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Chapter 5

Author: Flying Cockroach
“You sure sound surprised. You didn't know your ex-girlfriend, the one you tossed aside, was once pregnant, huh?”

Ben enunciated the words ‘tossed aside and ‘didn't know,’ his tone filled with anger and disgust.

Steve’s face turned as white as a sheet. His eyes darted around, panicked, and his legs shook so badly that it looked like he might collapse.

“You… You were pregnant?” Steve stammered.

“You killed it with the kick.”

“I… killed it?”

“You killed it,” I repeated flatly.

Steve didn’t say another word. I watched as the air seemed to drain right out of him, leaving him looking like a cracked glass vase about to shatter.

I let out a cold laugh inside. When he almost beat me to death, he didn’t feel a shred of regret. Now, hearing that the baby was gone, he wanted to play the guilt card?

It was never about me. My survival didn’t matter to him. It was just that, somewhere deep in that selfish brain of his, carrying on his bloodline was a priority.

He was a self-centered, hollo
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