Chapter 1174

“You won’t tell him that I’m pregnant,” Ashlynn said.

“I’ll just say that I’m keeping a lover somewhere.” Corentin leaned back on his chair and extended his legs. “He can’t interfere. Even if he finds out, he can’t do anything. I just don’t want to deal with the trouble of him knowing.”

“Get rid of this child, and all troubles will vanish with it.”

“I’d rather kill that old twat.”

Stunned by the violence in his words, she lost all interest in continuing the conversation. “I’m going back to my room to rest. Bye.”

She hung up, turning to glance at the fading sun before returning to her room.

She had always known that Corentin did not value family bonds, whether it was his adoptive parents or Cory, but was baffled by his insistence on keeping the child.

‘Does he even know how to raise a kid? He grew up in the slum as a loveless child…‘ she thought.

was no one else, she climbed down from the second floor under the moonlight on the third night when Corentin did not appear. Climbing was never difficult for

one final leap from the wall and was about to run when a strand

doing up,

her hand down and saw Owen walking over with

would not be able to escape. Though there was no one else inside the mansion, Corentin had clearly arranged for people to guard the premises,

about her escape and her heart sank. Knowing that she could not admit to it, she

expression darkened. “Ashlynn, there are plenty of women who want to be with Corentin. You are taking him

him if you want,” she

urge to beat her like he

forward and tilted her

a step back reluctantly. “If it’s not for Corentin’s child in your belly, I’m definitely

her hand to slap

Snap!

was hardly done. The frustration of being caught again boiled within her, and Owen came at the right time for her to vent her rage. She grabbed the flashlight in his hand and slammed him in the head with it.

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