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

was premature. When Rebecca barged into my room, I was still hooked

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

was try to pry her hands off my neck. She

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

my resistance was futile in the face of

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

“I get to kill both mother and child. It’s

a man’s

menace in her gaze faded away. As tears streamed

in time while I regained my freedom again. I immediately

by now. “Ash, you promised me that you wouldn’t allow other women to give birth to your

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