Chapter 5
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My father looked at me with red–rimmed eyes, his voice choked with emotion as he cautiously reached up to stroke my hair. “Karen, I’m so sorry for what you’ve endured.”
Unable to hold back any longer, I threw myself into his embrace, sobbing uncontrollably. I clutched his arms tightly, wanting to pour out every ounce of anguish I felt.
My father gently patted my back, murmuring, “It’s okay now. I’m here. I’ll make sure to destroy anyone who has hurt you.”
My cries echoed loudly, drawing “Cynthia” and her entourage out of the delivery room.
My father turned his back to them, hiding his face from view.
Seeing me with tears streaming down my face, “Cynthia” scoffed, “Oh, look at that! The mistress has a sugar daddy after all.
“I figured someone like you, a side piece, would be just a scum without parents, raised by no one.”
My father’s fists clenched in anger, and he almost turned around to confront her, but I gripped his arm tightly.
He frowned at me, and I shook my head gently, stealing a glance at Oliver, who was standing beside me, completely dumbfounded.
It seemed he really had met my father before.
I wondered how desperate he must feel at this moment.
After all, he had finally gotten close to someone that could save him fifty years of hard work, only to discover that he had been fooled by a counterfeit, and that the woman he had just dumped was the real
deal.
I cast a cold stare at “Cynthia“. “Even if I am a mistress, that’s a matter of morality. You, however, are the one who killed my child.
“You’re a murderer. What right do you have to mock me?”
Hearing this, my father stiffened, his trembling hand brushing against the baby in my arms. In a hoarse voice, he managed to choke out, “Karen…”
Oliver snapped back to reality, striding toward “Cynthia“. His brow furrowed as he slapped her across the face, roaring with indignation, “You vile woman! How dare you hurt my fiancée and my newborn child!
“Today, I will avenge my flesh and blood. I’m calling the police right now to arrest you for murder!”
“Cynthia” covered her face, eyes wide in disbelief as she glared at Oliver. A moment later, she retaliated with a slap of her own. “How dare you hit me!
“Are you out of your mind, Oliver? Do you even know who I am?”
“I don’t care who you are! You’ve harmed my fiancée and child, and for that, you will pay!”
“Cynthia” laughed coldly. “You’re saying I hurt your fiancée and child?
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“Didn’t you orchestrate all of this?
“Weren’t you the one who moved the doctors and nurses away so that they couldn’t tend to her?
“I was just following your instructions, making her a mistress on live broadcast, ruining her reputation and ensuring she’d never bother you again.
“Now that everything is done, how dare you turn against me!”
At her words, I felt a surge of panic and bitterness.
It was often said that even a tiger wouldn’t harm its cub, yet Oliver was willing to put my child and me in danger for fame and fortune.
Oliver glanced at me in a panic, desperately trying to explain, “No, Karen! Don’t listen to her lies! I was tricked! She forced me to be with her, threatening that if I didn’t comply, I’d be blacklisted in the industry!
“Do you have any idea how much I’ve sacrificed for this company? I’ve fought so hard to establish myself, and I can’t let it all fall apart now.
“Karen, I genuinely had no idea she wasn’t really the tycoon’s daughter!”
At his words, “Cynthia” lunged at him, her face twisted with rage. “You scum! How dare you call me a fake! I am Cynthia Woodward, the richest man’s real daughter!”
My fath
th, freeing himself from my grip. He turned to glare at “Cynthia” with fury. “I wasn’t who’s a murderer.”
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