Chapter 615

As Yuna’s laughter filled the air, Ablett’s fury surged like a wildfire unchecked. Powerless to lash out at Hackett, the man who truly deserved his wrath, Ablett clung to the last vestiges of hope in his heart.

Without a word, he grabbed Zoe’ by the arm, dragging her out with a mixture of force and urgency. They sped off, the car racing towards the casino like a bullet from a gun.

The casino, still closed to the public, was eerily quiet, its poker tables standing in orderly rows beneath dim lighting. Ablett pushed Zoe inside with a callous shove.

Zoe stumbled and fell hard onto the floor.

Pain shot through her, and she had never seen Ablett this enraged. Burning with anger herself, she shouted, “Coward! If you’re sick, go pop some pills! Why take it out on me? What, you gonna hit a woman now?”

Ablett’s voice rose to a shout. “Hit you? I’m gonna do more than that, I might as well kill you! Oh, Zoe, you think you’re so clever, betraying me and act as if nothing happened?”

Zoe’s heart skipped a beat, and a nervous tremor took her. Since the moment the test results came back at the hospital, she had anticipated this confrontation, but she hadn’t expected it to come so swiftly. She had thought Ablett too meek to ever lay a hand on her. But as they say, even a cornered dog will leap over a wall in desperation, let alone a man who learns he’s been wearing the cuckold’s horns-for a staggering twenty-five years!

Zoe, and gripped her throat, exerting a

coughing, Zoe managed, “How can I talk when you’re choking me? Let

blazing, released his hold.

sucked in desperate breaths, then cautiously eyed

it was

the crap! I want the truth!

mustering the courage to reveal the secret she had harbored

came home drunk. I was following orders, making him a honey-lemon tea to sober him up. But you know, I bear some resemblance to Penélope. The room was dark, and when I brought him the tea, he mistook me for her. Then… it happened… I resisted, I told him he was mistaken, but Hackett was too drunk, too strong, I couldn’t

one time?” Ablett

her eyes darting before she shook her head frantically.

didn’t even know Yuna was his child! It only occurred to me today when they mentioned the

reality was different. After that night, having tasted the forbidden, she pretended Penelope several times to seduce Hackett. Unsure whose child she was carrying, Zoe had kept silent about the

The daughter he had raised was not his own flesh and blood. His anger reached a fever pitch,

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