Chapter 124

Every inch of Susan's body ached.

Her skin and bones felt shattered, then clumsily reassembled. The excruciating pain blurred her mind, muffling Vincent's words.

She only remembered being thrown into a car. The Lamborghini's roar and violent jolts dragged her into darkness.

Suffocation yanked her back to consciousness.

Pressure around her throat triggered instinctive struggle. Her eyes opened to meet bloodshot ones.

"Vincent..."

Her voice barely escaped. The man once gentle as jade now radiated icy hatred.

"You owe me a life, Susan."

His grip tightened. She clawed at his fingers, but they were iron vices.

"Daniel's grave—" she choked out, her mind filled with images of her son's desecrated resting place.

"Silence!" Vincent released her throat only to slam her onto the bed. "Candy can never bear children because of you!"

Susan coughed violently, blood coating her tongue.

"I didn't push Candy—"

"I saw you shove her down the stairs!" His laugh was cruel. "Now you'll repay this debt with your womb."

Her pupils contracted. She understood—he'd force pregnancy, then kill her after childbirth.

"You're insane." Her voice shook. "I can't conceive."

Vincent stilled.

"The last miscarriage... The doctor said my uterus—" Blood spilled from her lips. "—is ruined."

Crimson stained the sheets. Vincent stared, his heart inexplicably twinging.

"Lies!" He seized her chin. "You think this act fools me?"

Susan shut her eyes in despair. She should've known—this man would never believe her again.

"Once you're pregnant," Vincent's voice dripped with venom, "you can die."

Warm liquid trailed her cheek. Not blood—tears.

"Vincent..." Her whisper faded. "Kill me now... Just end it..."

Better death than being reduced to a breeding vessel.

His kiss descended like punishment. Susan thrashed like a beached fish, drowning in pain.

"Death?" He hissed in her ear. "Too merciful."

Her fingers crept toward the nightstand. The shattering glass went unheard beneath rustling fabric.

She grasped the sharp fragment.

Better this than living in degradation...