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Chapter 7

Author: Snail
My body was already so weak that I couldn't withstand Teresa's slap. Blood began to trickle from the corner of my mouth, and the judgment chair beneath me was already stained red.

Even so, Teresa looked right through it and demanded, "Say something! This is all fake, isn't it? The baby has to be Damiano's! I knew you were trouble from the start. When Damiano insisted on marrying you, I should've fought tooth and nail to stop him."

I slowly let my eyelids fall. Feeling my life slipping away, I
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