Second Chance At Love by Iris Mignon

Chapter 49

Sophia was wracked with unending pain, too weak to dodge the blows. Instinctively, she raised her hands to protect her belly, only to endure another Lish

She didn’t know how many times she had been struck her consciousness was fading, and her limbs felt powerless. Yet she held her belly tightly, thinking. ‘No one loves this child, and no one anticipates its arrival. What if I abandon it? How pitiful would it be? Since no one else wants this child, and its arrival to this world was my own wishful thinking, then I deserve to bear all the suffering alone,

George noticed her curling up, her arms fiercely shielding her abdomen, and a cruel light flashed in his eyes. He had forgotten Sophia was pregnant with Jason’s child.

Jason is heartless enough to send his pregnant wife for another man to play with, he thought to himself, a twisted smile forming as he looked at the blood on the belt and then at the marks it left on Sophia.

anger partially quenched, he threw the belt aside and slowly reached for the chili sauce on the

trembled with the excruciating burn. George relished her expressions of agony, finding satisfaction

prison, the Cook family suppressed our business. Just a few months later, we were bankrupt, and when I got out, I was ridiculed and insulted like a stray dog. Sophia, how could you be so cruel! It was only your body I lusted after, yet you destroyed my family. How should we settle this score?

family was George’s fiancée’s family. When Julia found out he had been unfaithful, she was furious. The marriage was only ever a business arrangement with

a small part in it. Still, George sought revenge on Sophia, proving him

not me. You’re taking out your anger on me

on her chin with a vicious smile. “Silly woman, your weakness is only part of it. The most important thing is that you married a scumbag. The Wilson

hurt the most. Yeah, Jason could have protected her, but he didn’t–worse yet, he pushed her