Chapter 144 Leaving


    Rita''s POV:


    When I saw Scarlett rush to the bathroom, covering her mouth with her hand, I immediately figured


    out that she was having morning sickness. But I couldn''t help feeling a little resentful.


    While I was still in a daze, Richard walked to me with a cup of coffee.


    "What''s the matter with you?" he asked with concern.


    "Scarlett''s belly is getting bigger and bigger," I muttered, looking in the direction of the restroom.


    "We have known that she is pregnant, didn''t we?" "She just returned. How could she be pregnant?"


    I asked, looking at Richard discontentedly.


    "It''s normal for a married woman to get pregnant," he said calmly.


    I didn''t want to talk to him anymore. I couldn''t help but make blind and disorderly conjectures.


    "Did Charles end uppromising with her because she''s pregnant?" I asked in surprise. The more


    I thought about it, the more it made me feel like I was finally catching onto the truth.


    Richard looked at me indifferently and frowned. It seemed like he wanted to say something, but he


    stopped on second thought.


    I cast a cold nce at him before I continued, "Yes, Scarlett must have forced Charles using her


    pregnancy. If that was not the case, then Charles won''t treat me so coldly all of a sudden or yell at


    me. When did Scarlett get pregnant, though?"


    "It''s none of your business," Richard interrupted. "You know nothing! And I can''t let Scarlett give


    birth to the baby. She was lucky that I was not able to push her down the stairs with mest time," I


    said through gritted teeth, looking at him. "Stop acting so recklessly," Richard said with a frown.


    "Scarlett is not qualified to give birth to Charles '' child! She doesn''t deserve to be with him." Saying


    that with a sarcastic smile, I looked at him with emotional eyes.


    "Scarlett is Charles'' wife. Who are you?" Richard reminded me, casting a firm nce at me.


    "Charles hired a bodyguard for me. So I am obviously special to him." I gave him a cold re.


    "Charles has long known that we had sex, and he fired me right after he found out about it." Richard


    gave me a meaningful look and sighed.


    "That''s impossible! I am sure that Charles must still be paying you. He cares about me, and that''s


    why he''s still hiring you." I looked at Richard in disbelief.


    Taking a deep breath, Richard said, "You''d better not hurt Scarlett. I''m leaving."


    "You are just a coward. Go quickly, and don''t get in my way." I looked at him coldly, unwilling to


    continue the conversation with him.


    Richard frowned at me for a moment before he sighed, turned around, and left.


    I was so busy thinking of my next move that Ipletely ignored him.


    I spent the rest of the day wondering how I was going to make Scarlett show her true colors and


    make Charlese back to me.


    Aftering up with several ns, I decided to make Richard cooperate with me. However, he was


    gone, and I couldn''t get through to him at all, which left me feeling irritable.


    Suddenly, I heard Nate''s voice. "Did you go to see Scarlett today?"


    "What? Are you worried that I might hurt her?" I asked him in a sarcastic tone.


    "You have misunderstood me. There is nothing going on between us. You''d better not provoke her,


    or Charles won''t let it slide so easily," he exined with a frown.


    "You are really ipetent, and I am sure that was the reason your business was screwed up by


    Charles." I looked at him with a sneer.


    "You..." Nate was too furious to even say anything.


    "I don''t understand why I believed that Scarlett was the one who seduced you at that time. She''s


    right. She is not the type to fall in love with someone like you unless she''s blind. How can you be so


    shameless? You''re so old now. How can you still want to have a mistress? Perhaps, your love for


    her is one-sided."


    As soon as I finished speaking, Nate''s face flushed and he pped me across my face.


    "I''m your father! How can you talk to me like that?" he roared coldly.


    "You did those shameful things first. Why do you care so much about respect now?" I said


    sarcastically while looking into his eyes as I covered my swollen cheek with my palm.


    "You would rather believe in rumors than me, is that it?" Nate was clearly disappointed.


    "Yes, I am so ashamed to have you as a father," I said coldly, ring at him.


    "Do you really think that you are better than me?" There was an undisguised disgust in his eyes.


    "No matter how bad a person I am, I''m still much better than you," I retorted. My heart was filled


    with hatred for him.


    "Rita, you are truly disappointing." Nate was indeed very disappointed.


    "Yes, I''m not as good as Scarlett. She is so attractive. Otherwise, how could she have been able to


    win you over?" I roared at him.


    "Shut up!" Nate hissed. He then raised his hand to hit me, but I stopped him and sneered. "One


    should own up to what they did. That''s something that you taught me when I was a child!"


    Nate''s face was livid with rage, and the entire room was cold as ice. I met his gaze, but I didn''t want


    to be outdone.


    While we were in the stalemate, Susan shouted, "Enough! Nate, just tell her the truth."


    "What truth? The truth that he hooked up with Scarlett?" I turned to Susan with a sarcastic smile.


    "Tell her what? I don''t have anything to say to her." Nate shook off my hand, unwilling to say more.


    "Tell her that you loved Scarlett''s mother back then, and the only reason you married me was


    because you could not marry her," Susan said with self-mockery.


    "Is she telling the truth?" I asked, staring at him. After a moment''s silence, he said coldly, "The most


    important thing right now is to appease Charles. I don''t care about anything else." Without


    answering my question, Nate acquiesced in it, instead. I felt as though a sharp de was piercing


    through my chest.


    "Do you want me to help you? Give me fifty percent of thepany''s shares, and I''ll help you get


    on Charles'' good side."


    "What did you just say?" Nate frowned.


    "I''m your daughter, your only child. Anyway, you will have to give thepany to me sooner orter.


    I want fifty percent of the shares now. Is that too much to ask? Are you perhaps nning on giving


    your shares to Scarlett in the future?" I asked coldly.


    "Don''t talk nonsense!"


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    "When the Lively Group was at its best, it happened because of my rtionship with Charles. It was


    all because of me."


    Nate thought for a moment and said lightly, "I can only give you twenty percent."


    "Surely, Scarlett has really bewitched you. That bitch has stolen my man and my father from me." I


    looked at Nate with mockery and resentment.


    He pped me hard across my face again.


    And I looked at him in surprise. He had never hit me ever since I was a child. But now, he had


    already hit me twice.


    Susan pushed him away angrily, andined tearfully, "Did you fall in love with your own


    bastard child?"


    Nate was stunned, and his face turned colder than it was before. "What nonsense are you talking


    about? I already told you! Scarlett''s mother and I have nothing to do with each other. Nothing


    happened between us!"


    With that, he turned around and left.


    I looked at his back coldly as I listened to Susan sobbing uncontrobly.