Chapter 8M
I struggled hard, trying to get away from Richard’s grip. In my panic, I accidentally fell onto the sofa. A sharp pain hit my stomach right away. That pain brought back a memory I had almost forgotten.
Richard saw it and quickly reached out to help me. His face was full of worry.
Immediately, he asked me, “Harriet, are you okay? Does your stomach hurt?”
I was full of disgust and pushed him away with all my strength as I shouted angrily, “Get out of here! Don’t touch me!”
I was shaking and my voice was rough with anger and pain as I continued, “Richard, when we had just gotten married, I was pregnant. I was walking down the stairs and bumped into you. I hit the sofa and had a miscarriage. Now I understand… you did it on purpose!”
“You made sure Emily could have your child. You made me lose minel And now I can’t have children for the rest of my life! Isn’t that what you wanted?“#
Richard was shocked when he heard this. Then, there was a long and heavy silence that engulfed us. So, this was the truth.
After a while, he finally spoke, “No, Harriet, I didn’t mean to. Please believe me.“W
“Even though we didn’t have children, weren’t we still happy all these years?“W
He was still lying to me. After that, I looked at him, my heart full of pain and anger. All the feelings I had kept inside exploded in that moment.
I raised my hand and slapped him as hard as I could.
“Get out! I don’t want to see you again!”
Richard looked at me. I saw pain and regret flash in his eyes. In the end, he slowly turned and left. It seemed that he did it and thought that I would calm down.
To be honest, that was what I was thinking too. I thought that after that day, he would stay away. Unfortunately, he didn’t.M
Instead, Richard came to my house every day. Still, I refused to let him in. The proud heir of the Ford Family sat outside my door every day. Soon enough, the media found out and took pictures of him.10
Again, it became a mess. Without further ado, he was quickly trending on the internet. Because of the news, Emily showed up with her
child.
It was in the afternoon. The sun was bright, but it couldn’t hide her fake sadness. She sat in a wheelchair, wearing a plain dress, looking weak on purpose.N
Her voice shook as she cried and begged Richard as she said, “Richard, please come home. Bryan and I can’t live without you.” Bryan, her son, looked scared.
He held Richard’s leg tightly and sadly said, “Dad, please come home. I miss you every day and can’t sleep at night.“M
Richard stood tall, but he didn’t look at Emily. Instead, he looked straight at me, standing inside the house.N
He said, “I want to take Harriet back.“W
“She is my real wife in the Ford Family.“M
His voice was not loud, but it was strong and firm.
Sometimes, I really didn’t understand Richard. He was the one who brought Emily into our lives and now he wanted me to return? He didn’t want to give up either of us.
It was disgusting. How could I fall in love with this man? How could I become such a fool?
Meanwhile, Emily cried so hard she almost fell out of her wheelchair. I couldn’t take it anymore, so I opened the door and told them both to leave However, Emily turned her wheelchair and moved closer to me. I stepped back without thinking.
Although Richard believed everything she did, I had seen through her long ago.
I said through clenched teeth, “Emily, if you don’t leave now, I will call the police.“N
“I won’t let what you did last time, the kidnapping thing, go unpunished.”
Suddenly, she shouted, cutting me off. It was clear that she was afraid Richard would hear what I was about to say. What a wenchl
