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 you

into the room, and her heart jolted. She mumbled, “Timothy, it’s

Maya into his arms. He happened to see the divorce agreement with Mia’s name signed on

it for a while longer. Had Mia signed the papers

“Tim?”

and

hand hurts, Tim. Is it broken? Can I continue playing the piano in

the bed. “I’m sure you’re fine. I’ll have a doctor

he turned to look at

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

Their names were so

the 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 highly of

beginning to end, she was

heart intensified until she

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