Goodbye You Never Loved Me novel (Martha and Stefan) novel Chapter 146

At night, at the Harrison Villa.
Stefan was sitting alone in his study.
He was both guilty of all the hurt he had done to Martha and reluctant to face the divorce tomorrow. So, he stayed at the study for two days without stepping out and had a lot of alcohol.
The whole study reeked of alcohol.
The man was sitting at the head of the table. With only one light on, half of him was covered with darkness.
He looked a bit tired but was still thinking about something.
After tomorrow, Martha would not be his legal wife and he would not have the right to be her husband.
There was intense bitterness in his face.
At that moment, the vibration of his phone broke the silence.
It was Eden.
He picked up the phone and heard Eden say, "We found Libby."
"Where is she?"
Hearing that, Stefan turned serious. It seemed as if the temperature had dropped below zero all around him.
"It was said that she was found in a small hotel. How do you want to deal with her?"
Stefan answered calmly, "Send her to the police station."
"But she seemed to want to talk to you."
Eden's voice betrayed a slight hesitation. Stefan's brow furrowed. Was she still trying to deny it?
He would not let anyone get away with hurting Martha.
Stefan pressed his lips together and said nothing. Eden added, "She said it was about Martha and that you definitely want to know."
It was about Martha.
He set his mouth in a grim line. His hand, which was holding the phone, involuntarily tightened its grip.
What was it about Martha that he did not know?
After a few seconds of silence, he said, "Bring her here."
"Alright."
Stefan's face turned stern after he hung up. What was Libby going to tell him?
Half an hour later, Eden brought Libby to the Harrison Villa.
Stefan, sitting at the desk, looked at the kneeling woman with cold eyes.
He met Libby several times at the Doyle Group. Each time, she looked gorgeous.
But now she was kneeling before him, looking like a beggar.
She was dressed in rags and her hair was disheveled. There were dark circles under her eyes. Apparently, she had not slept well for several days.
Stefan narrowed his eyes, and looked her up and down. The coldness that oozed from him almost froze her.
Libby shuddered. She stared fearfully at the ground.
She had always known that Stefan was an intimidating person, but... to relieve some of the sufferings of her imprisonment, she must come tonight.
Libby pondered in her mind for a moment, and when she looked up again, there was misery and sorrow in her eyes.
"Mr. Harrison, I'm not the main culprit and I didn't mean to harm Martha. That's what Hollie wanted. I was just doing what she wanted."
"You know, I'm her godmother and I have feelings for her. When she knelt before me, I really couldn't watch her suffer, that's why I helped her."
Stefan pressed his lips together and stared at her coldly, utterly ignorant of what she had said.
Seeing that he was unmoved, Libby feigned some tears, and wept more miserably.
"For my whole life, I have neither son nor daughter. Hollie is the only goddaughter I have. I want her to be happy. That's why I did all those things. Please, believe me, Mr. Harrison. I..."
Stefan pulled a long face and answered without much patience, "That's what you want to tell me?"
Libby stiffened suddenly. Her hands that touched the ground were wet with sweat.
She knew this was her chance, but she could not act too deliberately, or Stefan might question what she really wanted.
Thinking of that, she shook her head helplessly.
"Mr. Harrison, you must trust me. I never meant to hurt Martha. We asked Martha to meet us at Doyle Manor only because we wanted to threaten her. But we never thought of hurting her."
Stefan frowned. He looked at Libby with even less patience.
Libby was aware of this, but was still explaining,
"We found that Martha had a child abroad, so Hollie wanted to threaten Martha to leave... That's why... Anyway, Mr. Harrison, you must believe me. I never thought of hurting Martha."
When Stefan heard that Martha had a child, the impatience vanished from his face. Instead, he was shocked.
Child!
He felt his head spin. He could not believe what he had heard.
Martha had a child abroad!
Stefan got up and approached Libby. He grasped her collar and asked coldly, "What did you say?"
"I... I said that we found Martha had given birth to a son abroad. He was four years old, but he was born with an illness and was receiving treatment abroad. We used it to threaten Martha to leave and stop fighting with Hollie for you and the company."
Hearing that, Stefan almost felt his blood running backward. There was a tingling pain in his heart.
Child, four years old, born with an illness...
What Martha had said began to repeat itself in his mind.
He once asked if the child was still alive, she said the child had been dead.
But Libby was telling him that Martha had a four-year-old child abroad.
The child was four years old. It meant it was his child.
She was lying to him.
She had his child. Why had she lied to him?
Stefan could not help stepping back, his hands clenching into fists.
Libby, on her knees, knew that her mission was accomplished.
She hoped that the mysterious person would keep his promise and take care of her while she was in prison. Though she really wanted to know who that person was and what he wanted after giving her so many commands, she was afraid that she had no chance to do that.