Betrayed by the Father Reborn in His Rival's Arms novel Chapter 469

"Ah!"

Terrence hauled Doris up from the carpet, only to deliver another brutal slap across her face.

The force of it nearly knocked her nose completely out of place.

Doris had undergone a rhinoplasty years ago, and the implant was dangerously close to dislodging.

She shrieked in agony, crying out as a dark flush of bruising began to form around her eyes.

"You old bastard, are you trying to blind me?" Doris wailed hysterically.

Terrence was livid, his face ashen, veins bulging visibly at his temples.

"Still refusing to talk? Tell me, you vile woman, how exactly did Penelope end up pregnant?"

"I'm innocent!" Doris cried. "What does this have to do with me? You should be taking this out on the man who knocked her up! Why are you taking your anger out on me?"

Terrence laid out his deductions with terrifying clarity. "Quentin loves his wife too much. He would never touch Penelope. And more than that, I know you too well. You deliberately encouraged Penelope to crawl into his bed, risking her entire reputation. A woman as calculating as you wouldn't orchestrate that without a backup plan. You definitely prepared a failsafe to guarantee she'd get pregnant.

Years ago, when you suddenly announced you were pregnant, I wracked my brain trying to figure out how it happened. I finally figured out how you got pregnant all those years ago—you used the exact same trick, didn't you? You dug through the trash and stole a used condom!"

Doris violently shook her head, denying it furiously. She couldn't admit to that.

"Did you do it again?" Terrence's voice was completely shredded. "The morning after Quentin and Madeline stayed the night at the manor, you rushed straight to the hospital. Tell me! What did you do?!"

Doris clamped her jaw shut.

Seeing her stubborn refusal, Terrence nodded grimly. "Fine. I'll have the butler bring in the maids you hired. I promise you, they aren't nearly as loyal as you think."

Panic seized Doris, and she scrambled to grab Terrence's arm. "No, don't call them! Word will get out! Please, don't call them!"

Broken, she confessed to everything.