MTLNOVEL Chapter 722 - 722: I Have Triplets (12)
Chapter 722: Chapter 722: I Have Triplets (12)
It was Madam Burton who couldn’t contain herself first. Upon hearing Steve’s words, she blinked and looked him up and down with a horrified face, blurting out, “What? Steve, did you just say you’re pregnant?”
This statement from Madam Burton made everyone at the conference table burst into laughter.
Steve raised his hand, rubbing his forehead slightly and corrected his mother’s words, “Not me, I got my woman pregnant.”
“Oh…you scared me to death…” Madam Burton, upon hearing that it was not Steve who was pregnant, quickly patted her chest, letting out a long sigh of relief. However, she hadn’t even finished her sigh when she jumped up from her seat, shouting even more excitedly than before, “What? Steve? You got someone pregnant?”
As she spoke, Madam Burton recalled Steve’s comment about adding three members to the family, and anxiously asked, “Steve, you just mentioned three new family members. You didn’t get three women pregnant, did you?”
Looking towards her husband, Madam Burton found that Steve’s father’s expression had darkened slightly. She frowned involuntarily, “Steve, what kind of mess are you making?”
The fourth sister-in-law, who had just been choked by Wenny and Steve, laughed lightly, “I thought it was something serious. Turns out, you were fooling around with women outside and got someone pregnant. Is such an embarrassing matter worth gathering us all in the middle of the night to listen to?”
Steve remained calm and collected in the face of his sister-in-law’s sarcasm. Putting down his teacup, he continued leisurely, “Not three women, just one woman.”
“One woman, three new family members? Does that mean three new members including that woman or excluding her?” Wenny chimed in with a touch of surprise, “So, this woman is either pregnant with twins or triplets?”
Steve smiled slightly, picked up the teapot, and poured himself another cup of tea. He took an elegant sip, looking smug and unable to hide it, “Ah, my apologies for the slip of the tongue. To be more precise, our family is increasing by three members right now. If the woman agrees to marry me later on, then our family will add four members.”
Madam Burton was quicker on the uptake this time, her face lit up with excitement, “So, the woman is pregnant with triplets? Isn’t that like the daughter of the family next door?”
Not only is it like the neighbor’s daughter, it’s actually her.
Steve didn’t reveal Ruby’s identity just yet. After hearing Madam Burton’s response, he smiled as his eyes lowered, then wore a troubled expression, “Although the three children are my flesh and blood, since the mother and I are not yet married, they do not legally count as members of the Burton family.”
Steve paused deliberately as he spoke.
Madam Burton’s excited expression instantly froze, “Why aren’t they considered part of our family?”
Steve pursed his lips without speaking, just gazing straight at his father.
Steve’s father picked up his tea, took a sip, then after a brief pause, asked, “Is her family background decent? Is she reliable in character? If these two criteria are met, then marry her as soon as possible.”