Substitute Bride: Utterly Pampered by Her Billionaire Husband Chapter 1745: Surprise

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Previously on Substitute Bride: Utterly Pampered by Her Billionaire Husband...
Celeste defended her daughter Danielle, pushing Nina down when she provoked them. She then took Adela's prized handbag, escalating Adela's fury. Adela then feigned a stomachache to involve the Barnes patriarch, who berated Celeste and Adela for their behavior.

Adela is relying on the grandson in her belly.

At this moment, the doctor hurried over, "Sir, now that the second Mrs. is pregnant, she cannot experience intense emotional fluctuations, and she must not get angry. If the second Mrs. makes any requests, it’s best to satisfy her so that the baby can be born healthy and safe."

Upon hearing this, Ethan’s grandpa slowly turned to look at Celeste and Danielle, "This is entirely your fault, and now I am going to punish you."

"Great-grandpa, we did nothing wrong," Danielle protested.

But Celeste covered Danielle’s mouth. She had already realized that Ethan’s grandpa highly valued this male grandchild. Now that Ethan was in poor health, the Barnes family line was entirely dependent on Adela’s pregnancy, so talking was useless. The old man would definitely protect Adela.

"Celeste, here’s the deal: I will punish you by forbidding you from eating dinner tonight, and you must clean this whole villa from top to bottom!" Ethan’s grandpa ordered.

"Old man!" Adela pouted, "That punishment is too light. You’re just favoring them, mother and daughter."

"Okay, Adela, don’t just consider me, think about what Ethan will do if he comes back and sees his wife and daughter wronged. Will he get angry?"

When it came to "Ethan," the little troublemaker, Adela was afraid; no one dared to offend the youngest and most outstanding son of the Barnes family.

However, she had heard that her young uncle didn’t like Celeste, so she wasn’t very afraid.

After all, in wealthy families, a man’s affection is a woman’s confidence for survival.

"Sir, Celeste ruined my bag..."

"Alright, I’ll have someone buy you a new one."

"Make it two."

"Fine."

That was more like it. Adela climbed up contentedly, stroking her big belly with satisfaction.

Ethan’s grandpa said, "Adela, you need to rest more now. You don’t have to worry about anything, just focus on giving birth to the Barnes family’s little golden grandson."

"Got it, sir." Adela said with her chin held high, glaring at Celeste and her daughter, "What are you looking at? Go clean up, and you’re not allowed to eat tonight!"

Ethan’s grandpa left with Adela.

The whole farce was over. Celeste began cleaning, and Danielle unhappily said, "Mommy, it was clearly aunt and Nina’s fault, so why are we being punished?"

Celeste felt that Danielle was too young to understand these things, so she smiled, "Danielle, adults’ matters are not for children to understand. Anyway, we’re not wrong."

"Mommy, I understand, great-grandpa just likes the male baby in aunt’s belly. Mommy, it’s simple; you and dad should hurry up and have a baby boy too, then we won’t be bullied."

"..." Celeste couldn’t understand how such a scary thought got into Danielle’s head.

"Mommy, I really like little brothers, so you should quickly have one for me," Danielle urged happily.

"...Danielle, making a baby brother requires your dad to be at home. I can’t do it alone."

"Why does dad need to be home? Mommy, you can surprise dad by having the baby."

"..." That probably wouldn’t be a surprise; it would be a shock.

Celeste focused on cleaning, and Danielle started helping. Soon, the melodious ringtone of a cell phone sounded, and a call came in.

It was from Ethan.

"Wow, it’s dad calling!" Danielle happily answered the phone.