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.

mean that Ashton will want me to have the

When Rebecca barged into my room, I was still hooked onto the IV drip.

red-rimmed. “Why? Why did you get pregnant? Scarlett, you killed my baby. I won’t let

she was holding me in a chokehold, I couldn’t breathe. All I could do was try to pry

let you give birth to a baby. You won’t use the baby to tie Ash to

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

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

her grip. “I get to kill both mother

you doing?” a man’s voice rang from the

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

caught her in time while I regained my freedom

Ashton’s arms by now. “Ash, you promised me that you wouldn’t allow other women to give birth to your child. You gave me

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