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But before I could finish, Colin leaned over, grabbed the lobster bisque on the ground, and stuffed it into my mouth along with the broken pieces of the bowl.
“Irene and I have been struggling for three years, while you’ve been using the baby in your belly to scam food and drinks from my family!”
“Today, I’ll make you pay for it!”
I was immediately choked into silence, the sharp porcelain cutting my mouth, blood pouring out.
I raised my hand to defend myself, but Irene’s sharp high heel pressed down on the back of my hand.
My whole hand trembled from the pain, but I couldn’t even scream.
After Colin shoved the entire lobster bisque into my mouth, he spat at me, then clapped his hands and stood up.
Irene, in her high heels, moved her foot toward my swollen belly.
I was terrified and held her ankles tightly to prevent her from stepping down.
Wallace was infertile. This child was a precious gift we got after three years of seeing top doctors at home and abroad.
Irene sneered mockingly. “Joanna, you look just like a dog protecting her pups. It’s disgusting.”
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Colin frowned as he stared at my belly. “If word gets out that I’ve been cuckolded, how am I supposed to survive in New York? Irene, crush that bastard child in her stomach!”
I shook my head frantically, spitting out a mouthful of blood, struggling to speak, “My… child… is Wallace’s…”
Colin froze for a moment, then burst into laughter.
“Joanna, you’re really terrible at lying! Everyone in New York knows my uncle doesn’t go near women and is infertile.”
“Right now, the Thomson family only has my line to carry on the legacy. Otherwise, why would my grandfather have been so eager for me to marry you and have children?”
Irene chimed in, “Colin is the only heir of the family. To force him to come back and inherit the fortune, Grandpa even froze his cards.”
“You filthy bitch, it’s funny that after we exposed you, you still dare to drag Uncle Wallace into this!”
Colin had eloped with Irene for three years, never bothering to call back. His grandpa, Bryan Thomson, was truly disappointed with him, so he froze his cards and cut ties with him.
But now, seeing them both clearly in an irrational state, I decided not to argue, so as not to provoke them further.
I said again, “I’m not lying. My baby is Wallace’s.”
“If you don’t believe me, I can call him to confirm it.”
I protected my belly with one hand and reached for the phone on the table with the other.
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As long as I could contact Wallace, both the baby and I would be saved. He would rush to me as quickly as possible.
As soon as I grabbed the phone, Colin snatched it away and slammed it onto the ground.
Watching my phone screen shatter into pieces, my heart sank.
Colin gripped my chin and said, “My uncle is moody. He’s the Cold–faced King feared by everyone in New York.”
“If he finds out I can’t even handle something as small as being cuckolded, he’ll think I’m useless and won’t pass the company on to me.
“Joanna, was this your purpose in calling my uncle?”
I quickly shook my head. “No, I’m carrying…”
Before I could finish, Irene forcefully stepped on my stomach with the tip of her shoe. “Colin, why waste time with this slut? Let’s get rid of the bastard in her belly quickly so we can go to Grandpa and claim credit.”
A sharp pain shot through my belly, and I felt the baby moving frantically inside. I felt an unprecedented panic.
I looked at them, pleading, “Please, let my baby go…”
Irene pulled out her phone and aimed it at me. “If you get down on your knees and bark like a dog, then call yourself a filthy bitch, I’ll spare the child in your belly.”
