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Lucas’s gaze locked onto the ring on Lauren’s left hand, his suppressed emotions finally snapping.
“What’s with that ring? Are you engaged? Who gave you permission to marry another man? You belong to me. Only I can make you happy, yet while I’m at my lowest, you’ve climbed into another man’s arms. Lauren, you’re disgusting! Have you already slept with him? How desperate are you? You’re covered in scars, missing a kidney, and yet you can’t live without a man? First Kenneth, now this random guy–just how many men have you been with? Tell me, damn it!”
He ranted like a madman, spewing filth as if Lauren were his possession, something no one else was allowed to touch.
Lauren glanced at the ring on her middle finger. It was Felix’s signet ring, and it fit perfectly on her hand.
In the past, she might have been infuriated by such a way.
But this time, instead of anger, she smiled and wrapped her arm around Gael’s.
“That’s right. We’re together now.”
As she spoke, she gently placed a hand on her stomach. “And there’s another piece of good news I want to share with you. I’m pregnant. We’re at the hospital today for a checkup.”
The word pregnant struck like a thunderbolt, leaving him stunned, while Lucas felt a deep anguish wash over him.
Gael froze, stunned beyond words
Ms. Bennett you can’t just throw me under the bus like this. I haven’t even had a girlfriend before, don’t ruin my innocence.
Lucas, on the other hand, looked as if he had been plunged into a frozen abyss.
His body went rigid, an unbearable chill spreading from his heart to his entire body,
He trembled slightly, but no sound came out. His bloodshot eyes, filled with a wild intensity, stayed locked onto Lauren, as though he could set her on fire with his stare alone.
“You… you…” His voice cracked, struggling to squeeze out words through clenched teeth, laced with endless resentment and defiance.
“You’re shameless!”
Then, he completely lost it and his anger spiraled out of control.
“Do you even understand what it means for a woman, the best dowry is her reputation? You’re not even married, yet you’re carrying another man’s child! Aren’t you afraid his family will use that child to control you? To make sure you never know peace for the rest of your life? Lauren, you disgust me! Even if you get rid of the child, I will never want you. Your womb once carried another man’s blood–you’re filthy, unworthy of being my wife, unworthy of being the mother of my future children!” You make me sick!” He spat the words, his face contorted with repulsion.
Lauren stared at him, utterly unmoved.
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university, I’d assume you never received any higher education at all. If I had known you were this ignorant, couldn’t even tell right from wrong, I never would have funded your tuition by anonymous support. It’s a shame I wasted my hard–earned money on an ungrateful leech.”
Lucas’s entire body stiffened. His breath hitched, his eyes widening in shock.
“What are you saying? What do you mean you funded me?”
His voice rose, laced with panic. He was trying to mask the inner turmoil and fear with an angry sound, but the slight tremor in his words betrayed his fear.
Lauren’s expression remained icy, her gaze sharp and unwavering she locked eyes with Lucas. She spoke slowly and deliberately:
“I paid for your university tuition. I was the person who funded it anonymously.”
The words were simple and straightforward, yet they crashed down on him like a landslide, stirring a storm of emotions.
His mind reeled.
“N…No…, that’s impossible!” He blurted the denial immediately, shaking his head furiously.
He refused to believe it.
Everything he had ever prided himself on, the self–made image he had built–it couldn’t have been propped up by Lauren.
“Why is it impossible?” Lauren took a step forward.
“Every expensive piece of clothing, every luxury item you owned during university–where do you think that money came from? I worked my fingers to the bone, won scholarship after scholarship, just so you wouldn’t have to struggle financially. And what did you do? You used my money to craft the illusion of being a rich kid, deceiving everyone–including me.”
Lucas collapsed back into his wheelchair.
Memories flashed through his mind–days spent basking in admiration, draped in designer brands, enjoying the envious stares of his peers.
He had believed it was all his own doing.
But now, those memories felt like vicious slaps, each one landing harder than the last.
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