So, is my own family conspiring with outsiders to betray me?
Scarlett couldn't bear such a blow; her legs gave way, and she collapsed onto the ground.
The room was filled with shards of glass she had shattered. As soon as she sat down, her legs were immediately cut by the sharp fragments, and blood gushed out profusely.
Yet, she seemed impervious to pain, laughing wildly as tears streamed down her face relentlessly.
“Justin, how could you be so heartless? Even if you don't love me, even if you don't want to see me scheming against you, you didn't have to be so ruthless. I love you deeply, yet you treat me so poorly, injecting me with some stranger's sperm. How can you be so heartless?”
A cold smirk played on Justin's face as he mocked, “When did I ever inject you with some stranger's sperm? It was clearly you.”
Scarlett's laughter grew even crazier, and the tears streaming from the corners of her eyes became even more torrential.
She couldn't fathom, even in death, why all her efforts failed to earn even a fleeting glance from this man.
Not only did he refuse to look back, but he also treated her cruelly, shattering all her hopes.
She had lived for so many years, yet she had never encountered such a heartless person.
“I was wrong. I shouldn't have met you, shouldn't have fallen in love with you. If I could do it all over again, I would never let you into my heart again, to hurt me at will.”
“Wonderful,” Justin said coldly. “If it weren't for you, Veronique and I would have been together long ago, living a fulfilled life. If it weren't for you, my wife and child wouldn't have suffered so much. Meeting you was the biggest disaster of my life, so please do me a favor and stay away from me in the future.”
Scarlett slowly stifled her laughter, her pupils reflecting a profound lifelessness devoid of any focus.
She awkwardly caressed her slightly protruding belly, her face showing a hint of menace, her features gradually contorting.
Her gaze swept around the surroundings, finally landing on an iron rod used by the security guard.
“Since it's not your child, there's no point in keeping it. It's better to destroy it now and make a clean break.”
As her words fell, a streak of determination flashed across her eyes. Then, abruptly, she reached out to grab the rod. Lifting her arm, she then brought it down with all her might.
A heart-wrenching pain began to spread from her lower abdomen, quickly coursing through every limb and bone in her body, causing her to tremble slightly in agony.
Yet, she seemed to feel nothing, her hand rising and falling, striking her abdomen over and over with force.
A child of unknown paternity, an illegitimate child, doesn't deserve to grow within me. I want to destroy it, to annihilate it.
“Haha, I initially thought it was a time of captivating romance where a couple was deeply in love. Little did I know, it was all but a dream, a fleeting illusion. In the end, it all amounted to nothing, nothing at all, haha.”
Scarlett seemed to have lost her mind, striking her own belly while laughing hysterically.
Before long, the floor was drenched in dark, black blood, winding and twisting in a sight that was shockingly alarming.
Justin stood still, his face devoid of any expression. Yet, the fingers hanging by his side subtly trembled a few times.
With some difficulty, he averted his eyes, refusing to look at her in such a pitiful state.
Everyone has their obsessions, but pushing oneself to this extent is truly not worth it.
He modestly believed he had no extraordinary qualities, yet this woman was willing to do anything to win him over. In the end, it all boiled down to her vanity.
That was because she couldn't bear to see him stay with Veronique. Hence, she repeatedly made grave mistakes.
If she could calm her mind and carefully consider, she would realize that she wasn't absolutely dependent on him, nor should she have ended up in this state.
“Mr. Justin, the people from the Fletcher family have arrived.”
The sound of the security guard's report from outside brought back Justin's wandering thoughts.
He glanced back at Scarlett one last time, then strolled out of the security room.
The Fletcher family sent over the head butler, a man in his forties or fifties, who was calm and reserved.
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