CEO's Tears Over Pregnancy Test Discovery

Kieran didn't see it that way. "Of course, it benefits me. Look at you! You came back, didn't you? Regretting not giving me that 40,000 yet? You could've saved us both the trouble if you'd just handed it over earlier."

"You-"

"Now it's 100,000," Kieran interrupted, reclining smugly in his wheelchair. "You want the trending posts gone, don't you? Pay up-100,000, not a penny less. Otherwise..." His voice dropped, laced with menace. "I've still got a few things up my sleeve." The blatant threat made Karina's hands tremble, her voice quivering as she spoke. "One hundred thousand? Wasn't it forty just a few days ago?"

Kieran sneered. "That was the old price. It's 100,000 now, take it or leave it."

Karina could taste blood in her mouth. Her lips had been bitten raw without her noticing. Rage and utter disappointment overwhelmed her.

This was her family. Twenty years of being with them, and all they had ever done was take. They had given her nothing in return.

families she occasionally saw-fathers kind and caring, mothers warm and supportive. Why couldn't she have that? What

way. Worst case? I'll take it to court. Let's see how you explain where all the money I've given you over the years has gone." Karina was no pushover. Even the mildest soul has a breaking point, and she had reached

a sharp crash, shards flying everywhere. One jagged piece

the

at her, his face livid "We took care of you for twenty years, and this is

this house alive."

to show weakness-not in front of them. She pressed down on the bleeding wound, straightened her back, and faced him head-on. "Then watch me,"

you dare!" Mr. Stone

Two steps in, Mrs. Stone grabbed her

unshed tears. "Mom, not you too," she said, her

meekly. "You know how Kieran is. If you leave like this, he'll only get worse. I can't