Quarter had seen it too.

This might also be why Grandma Quarter strongly opposed Noah's marriage to Arabella.

In the quiet study, Noah approached Julia, making her feel very pressured.

He finally spoke, "I will send someone to investigate this matter."

He didn't trust her.

"Where have you moved to?"

He asked again, indifferently.

After a few nights, he finally learned that she had left Jade Gardens.

"A hotel."

"Why did you move out?"

Julia remained silent for a while, taking a deep breath, "You and Arabella are together now. I didn't want to stay there."

Jade Gardens was the wedding house Grandma Quarter had given them.

She couldn't possibly continue to live there, asking for misery.

The man's deep eyes stared at her, "Julia, do you even have the right to talk about this?"

The moment she signed the agreement two years ago, she lost any right to do so freely.

Julia wanted to laugh, "I'm just moving to a different place to live, is that not allowed?"

"If you move out and Granny hears rumors, you won't be able to bear the consequences," he said with a cold smile, his words chilling, "Julia, don't try to be too clever."

His cool finger tapped her forehead.

"Watch your head."