Chapter 142. Laying Claim

Iris’s POV

“Weren’t you planning on letting me know about it?” Dad asked.

“Of course I was,” I replied, “and why wouldn’t I? But it came as a shock that you already knew.”

“I was just teasing you, my princess,” he said. “But you should know that news travel fast and I also met one of your acquaintances who filled me in about a lot of things,” he revealed.

“Who, Sean?” I asked, sure he was one and that he had polluted my Dad’s mind against me.

“Not Sean but a better man than him,” Dad replied, creating more confusion in me.

“I can’t think of anyone who I am acquainted with and who would give you such intimate personal information,” I said, wondering if it was Crystal or her mother.

“I can see your brain working overtime,” he said, patting me tenderly on the shoulder. “But you don’t need to overthink or over task your brain while at it,” he said. He sounded happy and I wondered if it was just as a result of the news of my pregnancy or i