Chapter 145
All of Zebulon’s earlier bravado vanished. He stood there, wringing his hands, a desperate and fearful look on his face as he struggled to find an explanation.
“Penelope… Penelope, I love you.”
“Disgusting.”
She turned to leave, but Zebulon scrambled after her, blocking her path.
“Penelope, I never wanted to hurt you, I just
“Get out of my way.”
She kicked him sharply in the knee. The heel of her shoe made it a painful blow. Zebulon cried out in pain, but as she tried to move past him again, he dropped to his knees before her.
“I love you. I only love you. But… but I wanted a child! You can’t have one, so what was I supposed to do? I had to borrow someone else’s womb.”
The shamelessness of his words was breathtaking. Penelope stared down at him, wondering if this was truly the man she had loved for six years.
She felt utterly humiliated.
“So, in the end, it’s all my fault? My fault that I saved your life in that car accident and damaged my uterus, leaving me unable to give you a child?”
“I wish you hadn’t saved me!”
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“I would have rather been seriously injured, even if it took years to recover, as long as you were whole. Then we could have gotten married, and you could have given me children!”
“And what if you had died?”
Penelope let out a hollow laugh. “So you want to save your own skin, have a child, and keep me, is that it?”
“What’s wrong with that?” Zebulon asked, looking up at her as if he genuinely saw nothing wrong with his logic. Thɪs chapter is updated by.net
Penelope took a deep breath. “But Zebulon, what makes you think you deserve all that?”
“You love me!”
“So I deserved this?”
“Penelope, our wedding is just around the corner. Please, just accept this child. Let’s pretend none of this ever happened, okay?”
“Ha. Zebulon, do you really think the entire world revolves around you? You give yourself way too much credit.”
With that, Penelope had nothing more to say. She strode away, leaving him kneeling on the floor.
Watching her son’s pleas fail and Penelope walk away without a backward glance, Mrs. Sullivan spun around and marched back into the hospital room, her finger pointed accusingly at Rebecca.
“I had no idea you were so manipulative! Look what you’ve done! If we lose the KINY Group project because of this, I will never forgive you!”
“Who won’t you forgive?” Mrs. Winters stepped in front of her daughter. “This was my idea, but it was only because you people were so cruelt you had my daughter marry your son and get pregnant, but then you treated her like some dirty little secret!”
“You have the nerve to talk? Get out!”
“Make me! On what grounds?”
“On the grounds that your daughter is now my daughter-in-law, and if I’m not
happy, I can have my son divorce her in a heartbeat!”
“A divorce, is it?” Rebecca, who had been silent until now, finally spoke up. “Fine. Since I’m already at the hospital, let’s just get rid of this baby first.”
“Rebecca, how dare you!” Mrs. Sullivan shrieked.
Rebecca gave a bitter laugh, then met Mrs. Sullivan’s gaze. “I’ve finally realized that being a victim gets me nowhere. It just makes you push me around even more. So, you still want this baby, right? Then you will treat me and my mother with respect!”
Mrs. Sullivan felt dizzy, her vision spotting. “Oh, what sin did my family commit to
deserve this? Every single one of them is here to collect a debt!”
Penelope left the hospital and
headed for the lounge Lilian had taken her to before. It was only when she arrived that she remembered it, was a members-only establishment, and not just anyone could get a membership. As she was about to turn away, she saw him.
Theodore.
He was standing a few feet away, dressed in a crisp white shirt and dark slacks,
his hands casually tucked in his pockets. A cool, knowing smirk played on his lips as he watched her.