The woman named Lindsey stared at Zeran with vacant eyes, her breath ragged, lips trembling.
"You pushed me away for years, but now that cheap country bitch gets to live under your roof? How am I supposed to accept that?"
"Is that why you tried to kill her?"
She froze. Zeran's glare was seething, thick with rage and so intense it made her realise lying was pointless. This man could smell filth before it even hit the air.
"I… I was just trying to fix my mistake," she said, her voice shaky.
"Mistake? So you deliberately stabbed her in the lower belly?" Zeran let out a sharp, bitter laugh. "What the fuck were you thinking? Just wanted to kill the baby?"
"Wouldn't it be better if that unwanted child died before it's even born? You know she will—"
