Chapter254
She was already claiming the kid was Remington’sandstill they wanna drag her to theOR?Crazy old woman!
“Don’t evenstartaboutyourgranny. She’s the epitome ofintegrity, pure as snow. If sheknewher own granddaughter was out wreckinghomesas a homewrecker, she’d break your legsherself! Sinceyousay I’m like a grannytoyou,letmeschool you the way shewould!”
Fiona’s face wasstem,but her eyes betrayed a hint of pity. Pity for her old ga! pal, but clearly,it was Lizetta who took after theladiesintemperamentandcharacter, while Evelina had her head screwed on wrong.
SeeingFiona’sheart was as hard as iron,not giving an inch of mercy,Evelina was boiling with hate and suddenly turned her gunson
Lizetta.
Through her tears, she pleaded, “Liz! I know you hate me, but my kid with Remington is innocent! He’s got Dashiell blood, and gettingridof him will jinx Fiona’s luck and life. Please, beg her for mercy for me!”
Evelina wasmakingascene,hoping to draw a crowd.
But Fiona had already had the place on lockdown.
If Lizetta hadn’t caught Evelina red–handed in the garden, hooking up with some dude, she might’ve actually fallen for her sob story.
Right now, if Evelina justfessedup that the kid wasn’t Remington’s, Fiona would let her off the hook.
But nope, she just had to play dirty, wanting to drag her down too.
Sowhy should Lizetta stick her nose in, especially after Evelina’s crack about jinxing Fiona, which really got her goat.
Lizetta marched over and slapped Evelina right across her tear–stained face.
“Evelina, if you don’t wanna be wheeled into the OR now, spill the beans, or no one’s gonna saveyou!”
Evelina clutched herface, her expression clouding over instantly.
“That’s it, take her to the OR, andgetthe surgery done now!”
Fiona was out of patience and ordered in a deep voice.
The servants started dragging Evelina towards the OR, and she freaked out, screaming at the top of her lungs.
“I don’t want this, I won’t go! You have no right, let go of me! This is assault, I’m calling the cops!”
Fiona added sternly,“If the kid is Remington’s, then as the grandma, I have the right to decide, unless the kid isn’t his at all!”
Fiona still had faith in her grandson, thinking Evelina was full of lies.
She couldn’t believe that even now Evelina wouldn’t tell the truth, but suddenly Evelina broke free from the servants and threw herself at Fiona’s feet, clinging to her legs and wailing.
“Fiona,this is Remington’s child, your great–grandchild! Just feel, he’s about to kick any day now. Please, give him a chance to live!”
Fiona frowned, seeing her so weepy yet so stubborn, and doubt started creeping into her heart.
Couldit be that Remington actually messed up?
This would be a disaster; she’d even called Liz over for a double whammy of hurt.
While Fiona was getting a headache, Evelina crawled a few steps and clung to Lizetta, begging.
“Liz,I messed up. I know you can’t stand me, that when I was brought back home by our parents, they hadtosend you off to your birth parents with tears, from heiress of the Hawthorne family to a regular family. You resented me, always competing with me, snagging my marriage prospects, I get it. But this has nothing to do with my baby. Spare him, and I swear, once he’s born, I’ll raise him myself. I won’t use him to snatch anything from you, I swear!”
Lizetta felt Evelina suddenly hugging her, right at her waist.
It sent chills down her spine,like being wrapped by a venomous snake. Instinctively wanting to protect her own unborn child, she pushed Evelina away, seething.
“Get off me! Back off, the kid in your belly is clearly not…”
“Ah!”
Lizetta’s angry retort was cut off by Evelina’s piercing scream as she was pushed away, slamming hard into the corner of the wall,blood gushing from her head.
“Lizetta, what the hell are you doing!”
A man’s stern voice suddenly rang out from not too far behind Lizetta.
She turned to see Remington,hiswhole presenceicyas he strode forward.
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His lips pressedthin,hisdispleasedgazedrillinginto her,tumingLizetta’s faceashenin an instant.