NovelUSAChapter 418 McNeil left Violet without a word and boarded his private jet straight to Evermore City. When he showed up at Victoria's door, the housekeeper opened it, startled to see a complete stranger.
"Sir, may I ask who you're looking for?" Without so much as a glance at the staff, McNeil strode right in. Victoria, just waking from her afternoon nap, caught sight of him and froze in disbelief.
His eyes fell immediately to her stomach-five months along, but she already looked like she was seven.
"Why didn't you tellyou were pregnant?" Victoria regarded him coolly, her gaze utterly devoid of warmth.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"My pregnancy has nothing to do with you. Kindly show yourself out the way you cin." The housekeeper, who'd been preparing to intervene, realized with a jolt from their exchange that this was, in fact, the man of the house.
Yasmine, hearing the commotion, hurried out. Her expression flickered between exasperation and concern at the sight of McNeil, but when her eyes landed on Victoria, there was unmistakable tenderness there.
Reading the room, Yasmine quietly ushered the rest of the staff away and slipped into the study herself, closing the door behind her to give them privacy.
"Victoria, you were the one who wanted the divorce. I never wanted this. But now you're carrying my child. There's no way I'm leaving." Victoria almost laughed at his audacity.
"We're already divorced, the court made it official. Mr. Langford, wherever you cfrom, please go back. You don't get to throw your weight around here." McNeil walked to her, dropping to one knee before her. The pride that usually colored his features was gone; he humbled himself in a way she'd never seen.
His voice was softer than she'd ever heard. "For the sake of the baby, can we talk?" Victoria turned her face to the window, watching the cityscape outside.
Echo City was a world apart from Starfall City-cleaner, brighter, freer. From the moment she'd moved here, she'd known she was never going back.
"McNeil, the baby is mine alone. We're not husband and wife anymore; I need you to accept that." She was being as patient as she could manage—at least she hadn't called security to have him thrown out.
And she knew McNeil too well. When he decided to be stubborn, no one could outlast him. Victoria had no interest in making a scene, so she tried to reason with him instead.
"Stop making this about your pride. You know as well as I do-a child growing up without a mother or a father has an incomplete childhood." When he said it, Victoria found the irony almost laughable.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmShe looked him straight in the eyes, her voice level and unflinching.
"You and Violet have done a great job raising Gwyn. Why is it so impossible to imagine I might one day find someone else who could be a good father to my child?" The color drained from McNeil's face. He had already humbled himself so much- why was Victoria still being so merciless?
His hands clenched at his sides as he fixed her with a hard stare. "So you already have someone lined up? This e was your plan all along. What's wrong with Stein Campbell? Is he incapable of being a father, or is he not man enough for you? You marry me, divorce me, and now you're back in Evermore City planning to settle down with him? Was I just a donor to you?" Victoria nearly burst out laughing at the absurdity. The corners of her mouth curled in a cold, mocking smile. "McNeil, what makes you think every woman in the world is destined to fall for you? Am I so desperate I'd need to borrow your precious genes?"
If it weren't for the child growing inside her if she hadn't felt a flicker of affection for the life shecarried Victoria would've had no qualms ending the pregnancy the moment she found out. But this life had chosen her as its mother, and she was determined to see it through, no matter what. She was completely prepared for it. She was stable, self-possessed, and in full command of her life. She didn't act on impulse anymore.
The woman who'd once lost her mind over McNeil's betrayal had died somewhere in that marriage. Now, the only thing driving her was the fierce resolve to give her child the best possible life.
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