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.

occasionally saw-fathers kind and caring, mothers warm and supportive. Why couldn't she

her tone cold and resolute. "If you won't take down those posts, I'll find another 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

crash, shards flying everywhere. One jagged piece nicked her leg, and a

the pain,

years, and this

this house alive."

refused 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," she said firmly, taking a

you dare!" Mr. Stone

Karina didn't falter. Two steps in, Mrs. Stone

eyes misting with unshed tears. "Mom, not you too," she

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