เข้าสู่ระบบAlyssa looked up at him, her eyes red and her face stained with tears. “I never had a stable mother figure. I'm afraid I'd be a terrible mother to my own child, and I don't want that. They deserve someone who's healed and capable, you know?” Her voice broke at the end. Alyssa turned her face away. She didn't want him to see how badly she was crying. “I don't want my child growing up wondering why their mother can't love them properly.” Harrison stared at her softly. He understood her pain. He knew there were wounds inside her that she rarely spoke about. He wanted to take it and shoulder it all himself, but he reminded himself that Alyssa was just as capable of doing so herself. “You'll be a great mother because you are a great person…” he said softly, planting a kiss on the back of her hand. “And because you have me.” Alyssa blinked through her tears. For a moment, she simply stared at him. Then a chuckle bubbled out of her, leaving a smile on her face.
As soon as he heard the news, Harrison rushed down to the hospital. He barely remembered the drive there. His mind had been filled with a thousand terrifying possibilities from the moment Cang informed him that Alyssa had been attacked. All he could think about was her. Was she conscious? Was she badly injured? Was she safe? And then he had heard the words that had shaken him even more. She was pregnant. They were having a baby. The thought should have filled him with nothing but happiness, but all he could feel at that moment was fear. When he saw Alyssa, lying on the hospital bed, an overwhelming sense of guilt swallowed him whole. She looked so small against the white sheets. Her face was bruised, there was a bandage wrapped around her head, and several other injuries were visible on her arms. For a few seconds, Harrison simply stood at the entrance. His chest tightened. He had told her to go. He had told her that everything would be fine. And now she was lying i
Instead, she pulled out her phone and began dialing Harrison's number.She barely managed to press the call button.Claire slapped the phone out of her hands.The device flew several feet away before landing on the ground.“Don't ignore me when I talk.”Alyssa's lips trembled.“P-please, Claire—”She raised her hands slowly.“Let's just talk.”But Claire wasn't listening anymore.Before she could brace herself, Claire's hands were raised in the air and a shining object in her hand caught the sun.Alyssa's eyes widened.A knife.“I hate you!”At the same time, she drove a knife through Alyssa's shoulder.Alyssa cried out in pain.“What is your problem?!”Pain exploded through her shoulder.Her knees nearly buckled beneath her.Claire plunged the knife repeatedly, but she managed to dodge them all as she scrambled futilely to safety.“Stop!”Alyssa tried to crawl away.She reached for her phone again, but Claire kicked it farther away.Alyssa's breathing became ragged.She couldn't thin
The days after that went on slowly, but surely.There were no dramatic changes at first.Alyssa simply watched everything unfold from a distance, almost as though she were watching someone else's life.The Royal Family got Robert arrested and pulled every funding away from the Cambridges and their companies.The news spread like wildfire.Every major news outlet seemed to have something to say about the scandal. Robert's arrest became the center of public attention, while the Cambridge family's businesses began collapsing one after another.Contracts were terminated.Investors pulled out.Their accounts were frozen.People who had once surrounded the family suddenly disappeared, pretending they had never known them.That morning, as Alyssa read the news, a small smile of satisfaction tugged on her lips.She had wanted justice.She had wanted Robert to pay for everything he had done.And now, he was finally paying.But the satisfaction lasted only for a few seconds.At the same time, s
The moment Elena disappeared behind the door, Alyssa and Harrison remained exactly where they were, staring at each other as if they had suddenly forgotten that they had been arguing only a few minutes ago. Neither of them spoke. Alyssa was still sitting on his lap, her arms loosely wrapped around his neck while Harrison's hands rested around her waist, and the longer they remained like that, the harder it became to pretend that the kiss they had just shared meant nothing. Harrison's eyes slowly moved across her face before settling on her lips. Alyssa noticed. Her breath caught slightly. “You're staring again.” She smiled at him, pulling him slightly closer. “I know.” Alyssa chuckled, “And you're not even trying to hide it.” “Why should I?” Harrison answered her, positioning her perfectly so she could straddle him. His voice was quieter now, stripped of the playful teasing she was used to hearing from him. Alyssa's fingers moved gently through the hair at the back
The silence in the room got denser and the crack in Harrison's heart got deeper.For a few seconds, neither of them said anything.The air between them felt heavy, almost suffocating. Harrison had tried to prepare himself for this moment, but knowing something might happen was very different from actually watching it happen right in front of him.Alyssa glanced at him.She noticed the way his expression had changed. The playful look that usually softened his face was gone, replaced by something she couldn't quite explain.“Won't you say something?” She asked softly, her tone almost apologetic.Harrison let out a small smile. “What do you want me to say? You knew this worried me and now it's happening.”His voice wasn't loud, but somehow that made his words hurt even more.Alyssa's eyes hardened.She didn't like the direction the conversation was going. She had already made up her mind, and she didn't want Harrison thinking that she was secretly considering the prince.“I’m not marryin







