The Bound Between Us

Chapter 573

Julie had been shacking up with Rowan for a few months now, and she thought she had him figured out. But all her little quirks and antics? They didn't get her anywhere. Out of what seemed like a sense of decency, Rowan had picked up some essentials for Julie's

upcoming labor and stuff for the baby, stashing them in the cellar before he took off. The rest was up to fate, leaving Julie to fend for herself.

That very night, the labor pains hit hard. Julie's belly started twisting, and fear gripped her heart like a vice. With zero experience in childbirth and no one around to help, she lay alone on the cellar's cot, biting down hard, enduring. With every wave of pain, she cursed

Joseph, cursed the Salstroms, and damned Anastasia to high heaven.

door. Julie's heavy breaths echoed through the cellar, her cries unanswered. Rowan, sitting just outside on the ground, listened in. As long as she was still breathing, he wouldn't step in. Julie cursed as she pushed, cried out of sheer

child with no warmth, only a mix of resentment and pain.

pair of leather shoes came into view. Rowan tensed, looking up to see the man before him,

splitting his features and obliterating any sense of handsomeness. That scar was a gift from Herman himself. Asher was the same man who had been calling Rowan, the one behind the fire at the Elysian Technologies factory. Hearing the infant's cries from the cellar, Asher said, "Bring the child to me." "Yes,

reclaim him, "Give me my son back, where are you taking him?" Outside the cellar, Asher's face twisted

core. I doubt this child can be used as leverage against him." "Who said anything about using a baby as leverage?"

Julie, "I'm the one who had you pulled out of that hole. Without

and now I'm going to remake you. You'll go back to Herman with a brand new face, and that's when the