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Chapter 6

Author: Perfect Timing
Austin never would have imagined his scheme would backfire. He stood frozen on the spot, glancing at Jenna, only to find her shaking just as badly.

"She's delivered! It's a girl!" the midwife cried out as a wave of relief swept over the room.

Eric's face stayed taut with worry until he asked about me. When told I was safe, only then did he and Sandra break into smiles.

The moment they entered the delivery room, they reached for the baby.

After barely surviving, I managed a smile when I saw Eric, until my eyes landed on Austin lurking outside.

"Make them leave!" I said, trembling in anger as I clutched Eric's shirt.

He turned a cold gaze toward them, ready to throw them out, when Jenna rushed to explain, "We didn't mean to hurt Rachel. She just never explained anything, so we thought she'd cheated."

Austin quickly added. "That's right. Rachel has always been the type to sleep around, so my advice is to cut her loose.

"An outstanding man like you can get any wife you want."

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    Austin beat Jenna half to death, then dragged her off and dumped her in front of the Gray family gate.The Grays rushed out ready to raise hell, until they heard what she'd done to me and fell silent.Austin came crawling back on his knees, begging for money. Sandra wouldn't even let him meet Eric and drove him back to the countryside.Later, Eric never left my side. He held me through the nights and traced my scars, whispering the same words of apology over and over."If only I'd been home that day… If only I'd shown up a little earlier…"No matter what I said, he couldn't shake the guilt. Finally, I had no choice but to helplessly say, "If you feel guilty, give me more money."His eyes lit up before he reached into his bag and took out a fat wad of cash over ten thousand dollars.I froze. Eric was one of the wealthiest men in the neighborhood, and I had control over all the money in the family, so where had this extra money come from?When confronted, he responded by saying,

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    "In your dreams!" Sandra snapped. "The two of you heartless, ungrateful wretches showed up and beat Rachel up so badly it nearly cost the baby's life! How dare you come ask for money now?"Austin could only turn his pleading gaze to Eric. "Eric, we cleared this up earlier, didn't we? It was all just a misunderstanding.""You're right. It was," Eric said with a faint, light laugh. Jenna and Austin exchanged a quick smile, assuming their request was as good as granted.But I knew better. On the surface, Eric might seem like a gentleman, but deep down, he was not the softest man I knew who'd show mercy.Sure enough, his expression twisted into a menacing glare. "You tormented my wife and came here begging for handouts? What am I doing, charity?" "How could you say it like that? I meant well, Eric. And Rachel survived, didn't she?" Austin protested. He then shot a disdainful look at my daughter. "And let's be real, you've just had a daughter, and I'll definitely have a son someday.

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    Austin never would have imagined his scheme would backfire. He stood frozen on the spot, glancing at Jenna, only to find her shaking just as badly."She's delivered! It's a girl!" the midwife cried out as a wave of relief swept over the room. Eric's face stayed taut with worry until he asked about me. When told I was safe, only then did he and Sandra break into smiles. The moment they entered the delivery room, they reached for the baby. After barely surviving, I managed a smile when I saw Eric, until my eyes landed on Austin lurking outside. "Make them leave!" I said, trembling in anger as I clutched Eric's shirt.He turned a cold gaze toward them, ready to throw them out, when Jenna rushed to explain, "We didn't mean to hurt Rachel. She just never explained anything, so we thought she'd cheated."Austin quickly added. "That's right. Rachel has always been the type to sleep around, so my advice is to cut her loose. "An outstanding man like you can get any wife you want."

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    I spat a mouthful of blood at Austin before clenching my jaw and hissing, "Grateful your ass!"Let me tell you right now, I'm the woman Eric—"Before I could finish, Austin slammed his fist into my stomach, and the pain was so suffocating I had to bite down on my teeth."Still spouting nonsense? I'll show you exactly what happens when someone dares to disgrace the Bells!"As he raised his fist to strike my belly again, I desperately pleaded, "Please… don't hurt my baby."Austin was startled before his expression twisted into angry, gleeful cruelty. "Well, I could refrain from killing that monster in your stomach."He strode into the room and returned with a piece of hot iron which glowed red from the fire. "A whore like you should be marked so everyone knows you've cheated."My head snapped up in horror, only to see Austin glaring at me. "That's what you get for cheating on me. Do it, or I'll beat that thing in your belly out of you right now!"He raised his fist. Some neighbor

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