Chapter 16

I nodded truthfully., “He wants a divorce. If I tell him of the baby, he might think that I am using it to keep us married.”

Jared raised a brow in question. “But he already knows of it. What will you do?”

I was taken aback by his question.

Trying to sound him out, I asked, “Will Ashton want a child?”

“I’m not Ashton,” replied Jared. He placed his phone in his pocket as he glanced at me. “But Ashton is thirty. There’s no reason for him to refuse one.”

With that, he placed his hands in his pockets and left.

that Ashton will want me to have

my optimism was premature. When Rebecca barged into my room, I was

Why did you get pregnant? Scarlett, you killed my baby.

was holding me in a chokehold, I couldn’t breathe. All I could do was try to pry her hands off my

a baby. You won’t use

petite and frail, but right now, my resistance was futile in the face of

choke out a few words, “Kill me… And you will

sneered and tightened her grip. “I get to kill both mother

you doing?” a man’s voice rang

hearing the familiar voice, Rebecca stiffened at once. The menace in her gaze faded away. As tears streamed down her eyes,

time while I regained

while to calm down. Rebecca was sobbing pitifully in Ashton’s arms by now. “Ash, you promised me that you wouldn’t allow other women to give birth to your

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