After Having a Dream, I Became Pregnant with a Billionaire's Child-Chapter 89: Idea 87: Did you two know each other before?

Carlos listened with displeasure and gave Maria Carter a stern look.

"What kind of tone is that, how do you speak to your sister-in-law?"

Maria’s eyes widened even more after hearing this.

Is her brother actually defending this woman so much?

Her brother has changed; he never used to talk to her like this.

In the past, when Maria teased Carlos’s female companions, Carlos would only chuckle lightly and then pat her on the head indulgently, telling her not to do it again next time.

But this time, he actually spoke up to defend this woman, even though she hadn’t done anything to Emily Parker yet, her brother was so protective!

Indeed, all men are the same; once they have a wife, they forget their family.

Humph!

Carlos ignored Maria, who was fuming like a puffed-up pufferfish, and signaled the waiter to bring over the menu.

The waiter handed the menu to Emily Parker.

As Emily opened it, she found that it was an entirely French menu.

Maria watched Emily with malicious intent, waiting for her to embarrass herself.

Her father had long told her that her cheap sister-in-law, aside from her looks, was quite ordinary.

Her job was just as an insignificant nurse, and her academic qualifications were nothing to brag about; such a woman wouldn’t know how to order in French. She probably didn’t even know how to eat French cuisine properly.

That’s why she had insisted her brother book this fancy French restaurant.

Carlos glanced at the menu and was about to order for Emily when he saw her effortlessly rattling off several fluent French phrases.

If not for considering the baby in her belly, Emily would have liked to order a bottle of red wine as well.

Both Carlos and Maria were surprised; Emily spoke French so authentically that someone unaware would have thought she was French.

The waiter took the menu and glanced at Maria standing by the side. Maria gave the female waiter a look, and their subtle exchange did not escape Emily’s notice.

Emily pretended she hadn’t seen.

Carlos’s little sister was quite interesting; she seemed arrogant and domineering, but in reality, she was a paper tiger, with all her likes and dislikes written clearly on her face.

It looked like she had bribed the waiter, intending to tamper with her food.

Carlos was unaware of the open and secret fight between the two women; he was busy ordering. After finishing, he passed the menu to Maria.

Maria was in no mood to eat and just randomly picked a few dishes.

The appetizer beverage and the appetizer were served.

Due to her pregnancy, Emily couldn’t drink alcohol, so she ordered a non-alcoholic fruit drink.

Emily picked up the glass.

Her sense of smell was extremely sharp, and just by sniffing, she could tell that something was off with the drink in her glass.

Maria stared nervously at Emily’s glass, swallowing saliva.

"Maria, when you and your brother eat later, stealthily put this drug into that bad woman’s drink."

Her father’s words still echoed in her ears.

When Maria first got the drug, she was somewhat worried. Although she was somewhat domineering, she had never done such an atrocious thing.

But her father quickly explained that the drug wasn’t poisonous; after ingesting it, a person would only experience vomiting and diarrhea.

He just wanted to teach Emily a lesson, for she didn’t regard him, her father-in-law, with enough respect.

Emily took up the glass and took a sip.

Maria watched as Emily took a sip of her drink.

But the moment Emily swallowed.

Pff—

The drink in her mouth was suddenly all sprayed out, landing squarely on Maria’s face across from her.

Maria screamed and jumped up.

Carlos looked at Emily with surprise. Emily, feeling a bit embarrassed, stuck out her tongue,

"Sorry, the drink is cold."

Once Carlos heard that, his gaze became chilling, turning towards the female waiter.

"She just said she didn’t want ice."

The waitress quickly apologized,

"I’m sorry, Mr. Carter, that was my neglect."

"You don’t need to be here anymore.

Call your manager over."

Carlos said coldly.

The waitress’s face turned pale in an instant.

The manager of the restaurant hurried over to apologize profusely.

"Brother, how could you find such an ill-mannered woman?"

Maria Carter angrily wiped her face, which ruined her makeup from the spraying.

She had never encountered such a rude woman before, someone who would actually spray her face while eating French cuisine.

Carlos glanced at his sister.

"I should be the one asking you, why are you, a high school girl, wearing makeup, and so thick at that?

Your sister-in-law was just trying to do you a favor by helping you remove it."

Maria Carter became even angrier,

"Brother, do you realize how scheming this woman is?

You must have been tricked by her.

I heard she had a boyfriend before, and who knows if the child in her womb is actually not yours but her ex-boyfriend’s."

Amelia Willow had said before that Emily Parker had been involved with her brother.

Amelia Willow’s brother, surely no good guy either.

This Emily Parker is even worse, having my brother’s child so soon after breaking up with Amelia Willow’s brother!

No, that child might even be Amelia Willow’s brother’s!

Maria Carter imagined a whole lot in her head and glared at Emily Parker with resentment.

Emily Parker wiped the water from the corner of her mouth and smiled,

"I had a boyfriend before? That’s news to me.

But I do know about you rushing to the clinic...for..."

Before Emily Parker could finish, Maria Carter, terrified, her face turning white, dashed to Emily Parker’s side and covered her mouth.

"Sister-in-law, I spoke out of line,

please be the bigger person and forgive me."

The only person who knew about her school scandals was her father, who had promised to keep them from her brother and mother.

Her mother’s health was not good lately, and she did not want to upset her.

Last time, when she rushed back to Cloud Lake Villa from school, it was because she heard her mother had fallen into a serious illness and was unconscious, which left her in tears.

As for her brother, she couldn’t let him find out either, otherwise, he might get angry and cut off her allowance.

"What are you two whispering about?"

Carlos looked at Emily Parker and Maria Carter, feeling that these two didn’t seem to be meeting for the first time.

Especially Maria Carter, who was always so arrogant in front of others, but suddenly became silent after Emily Parker spoke up.

"Brother, it’s nothing.

Sister-in-law and I just hit it off right away.

Let’s continue with our meal."

Maria Carter suddenly slumped like a frostbitten eggplant, dejectedly returning to her seat.

During the meal, Emily Parker had a great appetite and ate quite a lot, while Maria Carter was too upset to have an appetite.

"You’re in your second year of high school now, it’s time to focus on your grades.

I heard you recently drove away a tutor through anger."

Carlos chatted with Maria Carter about family matters.

Emily Parker sat beside them and listened.

Maria Carter curled her lips in disdain.

"Those tutors are like monks and nuns, endlessly chanting scriptures.

All I want to do is sleep when I hear them, I was tenth from the bottom in my grade before tutoring.

After the tutoring, I dropped to third from the bottom."

Carlos pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling quite troubled by Maria Carter.

"I told you before, you shouldn’t have chosen to attend City First Middle School, but you insisted on going there because of Charles Pond.

Now look at you, not understanding the lessons and only interested in sleeping."

"You have the nerve to talk about me?

You were also sent abroad because you couldn’t adapt to the domestic education system."

Maria Carter was unwilling to accept such comments. She could tolerate others, but it was too much when her brother criticized her.

In the upper echelons of Capital society, everyone knew that the Carter Family had two academic underachievers, one being her and the other her brother, with people saying his master’s degree from a prestigious overseas university was obtained through donations.