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

hit the ground, it shattered

had been passed down from her grandmother to her mother, through the decades, was now broken

with it. She knelt down, gingerly picking up

cold-hearted she murmured, “never leaving a thread of hope, insisting on cutting

piece together the emerald bracelet. But even if glued, it

hand trembled lightly, fingers clenched around the

looking down, “you could have had the whole

front of him, Letitia was like

her chest,

heart felt like it had been ripped open.

walked past her, saying icily, “You’re having an abortion, it’s just a matter of time. Letitia, you’re terrible at making choices. The sooner you

faded into the distance. In the vast CEO’s

jagged edges of

emerald red, dripping drop by drop

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

the scream

tentatively asked, ‘should we check on her?”

Let her be.

Chapter 54

an hour passed before Letitia emerged. She carefully packed the broken emerald bracelet into her pocket, broken or not, it was her mother’s legacy

her hand, staining her sleeve,

looks deep, we need to bandage

seemed numb to

hurt, but compared to the agony in her heart, it was nothing.

to the secretary’s office, rummaging through the first aid kit to stop

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

“Ms. Bailey, you can’t just say

only been to his office, only seen him!

here, you can’t do anything to him.”

a deeper meaning in that-who

foot, “Damn

spoke softly, “but

heart was already bleeding a river.

Vidonia asked, “Maybe it’ll ease

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