Nicholas stormed back in a fury and without a word, immediately slapped me hard across the face.
“Joanna! You ungrateful bitch!” He pointed at my nose, screaming. “If the Hampton family hadn’t saved you back then, the Collins would have gone bankrupt years ago! And now look at you–biting the hand that feeds you, trying to cut off the Hampton bloodline!“]]
Vanessa immediately hid behind Nicholas, smugly raising her eyebrows at me with a victorious smile playing on her lips.
I held my stinging cheek, staring at him in disbelief.[]
Nicholas wrapped his arm around Vanessa’s waist and kept raging: “Vanessa is carrying my child, and you wanted to throw her out? You vicious bitch!“[]
Vanessa fake–sweetly grabbed Nicholas’s arm: “Nicholas, don’t be angry. Joanna just had a moment of confusion.” She deliberately rubbed her belly as she spoke.[]
“Look how kind Vanessa is!” Nicholas grew even more furious. “And look at you–walking around with that dead fish face, can’t even have a child, and now you want to hurt my baby?“[]
“Nicholas,” I fought back my rage, “have you forgotten your own medical reports? You’re physically can’t get a woman pregnant.“]
“Shut up!” Nicholas cut me off. “Those specialists don’t know shit! Vanessa’s pregnant now, and you’re still spouting this nonsense!“]
“Joanna, I’m warning you–if anything happens to Vanessa or my child, I’ll make your entire family pay!“|]
Nicholas continued: “All these years the Hampton family has been supporting you–what would you be without us? And now you dare bully the mother of my child?”
“Let me make this clear,” Nicholas pointed at my nose. “Starting today, Vanessa will live here and have a comfortable pregnancy. As for you, get the hell out of here!”
I brought up divorce!]
“Fine, but you leave with nothing!“]
