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She desperately wanted to keep the baby.
She had never been a mom before.
But she remembered what it felt like to be loved by one.
After the divorce with James, she had no intention of marrying again. She just wanted to raise her child right.
She had more than enough money to give the baby a good life.
She would pour love into that baby and raise him with joy and care.
This child will be my closest family… I’ll give them everything I never had. I can’t lose it.
There was no way she’d take those pills.
She jumped out of bed, frantic, desperate to escape this nightmare.
But John was in the room, and his men were guarding the door. There was nowhere to run.
She had no choice-she had to go all in and fight for her baby’s life.
Terrified that John might order the men to hold her down and force the pills into her mouth, she saw him getting closer. Acting fast, she bent down, grabbed a jagged shard of glass from the floor, and pressed it hard against her throat.
“Lily!”
The moment blood welled up on Lily’s neck, John’s face went completely white.
A surge of pain tore through him-so sharp, so overwhelming, it nearly shattered what was left of his sanity.
Seeing her bleed tore him apart-and filled him with rage.
He couldn’t believe it-she was willing to hurt herself just to protect James’s baby.
“Don’t come any closer!” Lily shouted. She didn’t care that the sharp glass had already sliced through her palm-she gripped it tighter anyway. In one sudden motion, she dragged it across her neck again, leaving a fresh, clean cut. “This is my baby. I’m the one carrying it. I’m the only one who gets to decide what happens. John, you don’t have any right to hurt my child! I know you’re rich now, powerful, untouchable. You dragged me back here against my will, and even if I called the police, they’d probably just treat it like a messy breakup. You’d walk away without a scratch. But what if someone ends up dead? James and I aren’t officially divorced yet. I’m still his wife. So if I die in this house-if you push me too far-he won’t let it go. And neither will the law. You’ll pay for it with your life. Get away from me. Let me walk out of here. Because if you don’t, I swear to God, I’ll slit my own throat, and none of us will walk away from this.”
“Lily, put the glass down!” John’s voice cracked.
His eyes were wide with panic. He wanted to rush forward and grab it out of her hand, but he didn’t dare push her. If he moved too fast, she might really do it. She might cut deep. She might die.
And that fear stopped him cold.
In that moment, he hated her-hated the way she kept fighting him, no matter what.
Hated Jam?s. Hated the bastard child she was carrying.
For years, he’d been her entire world. He knew it. Nothing mattered more to her than him.
She’d risked her life more than once just to save his.
But the moment James entered the picture, everything changed.
She’d betrayed him. She’d hit him. And now she was threatening her life-for someone else’s child.
“I said back off!” Lily’s grip tightened even more. Blood streamed from her neck, vivid and horrifying against her pale skin. “Take one more step, John, and I swear-I’ll end this. I’ll take myself out right in front of you!”
“You’re really that into James?” John’s voice shook, caught between heartbreak and rage. His fingers clenched around the pill bottle so hard it almost cracked. “Lily, how could you throw me away like this?”
“You’re just my ex,” she snapped. “A pathetic creep who disgusts me. Who I love is none of your damn business.”
She kept moving backward until she reached the door.
The two men John had stationed outside looked at each other, unsure whether to stop her.
“Don’t touch her!” John barked. Stay away from her!”
The men quickly stepped back, and Lily finally made it out of his room.
She didn’t even bother grabbing her bag. She bolted down the stairs like her life depended on it.
John followed her to the landing.
He noticed the glass shard had drifted slightly from her neck while she ran. That was his chance.
He started moving toward her, planning to grab her, pin her arms, and force her to take the pills before she got any farther.
But just as he stepped forward, his phone rang sharply.
He glanced down. Elsa.
Annoyance flickered across his face.
Still, remembering her condition, he answered, his voice cold. “What is it, Elsa?”
But it wasn’t Elsa’s voice on the other end.
“Are you out of your damn mind, John?” Simon’s voice exploded through the phone. “Lizzy’s seriously sick. She’s pregnant. And you left her alone at the hospital?! She passed out in the street. Someone found her and brought her back just in time. She nearly died. You forced yourself on her. You got her pregnant. The absolute least you could do is stay by her side and take care of her. If anything happens to her, I swear to God, you’ll pay for it.”
Elsa’s unconscious?
John didn’t want to see her. He didn’t care about her.
All he wanted was to get rid of the baby in Lily’s belly, lock her away, and keep her beside him forever.
But no matter how hard he tried to ignore it, he couldn’t erase what he’d done. Even if he didn’t want Elsa anywhere near his house… He couldn’t deny what happened that night. New Year’s Eve. He hadn’t just hit her-he’d forced himself on her. Something unforgivable.
Now she was sick, barely holding on. How could he just ignore that?
His chest tightened. A wave of panic hit. Finally, jaw clenched, he grabbed his keys and drove off toward the hospital Simon mentioned.
Lily couldn’t believe her luck.
She’d barely made it out of John’s house when she ran straight into Mathilda in the same neighborhood. Great. Just what I need.
Mathilda was just like john-relentless and mean, the kind of person who latched on and didn’t let go. Lily had no interest in getting dragged into another pointless mess, so she kept her eyes forward, pretended she didn’t see her, and picked up her pace..
But Mathilda had been tailing her all day. There was no way she was letting Lily walk away now.
Mathilda had been sure John would’ve already gotten rid of the baby growing inside Lily. But the moment she saw her-looking healthy and steady on her feet-she knew the baby was still there.
Fine. Then she’d have to let her brothers step in and make sure that baby was gone.
James was hers. And there was no way she was going to let some cheap knockoff like Lily carry his baby to term.
She stepped forward and blocked Lily’s path, clamping a hand tight around her wrist to keep her from leaving.
Once she was certain Lily didn’t have her phone on her-or any kind of hidden mic or camera-Mathilda smiled, wide and fake.
“Well, well. Lily. What are the odds, huh?” Her voice was all fake sweetness, masking something darker underneath. “Bodger, Jonah, and Sean are on their way too. What do you think they’ll do when I tell them you shoved me into the rocks and gave me a head injury? Think they’ll toss you in right after and see how you handle it?” Mathilda was a little shorter than Lily, but she leaned in close, her mouth just inches from Lily’s ear, her voice dropping to a venomous whisper. “Imagine your stomach slamming into those rocks. You really think that baby would make it? You should never use your cheap tricks to get pregnant with James’s child. I’m the only one worthy of giving him a family. But don’t worry-I’ll do the world a favor and send that thing off today.”
Then, without warning, she spun around, clenched her jaw, and hurled herself straight into the rock wall. She’d already made sure the security cameras were taken out ahead of time. No footage. No proof.
This time, Lily wouldn’t be able to explain her way out of it. Her brothers would lose it when they saw Mathilda bleeding.
And once they did, that baby inside Lily? It didn’t stand a chance.
Mathilda never hesitated when it came to getting what she wanted. Even if it meant taking someone else down with her.
She slammed into the rocks with her full weight. Blood poured from her head instantly. The sight was brutal.
She let herself crumple to the ground, limp and shaking, then cried out, her voice weak and trembling. “Bodger… Sean… Jonah… Help me… it hurts…”
Lily had been running for so long that she could barely breathe. Her whole body was aching, and her stomach felt tight and uncomfortable. When Mathilda grabbed her wrist, she couldn’t break free fast enough.
Now that she was loose, there was only one
Mathilda!”. thing on her mind-get away from that psycho.
But she didn’t make it far. She’d only taken a few steps before the three Ginger brothers came rushing up, blocking her path like a damn brick wall.
“Lily, what happened to your neck?” Sean’s eyes locked on the fresh cuts across her throat. Blood was still seeping from the scratches, and his face turned grim. “Come on,” he said, stepping forward. “Let me clean that up at my place.”
His new house was just around the corner in the same neighborhood.
As he reached for her wrist, intent on taking her there, Mathilda’s voice cut through the air-bitter and broken.
“Sean…” Her face twisted with rage and disbelief.
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