It All Amounts to Nothing のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 11 - チャプター 20

"Belle, I know that you actually look down on me. You must be cursing at me in your heart every day. "But even if you think that I'm a wretched person, the baby in my womb is innocent!" Debbie exclaimed, giving me another pitiful look as she made a huge show of wiping her tears away when she saw that I was too stunned to speak."My baby has the Jepsons' blood. You can't bear children, but don't you think that Harvey still deserves to have a child he can call his own?"I stared at her pitiful act, suddenly wondering if I was the one in the wrong after all. Could it be that I was simply holding my moral standards way too high this time?She made me feel as though I was an elderly person living in the olden days with a conservative mind, trying to break two loving souls apart with my stubbornness in upholding obsolete values and principles from the past."Belle Sallow! Debbie is still talking to you. She's giving you a way out of this mess. Hurry up and give her an answer!" Harvey e

Debbie let out a shrill yelp as I slapped her.I felt repulsed to the core while looking at Debbie. It was no wonder she had succeeded. If I were in her shoes and had to keep up the act constantly, I wouldn't have been able to do it.Debbie, on the receiving end of my slap, felt stunned. However, even Harvey never imagined I would slap Debbie.At that moment, Debbie's face drained from shock. She ran into Harvey's embrace before full-on bawling.Harvey hugged Debbie while furrowing his brows in disbelief at me. "Are you insane, Belle? Debbie's pregnant!" "She may be pregnant, but I'm still your lawfully wedded wife! Who's the insane one when you repeatedly abused your wife over your mistress?" I questioned.Then, I stared and sneered at Debbie, who continued her pretense as if her life depended on it. "Don't you two forget. I'm not just Harvey's wife—I'm also the Sallow family's heiress! My family is all-powerful, so how dare a useless, dependent son-in-law like you mess with me

"W-What are you doing? Don't try to drive a wedge between me and Debbie! "I've counted the days, and I know for sure this child is mine!" Harvey froze on the spot when he heard my question, his earlier confidence vanishing significantly. Even his words came out in a stutter.I could tell even Harvey wasn't fully certain about the baby in Debbie's womb. At that moment, Harvey stopped trying to break free from the bodyguards. He only locked eyes with me.Meanwhile, Debbie, who cowered in the corner earlier, stood up and pushed my arm away. Her cheeks were flushed as she spoke. "Harvey, this baby in me is yours! Don't listen to Belle's lies! Have you forgotten? That night at the hotel—""Why bother acting innocent at this point, Debbie? Your little pretense might win over men, but it won't fool me!" I interrupted Debbie harshly before speaking indifferently to Harvey. "Do you know why we could never conceive all these years, Harvey?""Why else? It's because your womb is useless! W

Harvey's words made Gavin pause on the other end of the call. Gavin briefly composed himself before saying, "Mr. Jepson, I just learned one of our business partners phoned."They claimed we've committed fraudulent misrepresentation in our contract and are suspending all future collaborations with us!" "W-What?" Harvey stuttered despite lecturing the caller for not being calm earlier. He sounded less calm than Gavin, who panicked earlier.As the instigator of everything, Harvey naturally knew what the suspension of the collaborative contract entailed."Mr. Jepson, they're not only ceasing to collaborate with us. They've also sent a legal letter, demanding a compensation of tens of millions for liquidated damages. The problem is we don't have that much money in our account."One had to hand it to Gavin for being a good employee. He fulfilled Harvey's orders to a tee by speaking very calmly. It was as if he described the situation from a third party's perspective.As for Harvey, he

Adrian was livid when he saw Harvey had pinned me on the ground, and Harvey's parents, who had nothing to do with the situation, surrounded me. He ran over at once. "You can't interfere because this is a family matter!" Sandra felt a sense of foreboding after seeing Adrian approach with immense rage. She released the bodyguards' legs and crawled toward Adrian.A loud thump followed. Adrian couldn't care less about Sandra, who was on all fours on the ground. He kicked her arm away from grabbing his leg. "You guys aren't discussing family matters! You're illegally detaining someone! I can call the cops on you guys any time!"Sandra never imagined a robust young man dared do anything to her. Although the kick didn't hurt, it sent her into a daze. "W-Who are you…? How dare you kick my mother? Do you have a death wish?" Harvey questioned.Adrian and I had known each other since we were children. However, I never hung out with him in my many years of marriage to avoid unwanted rumor