Chapter 5
Elijah and Father immediately rushed to her side, nobody noticing the blood seeping between my legs.
Elijah wrapped his coat around Katia while Father pulled Sandra along.
The crowd flocked to the hospital.
Before leaving, Elijah glanced back at me, eyes filled with profound disappointment.
“Sophia, I’ve spoiled you rotten. Reflect on your actions.”
The banquet hall emptied in moments.
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Trembling, I called the hospital only to be informed all subsidiary cards were frozen.
Staring at the “Heart of True Love” on the floor, I laughed until tears streamed down my face.
So this so-called pampering was just a game of taming a canary.
Giving me the finest cage, the most expensive feed.
Making me believe I was a princess.
But the moment I disobeyed, he cut off my water and food, waiting for me to bow my head in apology.
This kind of “devotion”? I’m done with it.
Seven days passed with no word from Father or Elijah.
Yet Katia kept updating her “happy family of four” feed.
Only then did I learn they’d vacationed in the Maldives.
Mr. Rivera urgently notified me: Williams Group assets were rapidly transferring to Sandra’s name.
[Board meeting in three days. Your father plans to sell entrusted shares. Your presence could reclaim all transferred assets.]
Clutching my mother’s keepsake, I replied: “Understood.”
In the evening, Katia posted her marriage certificate, and the trending topics instantly exploded.
“So it turns out that Katia is the mistress!”
“Someone bullied others for a lifetime, and now her own child is an illegitimate child. Hilarious!”
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But in less than three minutes, the post inexplicably disappeared.
Elijah called immediately.
I wasn’t in the mood to answer.
For the past seven days, I’ve been bleeding from down below, and with my assets frozen, I could only hide in a small hospital.
Someone recognized me, “Aren’t you that Katia who stole her sister’s husband?”
“That’s her! The news said she used her family background to force a marriage, but it turned out they were true love.”
“Look at her belly, I heard she’s carrying an illegitimate child…”
The cramping pain in my abdomen made my voice tremble, “Help me call a doctor…”
“Stop pretending to be pitiful!” A pregnant woman shoved me violently, “I hate mistresses like you the most!”
Someone grabbed my hair, “A mistress’s child shouldn’t be born!”
“Who says I’m a mistress!” I shielded my belly and stepped back, “If anyone touches me again, I’ll make them vanish in Los Angeles!”
But Elijah’s phone rang seven times with no answer.
A basin of cold water splashed in my face.
“Still dreaming of being a princess? That mother and daughter both married into wealth, what are you?”
I didn’t bother to wipe it off, just kept dialing Elijah’s number.
The moment the call connected, it was Katia’s charming voice that came through.
“You’ve neglected Sophia for so long, aren’t you afraid she’ll run away?”
Elijah chuckled deeply:
“I’ve pampered her for so many years, she can’t leave me. We’ve never been apart this long, but absence makes the heart grow fonder, she’ll be easy to win back. I bought her an island in the Maldives, she loves diving…”
His voice suddenly turned serious, “When your child is born, we’ll go to the Civil Registry immediately-”
The call was hung up roughly, and the furious crowd suddenly swung chairs at me!
Thud!
The chair shattered into splinters, blocked by a bony hand.
A black-suited bodyguard roared:
“How dare you! Who dares call Mr. Johnson’s child illegitimate?”
Someone gasped: “Holy shit! Larry Johnson, Prince of Houston?!”
