Chapter 67

I had nowhere to run and was forced to go with the flow. “What are you trying to do, Uncle James?”

“It’s such a pity for you to have to stay together with that lunatic,” James said with a chuckle. “We have plenty of time ahead of us. You might as well ditch him and date me instead.”

“But the doctor just told me I’m pregnant. Grandpa really cares about this baby. What if the baby doesn’t make it?” I said with a smile. “That wouldn’t be good, would it, Uncle James? You can wait for a little while longer, right?”

James narrowed his eyes, clearly enjoying my reply.

He reached out and held my chin with one hand. “What a little vixen you are.”

My smile was becoming forced as I tried to hold back my disgust. How could someone like him still be living so brazenly?

“Okay, I have plenty of time. Let’s wait,” he said before leaning in closer with his hand still on my

chin.

1 frowned as I tried to dodge him, but that made him annoyed. “What? Not even a kiss? Come on. You can’t lead people on and then act all shy and innocent.”

He was starting to lose his patience, but I was starting to not be able to keep up my facade.

Suddenly, right as I was panicking and at a loss for what to do, I heard a loud crashing noise. I saw that someone had knocked James out with a wooden pole.

shock. “H–How did

no attention to me. Instead, he lifted the wooden stick again and prepared to swing it down on James‘ head. He was

him.

I quickly stopped him. “Are you trying to kill

sense that Steven was actually

to seriously suspect that he

murder someone in front of me. “Grandpa

Calm down.”

H

on me, and some of the rage faded from his eyes.

froze. That sentence

said the same thing after

hand

for me even though we

I

wasn’t for me but for Stephany

but

call me to go downstairs, Inst when she saw that Steven was out

I

out to grab Steven’s hand pulled him back into the room

me the wanted to say something,

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