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?”

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

would know which road to take when the choices are so

and wife, those words meant wealth and honor, all the perks that came with being Mrs Ramirez. But Letitia couldn’t

it

forget everything, and live meekly and without dignity at Elgin’s side like

of woman to live off someone else, that wasn’t

him in the eye. “I won’t walk the

you’re biting the hand that

and over, only asking to give birth to the child, just wanting him

this way, we can…”

we! There’s no ‘we’!’ Letitia cut him off. “Elgin, I

was a strong rejection.

never been rejected like this! His hands

from the hospital bed, the blanket sliding

asked if I wanted this, Letitia said. “Elgin, it’s always about you, your feelings, making everyone do as you

won’t listen to you. We are enemies,

the heartache of her parents suffering, her

to a complete

pillow at Elgin, throwing anything she could

was swept to the floor.

shattered into pieces.

the bodyguards outside who thought something was up, and they kicked the door open and rushed in, “Mr. Ramirez!” Letta, feeth clenched

drip, but her movements had been so violent that

out and knocked over the IV stand,

bodyguards were stunned.

face was ashen as he silently watched

you’re so cruel to me yet you expect me

her quietly. “Are you

“Not even close”

keep

so calm? Because you’ve got

then sharply ordered the bodyguards, “Get

“Mr. Ramirez

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