Chapter 67


    The mention of children sent ra into a towering rage. With a sudden burst of force, she shoved


    lan away She stumbled backward, her face a twisted mask of bitter cold and Irony. “Mr. Hayes,


    you’ve got the wrong gal. Your sweetheart’s upstairs. Go make babies with her. I’d rather die than


    bear your child.” She spun around and marched off toward the back garden.


    The whole situation was absurd and ludicrous. Were he and Heidi in cahoots to torment her? One


    wanted a surrogate, and the other pressed for offspring.


    n, you spineless jerk! Whoever you have children with is none of my business.” ra thought to


    herself.


    Seated alone by the pond, she licked her wounds in silence, reying the tumultuous history


    between her andn.


    As she cursedn and lobbed pebbles into the water, Heidi’s voice crept up from behind. “Ms.


    ra,n sent me to check on you. Are you alright?”


    ra snapped without a hint of courtesy, “Buzz off!”


    Heidi didn’t take offense. Instead, she smiled sweetly. “Ms. ra, I know this is hard to swallow, but


    think about it. Have our kid, and you’ll be set for life. What’s so bad about


    that?


    As Heidi spoke, she reached out to tug at ra’s clothes. Just as ra was about to shove her


    away, she realized Heidi had positioned herself by the pond’s edge. One push, and Heidi would


    tumble into the waters.


    ra’s mind raced. She caught on to Heidi’s ploy, an attempt to provoke her, to have ra push


    her into the pond.


    Oh, Heidi, could anyone stoop lower than you?


    ra yanked her away, taking her ce at the pond’s brink. Noticing someone approaching, she


    cried out, “Ms. Heidi, there’s nothing between me with Mr. Hayes, stop it! I can’t swim–Ah!”


    After a shriek, there was a ssh, and ra fell into the water.


    Heidi was bbergasted. The script had gone off the rails, hijacked by ra herself.


    Heidi watched in shock as ra sank deeper into the water. That’s when the cries for help broke


    out, “Someone’s in the water, save her!”


    People rushed over, but no one dared to dive into the murky depths. The pond, a relic of the old


    Hicks estate, was deep and muddied. Past rescue attempts had failed.


    ra’s body sank further as shbacks of her past haunted her.


    Cornered in a ssroom, her clothes were torn to shreds. She pleaded, but no one listened.


    Bruised and battered, she left school alone, ending up by ake.


    Thinking of the life of being judged that awaited her, and the betrayal by the mother she trusted


    most, she lost all will to live. Eyes closed, she jumped into theke. The waters. were deep, chilling.


    Just like now, her body relentlessly sinking.


    It felt as though the next second would sever her from the world forever.


    Tears trickled from ra’s eyes. As she was about to give in, a shadowy figure swam towards her.


    Despite the distance, she recognized him–it wasn.


    A scornful smile yed on ra’s lips. Was this a dying vision?


    In her dying moments, she couldn’t help but fantasize aboutn. She wondered just how


    much she loved this man.


    However, his betrayal cut too deep.


    Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDra/ma.O(r)g!


    This love was a burden she no longer wished to bear.