Chapter 14
Quentin got his ass kicked out of the Rolando estate with all the evidence clutched in his hands. []
He knew he needed to give the Rolando family some kind of justice, or not only would Mr. Rolando never let him see Jessica again, but he wouldn’t have the balls to face her himself
Outside, the sky had turned dark and threatening, storm clouds hanging low like they were about to crush everything below.
Quentin’s face was grim as he drove back to the Atlante estate.
All the party guests had already left. He stormed straight to Carrie’s room, radiating pure violence []
“Carrie, I fucking warned you–if you wanted Carter to stay in this family, you better not mess with Jess!”
He grabbed her by the throat, his grip slowly tightening
“Why the hell did you go after her anyway? What’s the deal with those divorce papers!”
Quentin’s eyes were completely bloodshot, all trace of kindness gone, looking like he wanted to rip her apart with his bare hands.
Carrie’s face turned red as she struggled to force words out: “Quentin, what.what are you talking about? I don’t… I don’t understand.”
“Don’t understand?” Quentin let out a cold laugh, pulling up the house security footage showing Carrie getting him to sign papers while he was wasted. “How about now–you understand now!”
Carrie glanced at the screen and went white as a sheet, her teeth chattering so hard she couldn’t get a complete sentence out.
TI… Quentin, the divorce… divorce papers… Jessica made me do it.“[]
“Stop lying!” Quentin’s eyes were like daggers, his grip tightening as his rage completely consumed what little sanity he had left.
Carrie’s struggling got more desperate, absolute terror in her eyes.
Just as Carrie was about to pass out from Jack of oxygen, the door flew open and Carter came charging in.
The kid was terrified by what he saw, crying hysterically “Daddy, stop hurting Mommy! Please stop!”
He tried to pry Quentin’s hands away but couldn’t budge them
Laurel showed up right behind him, shouting: “Quentin, let go of Carrie! She’s carrying your childr
That finally broke through Quentin’s rage. His eyes flickered and his hands dropped]
Carrie was pregnant again?||
His mind went blank, the only thing he could think about was how Jessica would react if she found out Carrie was having another baby.
Would she be even more devastated? Even more heartbroken?
Just imagining the dead look in Jessica’s eyes made Quentin’s chest feel like it was being crushed.]
Carrie collapsed to the floor, gasping for air with her hands protectively covering her stomach, thinking she’d played her ace
She thought as long as she had this baby, no matter what she’d done, Quentin would forgive her.[
But then she heard Quentin’s ice–cold voice: This kid’s not happening. I’m not letting you have it!
“Get some guys in here! Take Carrie to the hospital and terminate this pregnancy!”
His assistant started calling for backup and Carrie finally panicked, crawling behind Laurel for protection.
“Mrs. Atlante, please save me! This is Quentin’s flesh and blood!”
Laurel was shaken by Quentin’s hospital order, but she had to shield Carrie.
“You bastard! Do you hear yourself right now!
“Carrie’s carrying your own child–how can you be so fucking heartless?”
“No matter what, you can’t touch Carrie. Are you trying to give me a heart attack?“]
Quentin’s throat bobbed, his emotions a complete mess
He slowly turned to face Laurel, his voice full of resignation: “Mom, I listened to you once and lost Jess because of it. I can’t keep making the same mistakes.”
“Do it!” Quentin barked the order.
Now that Quentin had complete control of Ailante Corporation, his people naturally followed his commands without question]
They pushed past Laurel and forcibly dragged Carrie away
“Mommy! Daddy, please don’t hurt Mommy, please. Carter was on his knees, crying his heart out, but Quentin wouldn’t even look a him.
Laurel clutched her chest, struggling to breathe from the shock. She pointed a trembling finger at Quentin: “You.. you’re going to…”
But she couldn’t finish the sentence, her vision going black as she nearly fainted, finally being rushed to her room by the servants.[]
Quentin stood there watching the chaos unfold around the estate, but all he could see was Jessica’s tace
He whispered to himself: “Jess, this time I won’t screw up again.
