A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 829

The air in the cafe grew suffocatingly quiet.

After Darian hung up, neither of them spoke a word.

He downed the rest of his coffee in one go. He desperately wanted a cigarette.

But the moment his eyes flicked down to Tanya's stomach, he killed the impulse.

"Smoke if you want," Tanya said dryly.

She knew him well enough to know he always hid his emotions perfectly, but whenever he was genuinely stressed, he craved nicotine.

She wasn't bothering with pregnancy restrictions, so why should he?

"You shouldn't have hurt her today," Darian finally said.

"Especially not her face!"

His tone hardened on the word 'face.' He genuinely believed she had gone too far.

No matter how much she disliked the woman, pulling a knife was completely unjustified.

Especially aiming for her face...

Hearing the absolute certainty in his voice, Tanya actually laughed out loud. "What? Are you going to make me pay the price for it?"

Listen to him. Deep down, he truly believed she had viciously attacked Yulisa.

"You really think I'm a monster, don't you?" Tanya laughed again.

The sound was harsh and self-deprecating.

They had known each other for a long time.

She never expected him to understand her so little.

Or rather, he was just that confident in Yulisa's pure, innocent nature. They had grown up together; he believed he knew her inside and out.

So, obviously, Tanya had to be the villain.

Hearing the biting sarcasm in her voice, Darian stared at her, his lips pressed into a thin line, refusing to speak.

"Well, there's nothing left to discuss, is there?" Tanya challenged. "Since you trust her so much, why don't you take responsibility? Be a good son, listen to your mommy, and marry her!"

That was exactly what his family wanted, wasn't it?

If he didn't marry Yulisa, she was sure his mother would keep throwing obstacles in their way until he did.

"Stop saying things just to piss me off," Darian said sharply.

"If you don't marry her, I'm going to jail! Since you're so convinced I maimed her, why don't you play the hero and sacrifice yourself for me?"

She might as well give his family exactly what they wanted and freeze this relationship to death right here and now.

"You..."

Darian's expression darkened even further.

"See?" Tanya taunted. "Do you really want me having your baby? I'm incredibly vicious."

When this woman wanted to infuriate him, she was a master at it.

Right now, he wanted nothing more than to sew her mouth shut.

"Just leave the baby out of this."

"Can you wake up?" she fired back. "Look at the reality of our situation. Do you honestly believe bringing a child into this mess is a good idea?"

Obviously, it wasn't.

His family already knew she was pregnant, and they were still treating her like garbage.

He had gotten into a massive screaming match with them over the baby just last night.

He had foolishly thought that even though they despised Tanya, a grandchild would force them to compromise.