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.

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

I'll take it to court. Let's see how you explain where all the money I've given

shot out, hurling a cup at her feet. It shattered with a sharp crash, shards flying everywhere. One jagged piece nicked her leg, and a thin line

the pain, momentarily

livid "We took care of you for twenty years, and this is how you repay us? Fine, go ahead, sue us! But I'll make sure you don't get

this house alive."

but she refused to show weakness-not in front of them. She pressed down on the bleeding wound, straightened her

you dare!"

steps in, Mrs. Stone

turned, her eyes misting with unshed tears. "Mom,

for your own good," she said meekly. "You know how Kieran is. If you leave like this, he'll only get worse. I can't control him it's better to just give him what he wants-it's only