Chapter 2

The crowd’s emotions were fully inflamed by her performance.

“Jerk!”

“Call off the wedding! Don’t marry a man like that!”

“Run, girl, run!”

Their angry words, a torrent of insults, threatened to drown me.

Just then, she suddenly raised her hand and pointed to my secretary, Chloe, who stood a little distance behind me.

Chloe, clutching a stack of files, looked utterly astonished.

“Is it because of her?!”

Seraphina’s voice was sharp and furious.

“Julian, are you going to abandon me for her?!”

All eyes instantly converged on Chloe.

Chloe was a fresh graduate, completely unprepared for such a scene. Her face instantly drained of color, and she clutched her files, unsure of what to do.

I disdained explaining myself to a crowd of strangers.

I strode towards Seraphina.

She saw the murderous glint in my eyes and recoiled a step.

“What are you doing?! Everyone’s watching!”

I completely ignored her clamor. Reaching her, I kicked her again. Her clean, neat clothes were already disheveled, marred by several distinct shoe marks.

I lunged, and before she could react, I ripped the necklace from her neck.

I held the necklace up to her face, almost touching her skin.

I lowered my voice, to a volume only we could hear, and pressed her again:

“I’ll ask one more time.”

“Why did you dare to wear it?”

Her eyes flickered wildly, her lips trembling, but she still tried to bluff.

“Are you going to ruin everything we have for a cheap necklace? Julian, you’ve disappointed me so much!”

In the standoff, Seraphina suddenly clutched her abdomen, her face instantly turning ashen.

“Ah…”

She cried out in pain, her body swayed, as if she might collapse at any moment.

“My stomach… it hurts so much…”

Her parents’ faces changed instantly. They rushed to her side, supporting her.

“Seraphina, what’s wrong?”

She leaned into her mother’s arms, weakly raising her head, her tear-filled eyes fixed on me.

“Julian, don’t push me…”

Her voice was choked with tears, full of grievance and despair.

“I found out I’m pregnant two days ago!”

Boom!

Those words, like a bomb, detonated in the crowd.

The entire place erupted in gasps.

Even my parents were stunned, staring in shock at her flat stomach.

Pregnant?

I found it utterly laughable.

“Really?”