Chapter 5
The next day, while I was packing my clothes, Anya suddenly barged in.
She glanced at what I was doing and smirked. “So, you know you can’t beat me and you’re giving up? Hmm, smart choice. Remember to divorce Henry and take your son’s things with you. I don’t want that bad luck left here.”
As she spoke, Anya leaned on one hand and stroked her flat belly with the other. Her face was full of pride as she said, “From now on, my child will be the true heir of the Taylor Family. As for that bastard of yours, he deserved to be eaten by pigs.”
I froze, my gaze turning dark as I stared at her. She flinched slightly. “Why are you looking at me like that? Am I wrong? That brat deserved to die. He was always targeting me. Do you think I can’t deal with you, too?”
She laughed coldly. “Hahaha, he’s dead anyway, ah!”
I rushed forward and slapped her. “Anya, you’ll pay for this!”
A sharp look flashed in Anya’s eyes. She raised her hand as if to strike me, but dropped it and instead grabbed my wrist, pulling me forward.
She stumbled out of the room just as Henry came upstairs. Seeing the scene, he rushed over tc help her up.
Then he turned on me. “Kate, what’s wrong with you? You were a mother once, too. Why would you be so cruel to harm Anya’s child?”
I met his eyes and repeated his own words back to him. “Didn’t you say the child wasn’t ever formed yet, so it didn’t matter if it died?”
Henry froze for a moment, then looked away, his voice still stubborn. “Anya is different from you She’s been weak since she was young, so she’ll be more careful when she’s pregnant.”
“Just apologize to Anya and let this go.”
“And apologize to Andrew, too, after all, you’re the one who failed to raise him as a child.”
I looked at Henry coldly. Anya quickly said, “It’s okay, Henry. She probably heard I was pregnant and worried about how it might affect Andrew, so she thought…
“I’m a little upset, but this is our first child. I just didn’t expect her to be so cruel.”
“That slap just now was the lightest punishment and warning she could give me. I only ask that she not hurt my child. For anything else, she can come to me directly.”
Henry’s face darkened. He walked up to me and said, “Apologize to Anya.”
“I did nothing wrong. Why should I…”
My head snapped to the side, my cheek burning.
“I said, apologize to Anya. If you don’t, you’re not leaving this room today.”
