Chapter 934:
She hiccupped, wiped her eyes, and dared a glance at him. Her breath caught. Brandon was smiling—but his smile was ice. His eyes were empty, glinting with nothing but coldness.
Vivian froze. Then Brandon sneered. “What’s wrong? Why don’t you keep crying?” The more he watched her false display of vulnerability, the more his chest ached. He had once fallen for these pathetic tricks. He had let her hurt Millie again and again.
“Go on, Vivian. Keep acting. You’re good at it, aren’t you?” His voice cut sharper with every word. Vivian shrank under it. Still, she tried again.
“Brandon, you’ve got it wrong,” she said between sobs, clutching at his leg. “It’s all that blogger online, spreading lies. That so-called analysis is nonsense! He doesn’t know anything. Brandon, please, you must believe me. How could I ever deliberately hurt Millie’s child? How could I, when I didn’t even know she was pregnant? I—”
“Still denying it?” Brandon’s roar thundered across the room. His eyes burned red, wild and furious like a wounded beast. “Vivian, do you still think I’m blind to the truth?”
Her tears flowed harder. But then Brandon pulled out his phone. He pressed play. Vivian’s own voice filled the basement, word for word, recorded by her caretaker. His eyes went bloodshot as he hissed, “Do you still dare to say you know nothing?”
Vivian’s lips parted. She was stunned. That wretched woman! If she hadn’t thought to use the caretaker as a scapegoat when the time was right, she would have silenced her long ago.
“Brandon, she’s setting me up!” Vivian blurted. “She hates me. She’s trying to blackmail you with this. She—”
Before she could finish, Brandon’s hand clamped over her face. His stare burned straight through her. “Still lying,” he hissed through clenched teeth.
“The reporter who was in a coma has woken up,” Brandon cut her off coldly. “He told us everything. And I saw the footage of Millie’s accident.” His grip tightened on her jaw. “The hitman you paid rammed her car again and again, trying to kill her. I saw it with my own eyes. You didn’t just steal our child by accident—you planned it. And when that failed, you were ready with another…”
𝖈𝖍𝖊𝖈𝖐𝖊𝖉 𝖘𝖔𝖚𝖗𝖈𝖊: ⳑ𝖺𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝗍𝖊𝗅𝘀․𝗰𝗈𝗺
“…scheme. If it failed in the hospital, you had another waiting. You would not stop until Millie and our child were gone.”
His voice was low, deadly, each word peeling away her schemes. “You knew she was pregnant. You knew how badly I longed for a child with her. And you were terrified that I would break our agreement once I found out about the child, so you killed my child to protect your place.”
His eyes blazed scarlet, his grip twisting cruelly on her skin. “All this—just to become my wife.” His voice broke. “If you wanted my money, I would have given it. If you wanted status, I could have given that too. Why, Vivian? Why her?”
“Because I wanted you!” Vivian screamed.
Money faded. But Brandon as her husband would mean endless power and wealth. But now, all her excuses were gone. He knew everything. Panic clawed at her. Then a spark lit in her mind—there was still one truth he hadn’t uncovered.
“Millie only lost a child—so what?” Vivian spat. “She owed me! I only took what was mine. Brandon, she should pay with that child’s life!”
“Vivian!” Brandon’s roar shook with fury.
Vivian threw her head back and laughed, a wild, broken sound. “Don’t forget the past, Brandon. Never forget it!”
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