"Why don't you help him since you know he is inconsiderate? You are his brother. If he meets any problems in the company, you should spare more efforts to help him so that he wouldn't make those stupid mistakes!" Lawson reprimanded Ralphie.
Ralphie could only nod his head, "It's my faults, and I will do that in the future."
Angela's grandparents were from the countryside and only met her once a year during the New Year holiday. They only had one child, Angela’s father. As for her mother's parents, they passed away long ago. They also only had one child, which was her mother.
She had heard from others that the elders would show favor to certain child, but she had never imagined it. Today, she heard with her own ears.
When Angela thought of this, she pulled her lips with self-deprecation in her eyes. She couldn't protect herself now. Why should she mind the family affairs of others?
Lawson ignored his two sons, pushed open the door, and walked in. As he did this, he said unpleasantly, "You come in."
"Okay." Angela answered.
She went in uneasily and cold sweat appeared on her forehead.
When she heard about Lawson in the past, she was not that afraid of him. Otherwise, she wouldn't dare to put up those two conditions to Lawson.
But today, after knowing that Lawson intended to send her to the prison, she was overwhelmed with fear unconsciously.
She didn't even know how she had offended him so that he wanted to ruin her with the excuse of helping her leave.
Lawson went in and sat down on the bed, then looked up at her and said, "So much sweat on your forehead. Are you scared?"
Angela wanted to say something but she couldn't.
"Did you lie to me or did you do something bad to my family?" Lawson asked in a stern voice as he slapped violently on the hospital bed.
With that slap, Angela's heart jumped violently.
She wiped the sweat from her head and said in a weak tone, "Everybody is afraid of you, right?"
Lawson's eyes darkened. Finally, he snorted, but didn't refute Angela.
Angela was slightly relieved. She felt that her back was covered with sweat.
"If it weren't for the terminal lung cancer, I won't let you give birth to this child!" Lawson's expressions changed several times and finally rested his gaze on her belly.
Angela pursed her lips, sweat flowing down her jaw. The sweat drops were shining under the sunshine.
Lawson seemed to look forward to the child in her belly, but... where could she get a child?
"Why do you want to leave with the child?" Lawson said with gloomy eyes.
"You want to leave so that you can blackmail James with the child?"
Angela firmly grasped her clothes and tried to remain calm, but her voice still trembled a little.
"To tell you the truth, I can't forgive James for what he did to me, so I don't want to bring it to the world."
"The child is the offspring of my family. How dare you decide his fate?" Lawson stood up and shouted.
Angela lowered her head and didn't say anything. If she said something more, she might offend Lawson instantly.
"You should be glad that you are pregnant with the child, otherwise you may not be able to stand here! You will only end up in prison miserably for the rest of your life and nobody will care about you." Lawson said.
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