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.

were enough to make Sophia suffer, giving George a sense of vengeful satisfaction. With his anger partially quenched, he threw the belt aside and slowly reached for the chili sauce on the

to the bone; Sophia trembled with the excruciating burn. George relished her expressions of agony, finding satisfaction in her torment. He crouched down, grabbed her hair, and forcefully

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

marriage was only ever a business arrangement with no emotional

who ultimately orchestrated George’s imprisonment, and Sophia had only played a small part in it. Still, George sought revenge on Sophia, proving

and your family is Miss Cook, not me. You’re taking out your anger on me

only part of it. The most important thing is that you married a scumbag. The Wilson family is not someone I can afford to offend, but here you

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