Chapter 54

The emerald bracelet shimmered with a juicy luster in the bright light.

I’m giving you one last shot, Elgin said coolly, “Letitia, just agree to the abortion, and both the emerald bracelet and the meds will go to your mom.”

He was already being pretty damn generous, by his standards.

Nobody gets to push him around like this, not a chance. But for Letitia, he had compromised this far.

Elgin added, “Letitia, don’t bite the hand that feeds you. Is Walden’s bastard more important to you than your mother’s illness?”

He was dead sure the kid was Walden’s. No matter how much Letitia denied it, he just wouldn’t buy it.

“Why do you have to push me like this…”

“You should be grateful you even have the opportunity to be pushed by me.”

Others don’t get that from Elgin. He’d just cut them off, no second chances, not even a chance to see him! Letitia was already way luckier than most, just inches away from sharing his bed!

The room fell into a heavy silence, so profound that one could have heard a pin drop.

“Last minute, Elgin declared, like he was setting a timer.

Letitia shook uncontrollably. Her legs turned to jelly, she almost couldn’t stand, “Elgin…

“Which is it gonna be?”

Letitia was at a loss for words. He was cornering her, pushing her to the brink.

Finally, Elgin’s patience ran out

“Time’s up, he stood up. “you don’t need to answer me anymore.”

Letitia could only watch in silence as Elgin slowly approached, lifting the emerald bracelet in his hand. Right in front of Letitia, he let go. The moment the emerald bracelet fell, Letitia’s pupils dilated in shock, “Elgin! No!”

She scrambled to catch it, but it was too late. The emerald bracelet plunged straight past her, crashing onto the cold marble floor.

It fell, and the sound was crisp and pleasant to the ear

bracelet hit the ground, it shattered into several pieces.

from her grandmother to her mother, through the decades, was now broken in her hands.

down,

cold-hearted she murmured, “never leaving a thread

the emerald bracelet. But even if glued, it could be

around the emerald in her

looking down, “you

mighty. In front of

to her

it had been ripped

time. Letitia, you’re terrible at making choices. The sooner you get it over with, the sooner you can have so

In the

hard, the jagged edges of the emerald

emerald red, dripping

Letitia screamed in despair, her helplessness and humiliation encapsulated in that

the scream and paused.

this.. Ranen tentatively asked, ‘should we check on

Let her be.

Chapter 54

hour passed before Letitia emerged. She carefully packed the broken emerald bracelet into her pocket, broken or not,

her hand, staining her sleeve, her pants.

hurt,” Ranen was startled, “that looks deep, we

seemed numb to

the agony in her heart,

secretary’s office, rummaging through the first aid

hearing the news, came rushing. “What happened, such a deep

“Ms. Bailey,

though, isn’t it? Letitia had only been to his

even if Mr. Ramirez was here, you can’t do

was a deeper meaning in that-who could stand up

her foot, “Damn it!”

it to myself,” Letitia spoke softly, “but the wounds he caused, no

was already bleeding a river.

asked, “Maybe it’ll ease your

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