Chapter 572

Clara could not argue with that. She kept her head down and drank her soup. She tried to hide her guilt. "I told Grandma that the baby is a girl, and she got especially happy."

Matilda did adore little girls, but Arthur still looked skeptical. "Just that?"

Under his gaze, Clara grew even more uneasy. She opened her mouth to confess, then her abdomen tightened. A dull ache followed. She sucked in a