Chapter 1697: Amusement danced in Tracy's eyes. "Get back at you? Don't give yourself too much credit, Shaun. You're not that important in my life." Understanding dawned in Shaun's eyes. "You're pregnant with Lowell's child. Are you trying to get back at him?" A mysterious smile curved Tracy's lips. "More precisely, it's revenge on the entire Ruiz family. Lowell, Dolores, and that damned Ruiz family in Liverton. I won't let any of them off the hook!" Shaun found the woman standing before him to be like a stranger wearing a familiar face.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtRaw hatred and madness blazed in Tracy's eyes, a testament to how her past torments had transformed her. She had crossed a threshold from which there could be no return.
Yet Shaun had no right to judge her descent into darkness, for his own hands had carved the path she now walked.
His blindness and pride had been the architects of her transformation, pushing her past the point of redemption. Tracy caught his shocked expression, but his opinion had long since lost its value to her.
Her hands cradled her belly with tender devotion, yet the wild gleam in her eyes betrayed an inner tempest that threatened to break free. "I am so looking forward to this child," she said, her voice dripping with sweet anticipation. "In a few days, I can go to the hospital for a check-up, and once I have the report, I will tell Lowell about my pregnancy." Shaun latched onto the peculiar detail in her words. "Are you saying that Lowell doesn't know you're pregnant, and this is your decision alone?" Tracy's eyebrow arched like a drawn bow. "Why should I ask for his opinion?" Shaun stared at Tracy's belly, grappling with a dilemma he'd never imagined facing.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmHer fingers traced gentle circles over her abdomen as she spoke. "You should leave now. We are no longer a couple, and I belong to another man. You should go." With that, Tracy turned on her heel to leave.
Shaun lunged forward, catching her arm, his eyes swimming with anguish. “Tracy, I was wrong in the past. Can you givea chance to make it up? I'm willing to give you everything-money, status, whatever you want!" Tracy fixed him with a gaze sharp as broken glass, a mocking smile playing on her lips. "Would you be willing to raise Lowell's child?" Shaun nodded with desperate intensity, his voice rising to a shout. "Yes! I would! As long as you're willing to be with me, I would even accept another man's child!"
A flicker of surprise crossed Tracy's face before hardening into contempt.
"Don't joke around. That's not funny "Don't jok at all."
She couldn't fathom Shaun being so noble as to accept another man's child. He was still the same-spinning pretty words that only served to deceive both her and himself.
Seeing disbelief etched across her features, panic seized Shaun. He m clutched her hand, Words-spilling out infurgent torrents. "I'm not lying. I'm serious. Break up with Lowell and leave with me. I'll treat you well!"