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Chapter 59 Giving Birth To A Child Out of Wedlock Causes Rumors
October 22, 2026
The next day,
Lyla went to work as usual, but as soon as she walked into the company, she felt that everyone looked at her with a strange gaze and even started pointing at her. Their gazes were full of mockery and ridicule.
Needless to say, Lyla already knew what was going on.
She was very calm and did not want to comment much as she walked into the design department with her head high and chest out.
She did not do anything shameful, what would she need to be afraid of?
However, as she had expected, everyone knew it, but she did not know if Mark would know?
This was the main thing that Lyla was worried about.
As soon as she walked in, many people surrounded Lyla.
A colleague asked, "Lyla, do you really have a son?"
"Yea, your son is already so grown up, is he your own biological son or was he adopted!"
Several colleagues came up and they peppered her with questions all at once. They were shocked when they heard the news!
They could not have imagined that Lyla would have a child that old!
They really could not tell by her looks!
Lyla just looked at them. If she did not comment about the situation and somebody found out about her son, the rumors will be even worse, "He's not adopted, I gave birth to him!"
Everyone’s jaw dropped and did not know what to say anymore.
"Are you married?"
Lyla froze for a moment, then shook her head, then smiled slightly, "No!"
So everyone was even more surprised...
Lily knew that Lyla had a pair of boy-girl twins, and she also knew that they were her biological children, but other than that, she did not know anything else.
But Lily was not happy about everyone's questioning. She walked over, "Okay, okay, what decade are we in, what society are we living in, is there a need to make such a fuss?"
"The main thing is that it happened to Lyla, that’s bizarre!" A colleague said.
Lyla smiled, "Why?"
"Because it doesn't seem like this kind of thing would happen to you!"
"Well then, let me open your eyes!" Lyla laughed it off self-deprecatingly.
However, with just one remark from her, the design department calmed down and everyone was not so gossipy anymore.
"You don't know how horribly Roy described it!"
Lyla knew it was him, so she raised her eyebrows indifferently, "Whatever!" How could I control other mouths!
She did not really care about others. She gave birth to her own children and raised them by herself. She did not do anything wrong or immoral, so why would she need to be afraid?
"He’s definitely full of sour grapes, so he took this opportunity to get revenge on you!" Lily said angrily.
Lyla smiled, "You can cover his mouth but you can’t control his dirty thoughts. It's pretty rare to see a man gossiping like this!" She mocked indifferently.
So everyone was even more curious.
"What do you mean?" a colleague asked.
"Because Roy pursued Lyla before and was rejected!" Lily said.
So that's why!
"I never thought he’s such a person!"
"Yes, I remember that he was courting a person from the accounting department before, but when the other person did not accept him, he went around and said how chaotic her private life was..."
So, after a round of investigation within the design department, Roy's image as a shameless scumbag also spread in the company.
How could Kathleen miss out on this news!
The entire design department already knew, so how would Kathleen not know!
She initially thought that Lyla just adopted a child, but she did not expect to hear Lyla admitting that she actually had a biological son!
Although it was surprising, Kathleen was more happy than surprised.
It was a weight off her mind.
If she had a son, then she would not be her competitor. Even if Mark was a little interested in her, he would never marry a woman who had given birth to someone else's child!
She was definitely certain of this!
Knowing how proud Mark was as a person, he would not want a second-hand item that someone else had used before!
Thinking of this, a smug sneer appeared at the corners of her mouth.
Lyla Lowe, it would only be a matter of time before you get kicked out of M.K. Corporation!
Thinking of this, Kathleen suddenly felt at ease. She was secretly overjoyed. No matter what means Lyla had now, that fact alone was enough to make Mark resent her!
Only till now, she guessed that Mark did not know that Lyla already had a child.
If that was the case, she’ll have to go through some trouble of informing him!
……
On Valentine's Eve,
M.K. Corporation Jewelry New Product Launch Conference was held as scheduled.
Under the promotion of the media and authoritative magazines in the world, M.K. Corporation’s new product launch conference was held quite successfully.
M.K. Corporation was a tycoon in the jewelry industry. It has a strong design team and a large number of consumers and customers. Everyone was already paying attention to them. However, after this publicity, everyone spoke well of them and expressed their eagerness.
Among them, the designs of Lyla and Ethan were the most attractive. Lyla's work was regarded as the hottest one and also the one that everyone had pre-ordered the most.
Ethan's work was also comparable, followed by Lily and one other employee.
In just a few days, MK sales orders had surpassed the sales figures of previous years.
Therefore, Lyla deservedly stood out at the new product launch and became the spotlight designer this year.
Everyone took turns to congratulate Lyla, but Lyla just smiled and behaved indifferently.
When it was time to get off work in the evening, Ethan brought some good news to everyone.
Mr. Pattinson would be treating the whole company to dinner and everyone had to be there.