Chapter 1247


    Cory was caught off guard, but he managed topose himself and say, “Beth, you don’t need to


    worry about that. We are a family now, and we have to do things for the sake of our children. Nobody


    cares more about this than I do.”


    “With your words, I feel reassured. Meredith actually loves Corentin. Otherwise, I would never have


    taken this matter into my hands,” Beth said.


    “There are guards outside Corentin’s vi. It’s not easy for you to get close to Ashlynn. One of them is


    a man named Owen. You can look him up,” Cory said.


    After hanging up the phone, Cory sat there with aposed expression.


    He had to teach Salvatore a lesson.


    In the evening, Corentin came to the vi and had dinner with Ashlynn. As expected, he nned to


    stay the night.


    “I have to go to the neighboring city tomorrow for work. I’ll try toe back and have breakfast with


    you the day after tomorrow.” Corentin took her hand.


    “Don’t worry about me. I’ll be fine here,” Ashlynn said indifferently.


    She was trapped here waiting to give birth to a child, and no matter how kind


    Corentin was to her, her heart was cold.


    “Are you in a bad mood?”


    Ashlynn looked at him and said, “Would you feel good if you were locked up here?”


    Corentin tried tofort her, “When Ie back, I’ll take you out.”


    “It doesn’t matter.” Ashlynn refused his offer.


    Corentin did not feel angry with her rejection. As long as the baby in Ashlynn’s womb was safe and


    healthy, he could ept all her tantrums.


    The next night, Corentin did not show up and was still in the neighboring town.


    Ashlynn did not care.


    She went back to her room as soon as it got dark after walking with Chichi.


    Ashlynn gave up on trying to persuade Corentin to remove the surveince cameras in the bathroom.


    He just would not.


    After washing and returning to bed, Ashlynn idly scrolled through her phone, feeling someone’s gaze


    fixed on her body.


    She knew that Corentin was busy withpany affairs, so it was impossible for him to be watching her.


    She figured it was the surveince cameras that were giving her goosebumps.


    After Corentin finished his work, he turned on the monitoring software on his mobile phone and saw


    that Ashlynn had fallen asleep, still holding her phone in her hand.


    She was sleeping like a defenseless child.


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    Chichi, who was on the bedside table, was curled up into a fluffy ball, looking warm.


    Corentin looked at Ashlynn’s face, thinking about what would happen after the baby was born, and the


    corners of his mouth twitched.


    In the middle of the night, Ashlynn was fast asleep.


    Chichi sharply pricked up its ears and called out, “Woof!”


    “What’s wrong…” Ashlynn turned over sleepily but felt someone beside the bed. When she was just


    about to get up, someone covered her mouth. “Mmm!”


    She took a deep breath, and a pungent smell entered her nostrils.


    Her body became weak, and she passed out.


    Ashlynn felt the re of the light and blinked a few times before she could see where she was.


    The pungent smell of potion, the doctor in a white coat, and… Beth standing next to him.


    “You…” Ashlynn wanted to struggle but found that she could not move.


    “Anesthesia has been administered. In a few minutes, the child in your belly will die,” Beth said sharply.


    “You can’t do that…” Ashlynn said weakly.


    Beth looked at her contemptuously and said, “Why can’t I? You can destroy my marriage, and now I’m


    not allowed to retaliate? I’ve seen a lot of women like you who will do anything in order to get rich men.”