Reborn with Nothing but My Farm and Vengeance in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 106

Chapter 106: Chapter 106: I’m Pregnant

After hearing that piece of gossip, what little buzz Melody Summers had was completely gone.

She and Sophie Thorne walked back to the banquet hall in silence, both quietly digesting the gossip.

Sophie Thorne was the first to break the silence. She sighed in a low voice, "Those two really are a match made in heaven. One pursues other women behind his fiancée’s back, and the other gets pregnant with another man’s child behind her fiancé’s back."

Melody Summers nodded. ’Sylvia Lancaster has some serious nerve,’ she thought, ’bringing Flynn Adler’s child back to the Sutton family.’

She remembered Zane Simmons saying he’d had the child Joanne White was carrying DNA tested before he brought her home.

’These powerful families are so cautious. Why is Sylvia Lancaster so confident she can get away with it? Are the Suttons really that stupid?’

Melody Summers couldn’t make sense of it. She could only sigh and mutter, "What a complicated love triangle."

Sophie Thorne shook her head and whispered in Melody Summers’s ear, "It’s more than a love triangle. I heard from my father that the Adler family is interested in a marriage alliance with the Hayes family. The two families already have business dealings, and Flynn Adler is supposedly already official with Clara Hayes."

Melody Summers froze. ’Flynn Adler and Clara Hayes?’

’Isn’t Clara Hayes supposed to be Sylvia Lancaster’s best friend?!’

’Did Sylvia sleep with her best friend’s boyfriend?’

’And I don’t think this happened in my past life!’

’What exactly has my rebirth changed? Why did those two end up together?’

’No wonder Flynn Adler called Hector Hayes ’Uncle’ in my past life. So their families did have business ties...’

Melody Summers’s head started to ache. She wasn’t sure if it was the alcohol, but she felt this web of relationships was becoming more and more tangled...

*

「The Sutton Villa.」

Mrs. Sutton was on the phone with her younger son, Elias Sutton.

Some time ago, she had already sold off and transferred many of the assets under her and Mr. Sutton’s names, giving everything to Elias Sutton, who was abroad.

Unlike his ever-dependable brother Ethan Sutton, Elias had been mischievous as a child and grew up to be even more wild and reckless.

With the family’s fortune in Elias’s hands, Mrs. Sutton couldn’t rest easy. But she had no other choice; she didn’t trust any of their relatives or friends. All she could do was call her younger son from time to time to give him a reminder.

"Son, you need to watch that money closely. That’s my entire life savings. Our family’s comeback depends on it, so don’t you dare squander it."

On the other end of the line, Elias Sutton was already pretty high. With one arm wrapped around a blonde, blue-eyed girl and the other holding his phone, he slurred, "I know, Mom. Stop nagging."

After hanging up, Mrs. Sutton sighed and went back to sorting through her jewelry, looking for any remaining pieces not on the asset list so she could sell them all.

Just then, Mr. Sutton’s angry voice boomed from downstairs. Mrs. Sutton hurried out to see what was happening and found her husband on the sofa, berating Ethan Sutton.

Ethan stood before his father with his head lowered, not daring to utter a word.

Mrs. Sutton hurried over to mediate. "What’s going on? Didn’t you go to the one-month celebration for the Simmons family’s illegitimate son? Why are you back so early?"

Mr. Sutton yelled, "Why don’t you ask your precious son what he did! He tried to hit on someone and got thrown out! He’s utterly humiliated me!"

Ethan retorted, "Dad! I just exchanged a few words with Melody Summers! I’m telling you, that playboy Zane Simmons was targeting me on purpose!"

"You still dare to talk back!" Mr. Sutton slammed his hand on the table. "What were you doing approaching her for no reason? Do you insist on getting tangled up with the Lancaster family? I think you’ve lost your mind! How did I end up with a son like you!"

Ethan jutted out his chin defiantly. "You were the one who arranged the marriage alliance between the Suttons and the Lancasters. How can you turn around and blame me now?"

Mr. Sutton shot Ethan a furious glare and was about to erupt when the nanny’s voice came from the entryway. "Sir, Madam, Miss Lancaster is back."

Ethan’s brow furrowed as he watched Sylvia Lancaster walk in, her head bowed.

Sylvia had put on a little weight over the past few days, but her face was still pale.

The sight of Sylvia made Ethan think of Melody Summers. He frowned and asked irritably, "What are you doing back here? Didn’t you say you were never coming back?"

Mr. Sutton rolled his eyes. ’A wedding? For marrying Sylvia Lancaster?’ With the Lancaster family bankrupt, he didn’t want to spend a single penny on this daughter-in-law from a questionable background.

"What wedding?" Mr. Sutton snapped. "Have you forgotten our situation? Just go get the license. We can talk about the rest after the baby is born."

Ethan understood their current circumstances and could only nod.

*

「Time flew by. In the blink of an eye, it was the end of January, with the New Year just over ten days away.」

In previous years, parts of Anworth would have already seen snow by this time, but now, the heat was still scorching under a blazing sun.

The parched earth had yielded no harvest for an entire year. Prices had soared to the point where most people couldn’t afford to eat. Fortunately, there were free sand vine cakes. Most people managed to survive by collecting their daily rations.

On top of that, Sandvine Worms had begun to hatch in massive numbers. Every evening, the residential complex was filled with people holding empty bottles and chopsticks, trying to catch them. Some even ventured outside the community’s walls to hunt for more.

Melody Summers hadn’t been idle during this time either. She kept herself locked in her room, practicing how to pilot a yacht on The Arcadian Lake.

After ten months of drought, nearly all the planet’s rivers and lakes had dried up. Yachting schools had long since closed down, so Melody had to teach herself using the vessel’s operation manual and online tutorials.

Piloting a boat was very different from driving a car. The yacht’s console was complex; the navigation light panel alone had dozens of buttons that needed to be adjusted for different sailing conditions.

In addition to the main engine controls and the helm, there was the depth sounder, electronic charts, radar, the fire alarm control panel, and more—all of which Melody had to figure out by herself.

She haltingly taught herself how to use the control panels, then moved on to entering and leaving a port, docking, anchoring, navigating around buoys, and performing emergency maneuvers...

Just as Melody was practicing out on the lake, her phone rang. She pulled it out and saw the call was from her mother, Winnie Summers.

The moment Melody answered, Winnie’s frantic voice burst from the phone. "Melody, lock the doors right now! Tell your grandma and the others to stay inside and not come out! If you hear any commotion outside, get to the basement immediately!"

Melody froze. "Mom, what’s happening?"

Winnie replied, "A group of robbers just broke into the complex! They drove a truck straight through the main gate! Don’t you dare go outside!"