Only to be taken aback as she watched the woman in front of her smile as she gently rubbed her belly, lowering her head in a shy manner.
Yet someone Fiona could see right through her act considering the fact that someone that was truly shy wouldn't just up their shoulders so high, with only her eyes glied to the ground while her head was raised high.
"I-I'm not sure it would be good for you to know!" she responded with a grammar and a tone that hinted on what she should already know.
Fervor spoke next and he didn't mince his words.
"She says it could be William's but it doesn't matter. As long as the child is thought to be yours," Fervor said, his tone cool and unaffected, like he'd just announced the weather.
Fiona's eyes flickered sharply to Carissa, who still held that coy little smile, one hand brushing over her belly as though to remind them both of what hung in the balance.
"Carissa is also discreet," he added. "She knows better than to leak out such a secret."
