True Fated Marriage (Grace and Heinz)
Chapter 1705

Gary had sharp eyes. He instantly noticed that his mother had tensed up when she spotted Ernest and him approaching her. With that, he immediately felt apologetic.

It seemed that his mother was embarrassed about getting pregnant and was worried that they would take the news badly.

Gary thought that his attitude towards the pregnancy must have given his mother the impression that he was displeased. That was why she got nervous.

"Mom, congratulations!" Gary said as soon as they got close enough. He had a smile on his face and seemed really sincere.

Grace looked at her son with suspicion. She tried to gauge Gary's sincerity from his smile. After all, she was worried that her children would be embarrassed about the fact that she was pregnant. However, when she realized that Gary was truly being sincere, she gradually relaxed.

After that, Grace turned to look at Ernest.

Ernest had always been easy-going. He returned his mother's gaze and smiled, "Congratulations to you and dad. I wonder if you'll be having girls or boys this time. I hope it'll be one of each." Grace observed Ernest's expression carefully and found that he was smiling at her as well. She turned to look at Heinz in disbelief.

Heinz cleared his throat, "Why are you glaring at me? Our kids are congratulating us. You should thank them! I hope that well have a baby boy and a baby girl. If that happens, Sylvia will no longer be the only girl in the family."

"I agree. I think you've doted on Sylvia a little too much because of that. If mom does give birth to another girl, Sylvia will have a sister to keep her company. Furthermore, it can also prevent Sylvia from getting spoiled rotten. I think it would be great," Gary agreed.

Ernest nodded and added, "I think so too. I've always thought that..."

Grace snapped back to her senses soon. Before Ernest could finish his sentence, she cleared her throat and interjected, "I didn't think the two of you would take my pregnancy so well. After all, the news of me getting pregnant at this age won't reflect well on you guys. I really didn't plan on getting pregnant, just to make it clear."

It was clear that Grace still felt apologetic over her pregnancy.

"Don't worry about it. Mom, you're still young. You just gave birth to us too soon. If it hadn't been for Heinz's uncouthly behavior, you wouldn't have gotten pregnant so early either."

Heinz's face darkened when he heard how Gary was describing him. His lips twitched in displeasure.

Gary was belittling Heinz just to please Grace.

Though, to be fair, if it hadn't been for his uncouth behavior in the past, he and Grace wouldn't have ended up together.

Heinz looked at his son with a frown before turning to look at Ernest.

Ernest nodded and agreed with Gary, "That's true. I do think that you were too young when you gave birth to us. Most people nowadays give birth to their first child in their thirties. Mom, you're only forty now, so it's really not that big of a deal."

"That's right," Gary nodded.

The two brothers were in sync with each other. In just a short while, it was Heinz's turn to look embarrassed. Grace could not help herself and burst out laughing.

In the meantime, the butler had filled the table with a bunch of dishes and called out, "Dinner is ready, everyone." "Alright, let's go eat," Heinz announced, "There is no need to discuss this matter any further. Your mother and I have received your sincere blessings. Come on, let's head to the dining room."

The atmosphere throughout dinner was enjoyable, and Grace's appetite had returned. She no longer felt too sick to stomach her food. Maybe the term of her pregnancy wasn't that far to show such strong symptoms yet.

Or perhaps her babies were just being really obedient. Maybe her unborn children knew that she was in her forties already, so they decided to let her off easy.

Regardless of what the reason actually was, Grace felt great.

Just as Gary and Celeste moved to head upstairs after their meal, Gary's phone rang.

He answered the phone, "Hello?"

"Mr. Jones, Cindy is bleeding excessively. She's in the emergency room getting resuscitated right now. She may be on the brink of death," The voice on the other end of the phone explained hurriedly. Gary was stunned. Even though Cindy had brought it upon herself, Gary could not help himself from feeling surprised when he heard that Cindy was going to die.

He shot a subconscious glance at Celeste.

Celeste returned his gaze, looking confused.

"Alright, understood," He hung up the phone and turned to Celeste.

Celeste sent him a questioning gaze. Since Gary did not put his phone on speaker, she did not hear what the other person had said. As such, she did not know what was going on.

Judging from Gary's solemn tone and expression, it seemed that something bad had happened.

"What's wrong?" Celeste asked cautiously.

Before Gary could answer, Heinz's phone started to ring.

Heinz got his phone out and answered it.

Alex had called him, "President Jones, Cindy has been bleeding excessively for a long while. She's in the emergency room getting resuscitated right now. The doctor says that she's in a critical condition." Heinz frowned at that.

He turned to look at Gary and realized that the call Gary had picked up seconds ago had something to do with Cindy.

The two exchanged silent glances with each other.

Heinz replied calmly, "I see. Alright, I'll call you back in a moment."

"Alright."

After that, Heinz hung up the phone. He looked at Gary and everyone else and announced, "Celeste, keep your aunt company, can you? I'm going to head out with Gary for a short while." "Okay, Uncle Heinz. I'll keep Aunt Smith occupied. You can be rest assured," Celeste nodded and promised.

"Dad, I want to come too," Ernest looked at his father.

Heinz looked into Ernest's eyes and refused with a chuckle, "No, Ernest, I want you to stay home. I'm just going to pop out with Gary for a short while."

Although Ernest didn't know what was going on, he knew that his father had his reasons.

"Alright then, I'll take care of mom," Ernest agreed.

Heinz smiled slightly. He was glad that Ernest grew up to be so considerate. Ernest had always been like that since he was a child.

After shooting an approving glance at Ernest, Heinz turned towards Grace and said with a smile, "I'm going out to attend to something. Stay home with the kids, alright?"

Grace nodded. Although Heinz didn't tell her what he was going to do, after so many years together, the two understood each other deeply.

She trusted Heinz wholeheartedly.

"Go on, then. We'll be waiting for you here. We won't go anywhere, I promise," Grace replied. Then, she turned to Ernest and Liam and said, "Ernest, go back to your room. Liam, take Maria back to your room as well. I'll be here chatting with Celeste in the meantime."

"Uncle Heinz, do you need our help with anything?" Liam asked.

"No, but thank you for the offer," Heinz smiled.

After that, he led Gary out the door.

Grace and Celeste watched them leave. They trusted their partners with all their heart, so they made no move to stop the two men.

Celeste could not help but admire Grace's relationship with Heinz. The two had been married for many years, so they did not need to communicate with words. They merely had to shoot each other discrete looks for the other to get the memo.

It was clear that Grace and Heinz had years of understanding and bonding between them.

Whenever Celeste looked at Gary, she always hoped that her relationship with him could be the same. Instead of being a burden, she wanted to be Gary's companion for life.

Meanwhile, Heinz and Gary made their way to the hospital.

Soon enough, their car stopped in front of the entrance.

Heinz said to Gary, "Why did you agree to come see Cindy with me?"

"I was going to come here either way," Gary answered.

"Oh?" Heinz chuckled, "I saw you answering your phone just now. After you hung up, you just looked at Celeste and didn't say anything. It didn't look like you were going to excuse yourself to come here." "Do I have to yell out my plans the next time for you to hearthen?"

"No, that won't be necessary. But I really am curious though. What are you doing here?" Heinz asked with a smirk.

"I came here with pure intentions, alright? Speaking of which, why are you here too?" Gary turned his sharp gaze towards Heinz, doubt clear in his eyes as he frowned, "Don't tell me that you still secretly have feelings for this woman, so you can't bear for her to die."

"It's true that I don't want her to die, but don't you dare suggest that it's because I have any feelings for that woman. It disgusts me to even think about it. In fact, it's insulting! You'd better watch your tongue," Heinz spat as he got out of the car and started walking in stride with Gary into the hospital.

"I think you must be feeling guilty," Gary snorted lightly, "I'll have to remind you that mom is going to be risking her health by carrying those two babies inside her. You'd better not cheat on her." Heinz frowned, "Do you really think I'm that shameless?"

"Not really, I was just reminding you. Why do you sound so guilty and quick to retort?" Gary shrugged lazily.

"Well, thank you for your reminder," The father and son soon arrived at the emergency room.

Cindy was still getting resuscitated at that moment. They were told that she had been triggered by some unknown external source and suddenly had an emotional breakdown. It was unknown what actually went down, but she started to bleed suddenly, and since she just had an operation, her body couldn't take it.

Cindy was then pushed into the operating room for another operation to stop the bleeding. Until now, the doctors were still pumping blood into her body to ensure she wouldn't die of blood loss.

After Gary and Heinz arrived, they found that Alex had arrived before them. As soon as Alex saw the two, he rushed up to them and greeted, "President Jones, Master Gary, you're both here!" "Is she dead?" Heinz went straight to the point.

Alex shook his head and explained, "She's still in the emergency room. According to them, the blood bank is running low. If they run out of her blood type, the odds won't look good for her."