Chapter 177


    Chapter 177 Tessa’s Evil n


    Reality was often cruel. Even though Erin’s family, friends, and lover eagerly anticipated her return, no


    one found her, not even Chandler. She remained on the deserted ind, imprisoned for a full eight


    months.


    Five months ago. Tessa brought Erin out to the sun because she was in an exceptionally good mood


    one day. Taking advantage of the moment Tessa let her guard down, Erin instinctively ran away.


    At that time, Tessa was so mad she was about to shoot Erin in her call, but Jack stopped her just in


    time. He reasoned that Erin was pregnant, and if she got injured and couldn’t receive proper medical


    treatment, they might not be able to handle the high fever andplications that would possibly arise


    out of a wound infection.


    They needed to exercise utmost caution due to her injury. Jack and Tessa had nned so long to have


    their own child. They couldn’t


    adopt a child with various healthplications at birth.


    Erin’s escape attempt ended with Jack catching her and taking her back. As a pregnant woman, she


    didn’t have any chance against a


    strong and fit man like Jack. Hence, she submitted to fate. No matter how Erin begged and pleaded at


    that time, Jack remained indifferent.


    Soon, Tessa caught up as well. She pped Erin fiercely, and her face became swollen from the


    relentless ps. In the end, Jack restrained the emotionally unstable Tessa to prevent her from really


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    Since the escape incident, Erin had been locked in a cell deprived of sunlight. Her skin had be


    unnaturally pale, even though she had fair skin, to begin with. Now, she had a sickly pallor due to ack


    of proper nutrition.


    The gray walls were covered in countless tally marks that Erin carved. Each day, she added a stroke to


    the wall. She had lost track of time. as there were no phones or watches there. She could only guess


    what time it was based on the three meals Jack brought her every day.


    Initially, she would ask Jack about the time, but over time, Jack grew tired of answering her.


    Every month, Tessa, who had a medical doctorate, would bring instruments to the cell. She carried out


    prenatal checkups for Erin. Today


    was the day of the checkup.


    Each time, Tessa and Jack would enter together. Jack would handcuff each of Erin’s hands far apart to


    prevent her from attacking Tessa.


    After Jack had finished handcuffing her, he looked up and said to Tessa, “I’ll leave now. Let me know if


    you need anything.”


    Devoid of any emotion, Tessa instructed. “Starting today, give Erin an extra meal. She should have four


    meals a day. We need to improve


    her nutrition.”


    “Okay.” Jack replied before leaving.


    Throughout the process, Erin behaved like she was an empty husk, unresponsive no matter what they


    said. Her gaze was hollow and silent, like a stagnant pool of water. She’d been locked up for a full eight


    months. Her emotions kept fluctuating from having an intense will to survive and feeling hopeful for her


    rescue to disappointment and despair. This cycle repeated itself over and over again.


    In the end, she gave up on the possibility that she would be saved. If she continued to face these four


    walls in the cell with such a strong and intense longing for freedom, she would surely drive herself


    insane and throw herself against the walls.


    If she were alone and had nothing to hold on to, on a night of despair and silence, she might have


    chosen to end her life in a sudden breakdown. Even if smashing her head against the wall wouldn’t kill


    her immediately, even if there were surveince cameras in the cell neither Tessa nor Jack could stop


    her from ending her life if she was hell–bent on it.


    Yet, Erin didn’t dare to entertain any thoughts of suicide. She had a child in her womb. The child was


    the sole reason she kept herself going. Although Tessa constantly reminded her that her child would be


    taken away from her once it was born, as long as the child was still inside her, it was hers–it was her


    child with Chandler.


    Thinking of Chandler, Erin couldn’t distinguish whether the love he had for her was genuine or fake.


    Under such a depraved and desperate situation, any type of love would get worn down and diminished


    with time. Without the right to freedom or even basic dignity, how could she, as a person, have the


    mental capacity to think about love and romance?


    Erin also became increasingly pessimistic and despaired, gradually believing in the version of the


    “facts” that she’d imagined. She believed that Chandler had long forgotten about her.


    Maybe during the early days of her disappearance, he had sent people to look for her. But it’d been so


    long since then, perhaps Chandler thought she was already dead.


    Erin went through all the people she had known over these years mentally and gradually understood


    one truth. Perhaps her mother. Cherry, would be the only one to remember her after her prolonged


    disappearance. Everyone else would eventually forget her in the torrent


    of time.


    Human memory often failed to hold up, and so did love.


    “Erin, stop walking around like a soulless robot every day. If you continue on like this, your child won’t


    be healthy when ites to this. world! Do you want your child to be born with autism?” Tessa asked,


    having just finished the routine checkup.


    But Erin remained silent without any expression. Even her breathing seemed faint and sometimes


    nonexistent, to the point where Tessa


    wondered if she was examining a corpse.


    Erin ignored Tessa, choosing to disregard her throughout the entire process, just as she always did.


    Seeing her like this. Tessa’s temper red up. She pushed the examination instruments aside and


    shouted, “Erin, don’t act like you’re dead inside! Do you think I’ll feel any sympathy for you? No, I won’t!


    In my eyes, you’re nothing but a tool for producing my child! If I were you, I would find a way to live


    well, and then seize the opportunity for revenge. Think carefully about who caused you to end up like


    this. It’s Chandler! It’s that heartless man! He deceived you! He yed with your emotions, leaving you


    here without a care! He abandoned you and left you to fend for yourself”


    In an instant, Erin’s emotions surged, and she leaned forward with all her strength. But her hands were


    cuffed securely, so she could only struggle in vain. However, her gaze was extremely chilling. She


    stared at Tessa with eyes like poisoned daggers, wishing to pierce through.


    her with all her might!


    Erin wanted to dig out that heart that was devoid of conscience and see what color the heart really was.


    Given the atrocities its owner had


    Tessa observed how Erin red at her like a beast getting ready to attack. Her crazed eyes showed


    that she wanted very much to devour


    Tessa alive.


    Seeing this side of Erin made Tessa shiver andugh at the same time. “Very well! You even have


    thoughts of killing me! Then I don’t have to worry that my son will be a coward when he’s born-”


    Her words instantly caused Erin to freeze as her emotions became fragile due to the unexpected


    information that was revealed to her. The


    child was her only vulnerability now.


    A surge of mixed emotions and bitterness welled up in the depths of Erin’s eyes, and she asked with a


    trembling voice, “What did you just say? Is my baby a boy?”


    As soon as the words left her mouth, she thought of Chandler, the man she loved the most,


    uncontrobly. If her child was a boy, would he


    resemble him?


    Chandler’s exquisitely perfect and handsome face unexpectedly shed through her mind. It was


    apanied by a suffocating heartache that followed right after. It had been a full eight months, yet


    every time she thought of Chandler, her heart still ached.


    “Yes, you heard correctly. You’re carrying a boy, and that’s exactly what I wanted. Be good and y


    your role, Erin. My son will be born


    soon!”


    Tessa’s words pushed Erin to the peak of her rage. She instinctively spat at Tessa with all her might!


    “You venomous woman! Go to hell! He is my son! You hear me? Mine! You won’t snatch him away!


    You’ll have a miserable end! I’m sure of it!” Erin red at Tessa with intense hatred, wishing that her


    stare could bore a hole through thetter’s ck heart.


    Tessa pushed the instruments aside, opened the iron door, and walked out of the cell. Before leaving,


    she smiled contemptuously. “Erin. go ahead and curse if it makes you happy. In the end, when the child


    is born, he will be mine. Your son will call me Mommy! Hahaha-”


    “Get lost! Get out of my sight!” Erin could only scream hysterically to express her resentment and


    despair.


    Five minutester, Jack walked out of the kitchen carrying a tray just as Tessa walked toward him.


    Tessa had a serious expression as she said, “During Erin’s prenatal checkup just now, I noticed an


    abnormality in her heart valve. There’s a high chance she might have a sudden heart attack during


    delivery. If that happens and the baby doesn’te out in time, the baby


    might suffocate and die.”


    Jack was shocked and immediately inquired anxiously. “What do you n to do then?”


    Tessa narrowed her eyes and replied, “One week from now, I’ll perform a cesarean section to deliver


    the baby.”