CEO’s Tears Over Pregnancy Test Discovery

Chapter 1746

Kieran didn't see it that way. "Of course, it benefits me. Look at you! You came back, didn't you? Regretting not giving me that 40,000 yet? You could've saved us both the trouble if you'd just handed it over earlier."

"You-"

"Now it's 100,000," Kieran interrupted, reclining smugly in his wheelchair. "You want the trending posts gone, don't you? Pay up-100,000, not a penny less. Otherwise..." His voice dropped, laced with menace. "I've still got a few things up my sleeve." The blatant threat made Karina's hands tremble, her voice quivering as she spoke. "One hundred thousand? Wasn't it forty just a few days ago?"

Kieran sneered. "That was the old price. It's 100,000 now, take it or leave it."

Karina could taste blood in her mouth. Her lips had been bitten raw without her noticing. Rage and utter disappointment overwhelmed her.

This was her family. Twenty years of being with them, and all they had ever done was take. They had given her nothing in return.

Her mind wandered to the happy, harmonious families she occasionally saw-fathers kind and caring, mothers warm and supportive. Why couldn't she have that? What had she done to deserve this?

another way. Worst case? I'll take it to court. Let's see how you

hurling a cup at her feet. It shattered with a sharp crash, shards flying everywhere. One jagged piece nicked her leg, and a thin

at the

and this is how you repay

this house alive."

of them. She pressed down on the bleeding wound, straightened her back, and faced him head-on. "Then watch me," she said firmly, taking a

you dare!"

Karina didn't falter. Two steps in, Mrs. Stone grabbed

her eyes misting with unshed tears. "Mom, not

Kieran is. If you leave like this, he'll only get worse. I can't control him it's better to just give him what he wants-it's only

incredulous. "Only 100,000?"

Stone continued, as if reasoning with her. "You've got a good job now

You've always found

a