Chapter 139



After Tara left, Chloe strolled back into the office. Just as she reached the entrance, she spotted Linda coming out, clutching a packed box. Linda stared at Chloe, but there wasn't a trace of anger in her eyes.

"Chloe, are you happy now that you've ruined me like this?" Linda's voice trembled.

Chloe almost laughed. Linda had always been good at putting on a pitiful act. "Linda, you brought this on yourself."

Tears welled up in Linda's eyes. "All I wanted was for you and Lucas to get divorced. Can't you show me some sympathy? Do you really want my child to be born illegitimate, forever scorned, and called a bastard?"

Chloe snorted, her face a mask of disdain. "If your child is born out of wedlock and scorned, that's on you, not me. It's your own despicable actions, your refusal to live decently. Honestly, I pity your child having a mother like you. You hate Shannon for being messed up, and you hate being born into such a family."

Shannon? One day, your child

is

"I will never treat my child like Shannon did. I love my

expression remained indifferent. "I don't need to understand, nor do I care to. Lucas and I have been over for a long

with confusion. "What do you

curled into a sly smile. A shrewd gleam flashed in her eyes. It was the same expression Linda had often seen during their school days the look Chloe had when she

officially married, so our marriage never actually existed."

married, yet Lucas never told you that. He never gave you the place you've been longing for. If he truly loved you, he would have made it official long ago instead of leaving you pregnant and desperately waiting for

non-existent marriage..."

like a stormy sea. Chloe's voice remained casual, like they

he gives you things, but if he has something

tall. She deliberately stooped down a bit, looking directly into Linda's eyes. "Linda, you're

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