ked across the polished tiles, echoing her fury with every step. When

, you lowlife whore!" she spat,

it again to my face with venom. "Who's responsible for that thing in your womb? And don

throat. I had thought-hoped, even-that if she found out I was car

nett was a d

. The words barely left my lips before her claws sank into my cheeks. Her mani

ng to breathe, cla

n!" she hissed. "Go find whoever you sp

me. My chest heaved

anyone else. Jordan is the only one who's ever..." I paused, breath trembling, "Eve

t, I saw something flicker in them. May

d of it," sh

fr

certainly not that child. Do yourself a

ne last dagger over her shoulder. "I won't be

med. The room

hand instinctively went to my stomach. She called

ed to

forced them back. I couldn't

t of my spiral. An unknown n

answered

k and unfamiliar. "Layla, you

art d

his? What

all e

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Bennett manor.

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grip

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pt

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ached Vict

ght

gh. And

ser, staying

you to marry her, you still ca

y heart stopped. "I never loved Layla. She t

iggled. "I

I'll get rid of her. Soon.

he bile risin

ke a bath without me," she sa

before she stepped out. She le

, Mrs

d my

an's ring, but he's mine. Always has been." She chuckled.

rem

row a party. A 'Layla's ruined life' party. Honestly, I'm

so hard I t

wanted her to sleep with a random guy and ruin her name, but

was

hind the pillar. "How

phone slipped

ay

I yanked her backward. "How could you?! I

rting me! Isaiah

stop. Not

an's voice. A b

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lowed. My vi

s, blood pooling beneath me. My

it? Was

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one. I couldn'

swallowed