Chapter 129

“Letitia, you’ve gotta have a thing for the kid’s dad, right?” he said, “That’s why you’re making such a big deal out of this! You wanna have babies for him, stay in touch, and you’re itching for the day you two can shack up together, aren’t you?”

“Yes!”

“Say it again!”

“Yes, yes!” Letitia went all in. Screw it, she thought. If he’s not gonna believe the truth, might as well play his game and tick him off!

“The kid’s dad said he’d marry me, and I’m waiting for him!” Letitia blurted out. “He’s sweet to me, cares about me, he promised me a future! Compared to you, he’s a thousand, no, a million times better!”

Elgin’s temples bulged with veins, “You’re just trying to tick me off, Letitia!”

She scoffed and curled her lip. “Can’t handle a bit of talk, huh

And what about her? She lost her child.

Letitia’s hands trembled non-stop as she slowly covered her now flat belly.

it was fiat as before, but she knew the child was there, alive and well with her.

But now…the baby was gone, nothing left

The child was her reason to keep on living, and Elgin snuffed it out with his own hands

Now, the only thing Letitia had left to care about was her aging parents

But her parents will get old and one day they’ll leave her too.

Then she’ll be all alone, no strings attached, no one to hold anything over her.

Elgin stood by the bedside, looking down at her. “Letitia, you sure you wanna go head-to-head with me?”

She ignored him, her palms gently stroking her belly, pretending the child was still there.

“You have two choices, Elgin said. “You better play smart and pick the easy path.”

“What choices?”

live a good life with me, as a real husband and wife. Or two, hate me, defy me, and your

man would know which road to take when the choices are so

husband and wife, those words meant wealth and honor, all the perks that came with being Mrs

it

and live meekly and without dignity at Elgin’s side like a pet canary, like

the kind of woman to live off someone else, that wasn’t the life she

eye. “I won’t walk the easy path

the hand

“I’ve given ground over and over, only asking to give birth to the child, just wanting him to live, even if I never

way, we can…”

‘we’!’ Letitia cut him off. “Elgin, I am me, and

was a strong

never been rejected like this! His

to sit up from the hospital bed, the blanket sliding off to reveal her patient gown, making her look even paler.

Letitia said. “Elgin, it’s always about you, your

to you. We are enemies, sworn enemies for life!*

child, the heartache of her parents suffering, her own

her to a complete

Elgin, throwing anything she

table was swept to the floor.

shattered into pieces.

and they kicked the door open and

drip, but her movements had been so violent that the needle

it out and

bodyguards were stunned. “Mrs.

was ashen as he silently watched her temper tantrum.

really hate you, hate you!” Letitia said “Elgin, you’re so cruel to me yet you expect me to forget everything and stay

quietly. “Are you

“Not even close”

then keep going

calm? Because you’ve got no heart, you don’t feel

heart, Elgin agreed, then sharply ordered the bodyguards, “Get out!”

“Mr. Ramirez

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