Leopold’s lips curled into a devilishly charming smile as he retracted his muscular arm slightly, pulling Aurelia into his embrace. "If it's not this month, it'll be the next. I'll have you with child."
Aurelia shot him a playful glare, replying, "I'm not having your baby now. I haven't decided if I’ll remarry you. How could I let myself get pregnant? The by-blows of the Stirling family don't have the right to claim their lineage, only to be dismissed with a payout. It's pitiful. My daughter will never be a by-blow like that!"
Leopold captured her chin, a teasing glint in his eye. "If you got pregnant accidentally, you would just have to marry me."
Her face immediately turned pale, sensing she was cornered. "Don't think you can threaten me with such vile... vile tactics. If it happens by accident, I'll... I'll get rid of it!"
Those words pissed him off, fury seeping into his brow, touched with hurt.
"Are you trying to challenge me? If you dare to commit such an atrocity, you won’t breathe freely again."
Aurelia shrank back, an icy chill washing over her.
It was but a bluff. How could Aurelia ever really go through with it?
"I... I'm going to check on Kane."
"Don't you dare leave!" He scooped her up effortlessly and deposited her onto the couch. She had inflamed his temper and had to cool it down.
Across town in Elysium, Megan was close to losing her mind, convinced that Aurelia was behind the slander against her.
"Jewel, have you found my child? Why is there no news after all this time?"
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