It drove her insane.
“Carys, you bitch!”
“You’re just jealous that I’m carrying Donovan Croft’s baby!”
“You treat me like this, just wait until my man punishes you!”
“Yes, yes, I’m jealous,” I said monotonously.
“Jealous of your premarital pregnancy.”
“If
your man is so great, why hasn’t he moved you into one of his mansions?” Her face flushed with rage.
Before she could scream another curse, there was a knock on the door.
I opened it to find Silas Finch standing on our doorstep.
“Good evening, Ms. Rowe.”
My heart hammered against my ribs,
Finally,
Someone was here to collect this monster.
I welcomed him in.
Jenna’s face went pale, remembering how he’d had her thrown out. “What are you doing here?”
“Miss Jenna.
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Silas’s tone was inexplicably polite, a complete one–eighty from their last encounter. “I’ve been informed that you are carrying Mr. Croft’s child.”
“I am here, on his orders, to escort you to one of his private villas to be cared for during your pregnancy.”
Jenna’s jaw dropped.
So did mine.
I couldn’t stop myself from speaking.
“Mr. Finch, are you sure?”
“The pregnancy was the result of IVF.”
“We have no idea if the… sample… was actually Mr. Croft’s.”
“It was,” Silas confirmed, his face unreadable.
“We have investigated.”
“The head of the villa’s security, a Mr. Zhao, stole from Mr. Croft.” “He has been… dealt with.”
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Wait.
That wasn’t the point..
Why was this stuff so easy to steal?
Suddenly, I felt like I was the only sane person in the room.
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Silas turned to my sister, asking if she had anything she needed to pack. He had brought staff to help.
Again, I interjected.
“You’re just taking her?”
“Shouldn’t there be a paternity test or something?”
“Carys, this child is definitely Donovan’s!”
“Are you trying to sabotage me because you can’t stand to see me win?”
Before Silas could respond, Jenna lunged at me, her hand raised to strike.
I flinched, closing my eyes.
The slap never landed.
When I opened my eyes, Silas was standing between us, his arm blocking Jenna’s. “Miss Jenna, please don’t agitate yourself.”
“It could harm the baby.”
“Mr. Croft is waiting.”
“I suggest you hurry.”
Jenna shot him a venomous glare.
But the mention of Donovan’s name instantly changed her demeanor.
She became haughty, imperious,
“I won’t be taking any of my things, she declared, lifting her chin.. “I’m about to become Mrs. Croft
“These commoner’s possessions are beneath me.”
She swept out of the apartment, radiant with triumph.
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I couldn’t help myself. I grabbed Silas’s arm.
“What is going on?”
He just smiled, a cryptic, unsettling smile, and repeatedly told me how lucky my sister was. I couldn’t understand it.
A man like Donovan Croft could have any woman he wanted.
Even if Jenna was carrying his child, getting rid of it would be trivial for him.
The Croft dynasty was notoriously strict about their bloodline.
Why would they keep this child, born of a woman like my sister?
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“Because he loves me.”
Jenna, now five months pregnant, declared this as she lounged on a velvet chaise.
A maid was massaging her legs.
When the pressure was slightly too firm, Jenna kicked her away.
“Are you trying to kill me?”
The staff at the villa had grown accustomed to her tyranny.
From the day she arrived, she had acted as its queen.
She had alienated every servant.
Even Silas Finch treated her with a deferential respect that bordered on surreal. The only oddity was that Donovan Croft himself rarely visited.
“He can’t control himself around me,” Jenna explained.
“He’s staying away for the baby’s sake.”
