It wasn’t until a full week later that I finally told my subordinate to bring Jaylee over.”
Jaylee assumed I had finally calmed down. After all, we had a child together, she didn’t believe for a second I would actually cut her off. So, with a bright smile, she happily showed up.
“Horace, you finally came to your senses! Is there news about Miss Porter? I told you, there’s no way she’d really leave you,” she said with a grin. “Didn’t I say from the start? I’ve seen plenty of women like her-”
Before she could finish, I suddenly grabbed her by the hair hard, cutting her off mid–sentence.}
The cold fury in my eyes made Jaylee freeze in fear for the first time.
“Horace… what are you doing? It’s me, Jaylee! Don’t be like this… you’re scaring me…”
My face was ashen. My grip on her hair tightened, and my voice was colder than death itself as I said, “Scared? Jaylee, you tried to hurt your own son, and now you know fear?”
Jaylee’s expression shifted. She opened her mouth to defend herself, but I didn’t give her the chance. With a violent shove, I threw her to the floor.
“Stop acting in front of me! I knew something was off that day. I had it investigated. The cioppino that Zach ate, you ordered it!” I dropped the bomb.
“Did you think tearing up the receipt and deleting the order history would be enough to cover your tracks? Jaylee, how naive can you be?” Glaring at her, I spat, “You’re more vicious than I ever imagined. Just to drive Lovell away, you were willing to hurt your own child!“}
Jaylee realized I must have solid evidence. There was no use trying to talk her way out of it now. With tears streaming down her face, she tried to explain, “I didn’t mean to hurt Zach, Horace, I swear! I’m a doctor, you know that. I would never really let anything happen to him! I just… I love you too much. I was afraid that once you married Miss Porter, there’d be no place left for me. Please believe me, I never meant for things to go that far…“D
But I had no interest in listening anymore. I kicked her hard, rage burning in my
chest.
wwwww
“Shut up! And in case you didn’t know, I checked the hallway cameras too. Before you seduced me that night, you intentionally opened the bedroom door. You wanted Loveil to see it. You planned the whole thing just to make her walk away!”
“Is becoming my wife that important to you? Were you really so afraid she’d get in your way?” I bellowed, blood boiling.
Jaylee sobbed and pleaded, “I didn’t mean to, Horace. It was all for the child. He’s so young, he needs his father. I never wanted to ruin things between you and Miss Porter. I just love you too much…”
I shut his eyes tight, fists clenched. A long moment passed before I opened them again. My voice came out slow and sharp, each word bitten off like it burned my tongue.
“You should be grateful the child’s still young. If he weren’t, I’d have killed you.”
I didn’t spare her another glance. Instead, I turned to my subordinate and instructed, “Take her back. From now on, unless I say otherwise, she is not allowed near me or Lovell.”
Jaylee screamed and sobbed, but my subordinate dragged her away. Her cries echoed through the entire villa, lingering in the air long
after she was
Lovel!‘s POV
These days, I was settling into a peaceful, almost married life with Clement.
I had been staying at his garden villa, soaking up sunshine, drawing, and writing beside him. Life was calm and quiet–surprisingly pleasant.
To be honest, this was the most relaxed and at ease I had felt in a long time.
Sometimes I’d glance at to if life could stay like this that be
bad.
‘s beautiful side profile and think to myself, if kle
could stay tke wote water?
