Chapter 4

I wiped my mouth roughly and looked at him like I was looking at a dead man.

He froze for a moment, then smiled viciously through gritted teeth:

"Fine, fine, fine, Vivian. You brought this on yourself. I gave you a chance."

"You're the one who chose to abandon it."

With that, he pulled out his phone with a dark expression:

"Transfer all shares of Vivian Reed's father's company to Jessica's name. Also, put the house her father left her in his will up for auction on eBay."

Jessica's eyes immediately lit up with delight as she exclaimed: "Ethan, really! You're so good to me—you're giving me all of this!"

But my heart had died. The massive hands of powerlessness and despair were choking me.

I wanted to curse him with the most vicious words, but thinking of the consequences, my throat felt stuffed with cotton.

Seeing my awful expression, Ethan looked at me with a mocking smile, his eyes full of ridicule:

"Vivian, when you abandoned me in Myanmar and I was tortured by those people, this is exactly how much it hurt."

"This has only been a few days. You'll suffer slowly for the rest of your life."

I lowered my head, my despairing gaze fixed on my shoes.

So that's how it is.

Only now did I finally understand why Ethan spent five years weaving this lie.

Simply because he wasn't willing to let go. He hated me. He wanted revenge.

He wanted to hold me in the palm of his hand, then viciously throw me into hell.

I looked up, smiling innocently:

"Ethan, you're so stupid."

He frowned, laughing in extreme anger:

"Still talking tough?"

"The one who saved you back then wasn't even..." My gaze sharpened, the truth about to slip from my mouth.

Suddenly, Jessica pointed at the baby and screamed:

"The baby passed out! Vivian, what did you do to the child!"

At those words, the baby was snatched from my arms by Ethan.

He unwrapped the swaddling clothes. The child was foaming at the mouth, his little face red and swollen.

"So hot! Vivian, are you trying to kill the baby!"

Ethan touched the child's forehead and shouted at me harshly.

My heart suspended in an instant.

I rushed to take the child from his arms, but Ethan refused to let go.

"Ethan! I have infant fever medicine in my bag! Give it to him first!"

But Jessica rushed up to me and slapped me across the face:

"Vivian, he's going to be my child from now on! Are you trying to kill him!"

Ethan gave me a cold glance and carried the child out.

I stood there in a daze, watching his retreating back. Jessica leaned close to my ear smugly:

"Don't worry, Vivian. I'll make sure to kill your son properly."