Mia clenched her fist around the pregnancy test. “If I really were pregnant, I wouldn’t have agreed to the divorce.”

“I suppose that’s right. After all, a gold digger like you wouldn’t let any opportunity to rise the ranks with a pregnancy slip. Still, even if you were pregnant, Tim wouldn’t allow you to keep the baby. You’re a peasant who doesn’t deserve to give the Barrett family an heir, anyway,” said Maya.

Mia turned to head into the walk-in closet, but Maya followed her. “Hold on. Show me that paper you took from the bedside table.”

After some thought, Maya felt she couldn’t rest easy until she knew what the paper said. What if Mia really were pregnant? She had to get rid of the baby.

Mia held the pregnancy test tighter. “This is my private business.”

“Humph! Private business? I bet you’re just trying to steal something expensive. Hand it over!” Maya stepped forward to pry Mia’s fist open, even raising a hand to hit her.

Mia instinctively threw Maya over her shoulder. The latter landed on her back and wailed, “My leg hurts!”

are

Timothy’s cold voice rang out. Mia turned to see him walk into the room, and her heart

walking past her to sweep Maya into his arms. He

stared at it for a while longer. Had Mia signed the papers

“Tim?”

senses and asked Maya lowly, “Are you

it broken? Can I continue playing the piano in the future?”

sure you’re fine. I’ll

turned to look

and had three older brothers who absolutely doted on her. If the Lane family were to find out about Mia laying a hand on her,

how Timothy said Maya’s name. Their names were so

one night they’d slept together, he’d called Maya’s name. She thought he’d been calling her like how he usually mispronounced it, but she now realized he’d just been calling Maya’s name. She’d thought too

she was nothing but

until she grew numb. She

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