With Holt setting the example, all the long-time employees who had been with us every step of the way now stood firmly behind me.
Holt looked at their actions, his eyes blazing with fury.
"You... all of you!"
"Well, well! Isn't this just great!"
He withdrew his gaze, fixing his eyes squarely on me, his tone full of accusation.
"Vivienne, are you satisfied now that things have come to this?"
I didn't answer Holt's question, staring at him intently.
"Holt, am I really pregnant?"
Hearing my voice, a flicker of panic flashed across Holt's eyes for a split second.
"Of... of course!"
"Do you think I would lie to you about something like this?"
His voice grew softer and softer, losing conviction in his own words.
Although I already knew the answer in my heart, confirming it still filled me with pain.
Just then, Freesia, who had been silent all this time, suddenly sprang forward.
She knelt directly in front of me.