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.

in shock.

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

him.

quickly stopped him. “Are you

was actually aiming to

suspect that he

front

him. Calm down.”

H

gaze landed on me, and some of the rage faded from his

That sentence

when I was still a wandering soul, he had said the same

you lay a hand on her, you’re

for me even though

I

wasn’t for me but for

but

when she saw that Steven was out and James was unconscious on the

I

grab Steven’s hand pulled him back into the room

me the wanted to say something, but

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