novelraw Chapter 409 - 435: Do you really have to see me dead before you will let it go?
Chapter 409 - 435: Do you really have to see me dead before you will let it go?
"I want to keep this child."
"Charlotte Smith!"
Mr. Stephens’ face turned extremely ugly.
The Stephens family has very strict family rules, and it’s impossible to keep an illegitimate child. In the past, there were women who attempted to have an illegitimate child to extort the Stephens family, but they were all thoroughly dealt with.
Charlotte grew up in the Stephens family, so she naturally understood their rules. If she wanted to keep this child, it meant that Edward Stephens had to divorce Daisy Ginger and marry her.
The wedding had just passed when this kind of thing happened. Mr. Stephens, overwhelmed with anger, walked up to Edward Stephens and slapped him hard: "Look at what you’ve done!"
Edward’s face was slapped to the side. He turned back, glanced at his father, licked his bleeding lip corner, and sneered: "What right do you have to control me?"
The man’s face turned ugly, and he instinctively raised his hand to slap again. Lady Stephens rushed over and stood between her son and husband: "Honey, if you dare hit Edward again, just try it!"
Robert Stephens said, "Since she wants this child, then let her keep it, what’s the big deal?"
Charlotte, kneeling on the ground, trembled all over and looked up at him.
Robert met her gaze, his smile faint, his tone cool: "Since you like it, as your teacher, I naturally want to seek justice for my student. Dad, stop arguing with Auntie. If the child is born and he doesn’t like it, I can help Edward raise it."
Charlotte’s face turned pale and she instinctively refused, "No..."
Robert looked at her and smiled, "Why, am I not qualified to be your child’s teacher?"
Charlotte opened her mouth, her face pale as she looked at the man in front of her, seeming somewhat desperate, and finally, tears couldn’t help but flow from her eyes.
"What do you want..." she asked tremblingly, "What do you want to do to leave me alone? Do you have to want me dead before you are satisfied?"
Her sudden words made the room quiet for a moment. Robert Stephens’ face, with its faint smile, momentarily twisted because of her words, and he clenched his fist.
Charlotte stood up from the ground, said nothing more, just stumbled and ran out. Lady Stephens was startled and called after her, but couldn’t stop her, and could only watch as she ran away.
"This..."
Lady Stephens was completely confused. She looked at her son, then at her husband, and her mind went blank.
Robert Stephens said to his father, "Since she wants the child, then let her keep it."
Mr. Stephens’ face was livid. He looked at his eldest son and said in a deep voice, "Do you know what you’re saying?"
Edward Stephens was already married to Daisy Ginger, and now there’s an illegitimate child; what are you talking about!
Robert’s tone was calm, "Just consider it mine."
"Nonsense!"
Daisy Ginger, who had been sitting silently beside them, finally stood up and called out, "Auntie."
Only then did Lady Stephens remember that Daisy was also there. She stiffly turned around, not knowing how to face her.
She was thinking of calling Daisy over to witness this as a family, but she never expected it to end up like this...
She simply couldn’t show her face in front of Daisy anymore.
"Daisy, you..."
Daisy still looked calm as she softly said, "Since everything’s settled here, I’ll be leaving first."
Mr. Stephens looked at her, not speaking for a moment. Even though he didn’t have much of an impression of his younger daughter-in-law, making her face such an embarrassing situation in person was enough to wrong her.