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.

Ashton will want

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

Why did you get pregnant? Scarlett, you killed my baby. I won’t

a chokehold, I couldn’t breathe. All I could do was try to pry her hands off my neck. She had obviously lost

birth to a baby. You won’t use the baby

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

few words, “Kill me… And you

tightened her grip. “I get to

a

her gaze faded away. As tears streamed down her eyes, she collapsed onto the ground at Ashton’s

in time while I regained my freedom again. I

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

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