“Enough! Shut your mouth!” Thea yelled furiously. If she had a stick in her hand, she would beat Beth with it!Her words were simply too vile!“Mom, how can you play favoritism at a time like this?! I didn’t make things up because we all saw it! Don’t fret, Conrad. I’ll get justice for you!”Meanwhile, Esme carefully whispered to her, “Mom, I think you should tone it down. Conrad isn’t feeling that well right now.”She knew Conrad very well, and she could feel that he was on the edge of going berserk.Conrad couldn’t even think straight with all the noise surrounding him. He even felt like the arms around his waist made it hard for him to breathe.He pried Esme’s hands away and pushed her away.However, he put too much strength into it and he managed to push her and the wheelchair about a meter away.“Ah! You surprised me!” Esme cried out as she held onto the wheelchair nervously, showing how helpless she was.Conrad’s expression was even colder.“She’s still my wife right no

When Fia opened her eyes again, only white greeted her.The doctor from earlier and Jason came over.“How do you feel?” Jason asked.Fia looked around the ward.“Where is he?”The doctor looked at Fia pitifully. “You mean your husband?”“Yes.”“He was waiting outside originally. However, he left after answering a call. It should be something urgent.”“Alright,” Fia said. The brilliance in her eyes drifted away.Jason quickly switched the topic and said, “The baby’s alright. Don’t worry and take care of yourself.”When Fia heard it, she gave them a thankful smile.“Thank you.”The doctor patted Fia’s head and said, “You should thank Doctor Evans. He’s been hard at work.”Fia looked at Jason and saw the scar on his lips. She didn’t even have to think twice to know that Conrad must have done that to him.“You two should chat. I have to go back to the examination room.”After the doctor left, Jason wiped the bruise on his mouth.“Don’t worry. It’s just a bruise.”Fia looke

When Esme saw Fia staying silent for a long time, she couldn’t help but ask, “How about it? Have you reached a decision?”Fia raised her head and looked at Esme, still saying nothing.Esme continued. “You didn’t even dare to tell Conrad about your pregnancy. It’s proof that you know that he doesn’t love you and he would never allow you to have that baby! Rather than him finding out about this and forcing you to abort it, why not use it to make a trade with me?”Fia smiled and said, “You’re right. But I want the project first.”“I never thought that you're someone so materialistic,” Esme said with sarcasm. “I thought you loved Conrad deeply.”“No matter how deep my love is, it won’t sustain me.”“True.” Esme sighed. “We've been destined to be different since we’re little. I have had my father’s love since I was little, and you didn’t. Now, I’ll have Conrad’s love and you won’t.”“…”“Fia, I pity you, really. Unfortunately, we’re enemies. I’ll pity you, but I won’t show you any m

Fia was feeling the piercing pain from being pressed against the bed. She glared at him and roared, “Conrad! You’re heartless!”She loved him that much… She loved him so much that she put him on a pedestal…And this was how he treated her in the end?!“Is it me that’s heartless? Or is it you that’s disgusting? You can’t get pregnant but yet you’re lying about being pregnant!”Their eyes crossed and Fia glared at Conrad hatefully.“So… I’m disgusting because I’m pregnant? Does that mean if Esme’s pregnant, that’s not disgusting?!”Conrad frowned and said, “Stop putting words in my mouth!”“Do I even have to?” Fia scratched his face with her nails.She wanted to disfigure him!Unfortunately, Conrad reacted too quickly and caught her wrist. Then, he pushed it away.There was too much of a difference in strength between them. Fia could not go against him at all.He pressed her on the bed as the smell of alcohol polluted the air between their breaths.A few seconds later, he let

Fia sobbed and said with a cracked voice. “If he wants to divorce me, I don’t know what my child and I will do.”“Don’t!” Thea said with a stern voice. “You cannot divorce for the sake of this child! If you do, it’ll be even harder for you to protect the child! Esme and her mother won’t let the baby survive!“Fia, you experienced the life of living without a father yourself. You know how hard it would be for a child to grow up without a father.” Her grandmother’s words were like needles punctured into her beating heart.Everyone has called her a b*stard since she was little. Everyone bullied her because she had no father.She didn’t want her own child to suffer the same way.But Conrad wanted a divorce no matter what.Thea grabbed Fia’s hand tightly, “Don’t worry. Think about your child. Stay strong! You are Madam Maxwell. As long as you refuse to sign the paper, he can’t go through the process alone.”“But if he demanded it?”“Buy time. At least until you give birth to your