Chapter 4
Chapter 4
At that moment, I recalled when I first got together with Liam. People envied me, saying I had caught the attention of the Carter family heir and would be showered with wealth even if we couldn’t stay together.
Back then, I said. “I love him for who he is for his sincerity, not for his money.”
But now
I was wrong. There was no sincerity.
Pely arrogance
and indulgence.
Glistened to the roar of his sports car fading into the distance, I realized he wasn’t afraid of losing me.
The next day, after packing my bags all night, I was preparing to go to the hospital for an abortion when an extraordinarily beautiful woman knocked on my door.
When she saw me, she smiled gracefully and tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear. “Hello, I’m Liam’s fiancée, Anna Harris, the eldest daughter of the Harris family.”
My breath caught.
Anna walked straight toward me, sizing me up with a fleeting look of jealousy and disdain in her eyes.
“So, you’re Liam’s companion of three years, Claire. You are quite beautiful.”
Companion
A wave of humiliation swept through me.
But her next words left me breathless.
“I heard you two slept together less than a month after meeting?”
“As a woman, let me give you some advice: the easier something is to get, the less men cherish it. Liam and 1 grew up together, and he’s never crossed the line. He’s always said he’s saving my first time for our wedding night
Hearing this, I clenched my fists so tightly my
y nails dug into my palms
Feigning calm. I replied, “Miss Harris, thank you for your concern. But you’re mistaken, Liam and I are in a consensual relationship, and it’s perfectly normal for us to have a physical relationship.”
Anna froze, clearly not expecting me, a poor student, to respond so calmly to a wealthy heiress.
Looking at her features, which bore some resemblance to mine, I added, “If there’s nothing else, I’ll be leaving. I have other matters to attend to.”
Wait
Anna stopped me, pulling out a bank card and a property deed from her bag
“Liam was anxious for a child after learning about his family’s hereditary condition. I wasn’t ready to rush into it, so he chose this path”
“I don’t blame him. As a woman, 1 understand you. Finding a golden ticket is rare. So, Liam’s mother and I discussed this.”
“This is my compensation to you as the future Mrs. Carter. Take it.”
ached me just to use me as a surrogate?
My heart ached deeply. From the beginning, did everyone think Liam approached me just
I was about to argue with her when a wave of nausea hut me Clutching my stomach, I dry heaved, my body comulsing in discomfort.
Anna looked at me in shock and asked, “Is she pregnant?”
But then she let out a decisive laugh.
Chapter 4
With a ryte that was both naive and disdainful, she looked down at me, radiating superiority.
“How could that be? If you really were pregnant, someone like you, desperate to climb the social ladder, would have announced it long ago. After all. that would be your ticket into a wealthy family.”
“Even if you couldn’t marry in the scraps from a wealthy family would be enough to sustain ordinary people like you for a lifetime,”
Her voice, soft and sugary, felt like needles stabbing into my heart repeatedly.
My lashes trembled.
My hand reached into my pocket, brushing against the pregnancy report. I wanted so badly to slap it onto her smug arrogant face
Jut then I thought, what was the point?
11 Word got out about a love triangle, it would only make me look like I still cared about Liam
I took a breath and gently pushed Anna’s hand aside. “No need. Even if I’m poor, I know to earn money with a clear conscience.”
Ignoring Anna’s furrowed brows and dissatisfied expression, I turned, placed the villa key in her band, and closed the door.
“Also, here’s the key. Return it to Liam for me.”
With that, I stepped out into the pouring rain without hesitation
The downpour drenched me instantly.
