Ch. 1601..1610

chapter 1601 "Emma Poole, I've already died once. I don't care about anything anymore in this world; I don't even intend on keeping the child in my belly, so do you really think that I would be afraid of you?" Jane sneered as she stared at Emma coldly. "Scram! Don't let me see you again! I feel like throwing up every time I see you! If I get upset, I might just take my man's gun out of his nightstand and shoot you in the head one day!"

II II } • • • Jane sneered again. "If you think that I won't dare to, why don' t you try me? "

"Ah..." Emma immediately turned to flee.

Jane snickered grimly in contempt.

‘Emma is nothing but a fool, but she still managed to almost get me killed and even cost Noah his life. Now that I am back with Alex, I will not be scared of anyone. I used to treat everyone with respect and tolerance because I loved Alex. But now? I don't have a heart anymore, so I won't back down. I'm going to ignore them all,’ she thought as she continued to walk toward the Poole residence proudly.

Behind her, Emma could barely contain her anger. "Cousin Alex!"

"?" Alex turned around to look at her.

1 "Does she get to be this arrogant simply because she is pregnant with your child? Women like her think that they are above everything whenever someone cares for them. Are you not going to do anything about this??"

"Emma, I've never restricted you from doing anything before because you didn't affect Jane directly, but according to what she said, you played a huge part in keeping her out there for four months." He looked at her casually.

"What do you mean, cousin?"

"Jane asked you to leave; didn't you hear her?"

II II • • • "There's a child in her belly now that she doesn't intend on keeping, so she would like nothing better than having you piss her off so much that she loses the baby, but Emma, it's my child she is bearing, if--"

Before Alex could finish, Emma immediately changed her mind and said, "I'm sorry, cousin, I'm sorry. It's my fault..."

Emma could finally tell that Jane was not getting this treatment because of her child. She did not even want the child to begin with, but Alex still went and got her back, which meant that he truly loved her. The thought of that sent chills down her spine, she immediately changed her initial tone and said, "I... I will leave now!"

Emma went back to her own house with resignation. Her father Axel was sitting in the living room and asked her as soon as he saw her coming back, "You didn't manage to suck up to them, did you?"

Frustrated, Emma took a vase and threw it to the ground. "Dad, are we just going to let our branch of the Poole family fade into the background just like this? My sister and brother-in- law have already been hunted down by Sebastian Ford, and they don't even have control over the Smith group anymore! On our side, Jane sheen has come back and she resents me right off the bat! Dad, we can't just sit on our thumbs," she gritted out viciously.

Axel sneered. "Of course I know that we can't just sit on our thumbs; why else do you think I decided to send Lily overseas? She is pregnant with Holden's child, and Holden is the biological brother of Sebastian!"

Emma beamed. "Dad?"

"Even if I can't beat them with those two teaming up, I won't let them have it easy.

Especially that man, Holden. He tends to live on the edge," Axel said with a sneer.

The same evil smile appeared on Emma's face as well. That night, she secretly called Lily, who was supposed to be hiding overseas with Holden. The phone rang for a long while and no one picked up. Just as the call was about to get disconnected, someone picked up and a voice as hoarse as a vengeful spirit came through. ' "Hello... H--help me."

II II } • • • Jane sneered again. "If you think that I won't dare to, why don' t you try me? "

"Ah..." Emma immediately turned to flee.

Jane snickered grimly in contempt.

Behind her, Emma could barely contain her anger. "Cousin Alex!"

"?" Alex turned around to look at her.

"What do you mean, cousin?"

"Jane asked you to leave; didn't you hear her?"

Before Alex could finish, Emma immediately changed her mind and said, "I'm sorry, cousin, I'm sorry. It's my fault..."

Emma went back to her own house with resignation. Her father Axel was sitting in the living room and asked her as soon as he saw her coming back, "You didn't manage to suck up to them, did you?"

Emma beamed. "Dad?"

"Even if I can't beat them with those two teaming up, I won't let them have it easy.

Especially that man, Holden. He tends to live on the edge," Axel said with a sneer.

chapter 1602 startled, Emma sat up from her bed. "Who are you?"

The hoarse voice on the other end was still asking for help, "H--help me..."

"Lily?"

"Mm..." Lily struggled to respond.

"Aren't you with Holden Payne? Aren't you pregnant with his child? what happened to you?"

Meanwhile, Lily was locked inside a cell and her lips were so dry that the skin was peeling.

Had she known that she would end up like this, Lily would have never gone to Holden for help. She had thought that he would keep her around for the sake of the child in her belly, but she had underestimated his viciousness. 2 Holden had gone from South City to Kidon City before Axel sent him overseas by ship merely three months ago with Sean and Rose's retirement fund. Sean had wanted to send Holden to Europe so that he could extend his career with his sharp mind, but Holden changed his path halfway. He did not go to Europe, but instead went to the Middle East.

The Middle East was plagued with wars and no one with an ordinary mindset would decide to go there, but for someone as bold and fearless over losing his life as Holden, the war zone provided him the perfect opportunity to utilize his talents.

Holden had great judgment and had chosen to settle down on one of the islands near the borders that was closest to the country.

Because of the constant warring, it had only cost Holden a small fortune to purchase the ownership of the island. With the island as foundation and the ocean behind him, all he needed to do was to train his team to a certain strength and he would be able to realize his ambition in the future.

Holden was incredibly experienced in managing islands from a young age. Back on Star Island, his eldest brother, Harry, was not capable at all and all operational matters had been managed by Holden. All that had changed was that he was on a different island, but his management skills were still there.

With his extraordinary wit and vicious personality, Holden managed to complete a few enormous trades and recruited a team of mercenaries in the midst of war, consisting of people that were experienced in combat and were reluctant to suffer any longer in the war.

They all agreed as soon as they heard about the great benefits that Holden offered. Within two months, Holden had become a king of his own kind, and that was when Sean and Rose sent Lily over to him out of the blue.

Sean and Rose were the only two who knew where he was and Holden did not have a clue as to why those two would send Lily over. Was she here to be his punching bag during training? Did they not know that he disliked this woman?

What surprised him most was when Rose told him, "Holden, Lily is pregnant with your child. II Holden's eyes widened, "she? she is pregnant with my child?"

Rose deadpanned. "Holden, you have been wandering overseas and it's already considered not bad for you to even have a wife. Not to mention the fact that Lily's father comes from generations of medical experts. Their pharmaceutical factories and clinics are all over Kidon city, and their business has grown in incredible scale, so marrying Lily- - "

Holden interrupted her and asked, "What I am asking is how did she get pregnant with my child?"

"My son, how could you not know that you had a one-night stand with Lily?" she responded earnestly. “I counted the days; it's about that time."

"..." Holden was at a loss for words. After hanging up, he sneered. It was from that time?

Both of them had been acting on impulse.

That woman, Lily, had been too aggressive and he had drunk two to three bottles of liquor that night because of his background. He had been drunk to the point that he wasn't even conscious. Wouldn't they worry about the baby having Fetal alcohol syndrome over a pregnancy that occurred under the influence of alcohol? That aside, he had no feelings towards Lily at all to begin with. On top of that, they even had a grudge! Why would Lily come to look for him and ask for him to take responsibility under such circumstances? Was she some locked-away conservative country girl?

chapter 1603 If that was the case, then Holden truly had to treat this woman well for the rest of his life.

This was because Holden had never let women down! He was a feminist!

However, this was clearly not the case.

Lily was a woman who had traveled the world. It had already been a long while since she was first involved with someone, so would she still care about this?

Since she had an unexpected pregnancy, then should she not have cut her losses at the earliest possible time so that the child would not suffer and her body would not be severely damaged?

However, she traveled such a long distance and went through fire to come to him just to make him take responsibility?

Was that even logical?

This woman! she had always been full of sinister schemes. She had tried to frame Sabrina many times in South city!

Thinking of that, Holden then dreadfully coldly came to the front of Lily, who had just temporarily settled down. “Pregnant with my child?” Lily already had no way out in the country and she could only seek refuge with Holden within at that moment, she was as lowly as the servants from the olden days, she knelt in front of Holden while hugging his ankle. “ Holden, the child that I am carrying is yours. I did not want to keep it, but when I was admitted to the hospital, I had thought of the first time we met. Don’t you think we are destined to be together? We would not have gotten to know each other if we hadn’t fought. We had an enemies-to-lovers relationship.” Holden sneered.

“Hmph! An enemies-to- lovers relationship? We wouldn’t have gotten to know each other if we hadn’t fought with each other?

“You speak of how we met so beautifully, why do I recall that my encounter with you was a violent one? You were cursing me to death, and I was beating you to death.

“Even that time when we fornicated, we treated each other like animals. You were standing the whole time, right?” Lily was speechless.

To Lily, the time they spent together was actually both humiliating and happy. She simply liked having such a domineering man. However, at that moment when those words came out of Holden’s mouth, all that was left was just humiliation.

Lily was utterly embarrassed. She raised her head and looked humbly at Holden. Holden had no sense of sentiment on his face at all. All he had was viciousness. At a glance, that vicious expression of his reminded Lily of Sebastian.

As expected of twin brothers, they were both as vicious as one another. It seemed that both the brothers loved Sabrina very much. This made Lily even more envious.

Holden suddenly asked, “My child?” Lily immediately nodded desperately as if she had seen a sense of hope. “Mm-hmm, your child.” “By the looks of it, it’s been four months, right?” Holden stared at Lily’s belly and it indeed was bulging. However, Holden was more and more disgusted by this unrestrainedly indecent woman when he looked at her.

“Yes, it’s been four months,” said Lily. “I’m taking you to the hospital now! ” said Holden.

Lily immediately fell backwards in shock. “You -you want me to get rid of my child?” Holden looked askance at Lily. “That’s my child. Of course, the child should be kept!” Lily instantly felt relieved.

Sitting in Holden’s car, her head was filled with images of her future life with Holden as her husband. Perhaps she would be the queen of the island! Perhaps someday, her man, Holden, would take her along and charge back to South City to capture both Sebastian and Sabrina alive.

However, Holden brought her to the hospital and directly told the doctor, “I want to have an amniocentesis and a paternity test done.” 1 Lily was instantly bewildered.

chapter 1604 The doctor was so frightened by Holden’s imposing manner that she dared not speak for quite a while. It was a long while before she stuttered, “Has it already been four months?

To do an amniocentesis for a paternity test, you’ll have to wait until the fetus is four months old. Then only...” Holden said calmly, “It’s been exactly four months.” “Good... Good.” Lily looked tearfully at Holden. “Holden, you don’t believe me?” “Do you think I take you for a person with integrity?” Lily was speechless.

Holden’s tone was unwaveringly calm. “I don’t care about a woman’s chastity. As long as the paternity test results show that the child is mine, no matter how many men you’ve fooled around with, I will still keep you by my side! If that child is not mine, but you want to make a fool of me...” There was a pause before Holden said incomparably coldly, “If you make a fool of me ÌÌ • • • “No, Holden, no. I don’t want to do it anymore. I’ll leave your island immediately, alright?” Lily pleaded with Holden in an incomparably pitiful manner.

The fact was that she truly did not know whose child she was carrying in her belly.

When she was abroad in the past, as debauched as she had been, she had always handled it very well. Ever since she returned to the country and to Alex’s side, and after Alex dumped her, she fooled around with men like mad for the sake of seeking revenge. ' During that period, she had a different man every night, so much so that she could not even remember how many different men she had been with. However, among those men, Holden was the one whose attractiveness in appearance could be compared to Alex.

Holden was also the only one who could compare to Holden in terms of power and nobility.

Therefore, Lily firmly maintained that the child in her belly was Holden’s. That night, Holden was the most passionate and the timing was also right.

However, Lily had never expected that Holden wanted to have an amniocentesis for a paternity test. Lily was dumbfounded.

Holden grabbed Lily’s arm and smiled very calmly. “Be good. Both you and I can only be at ease after doing the paternity test. Perhaps you will be the First Lady on this island in the future.” After saying that, he then forcibly sent Lily in for the procedure.

Amniocentesis was very painful.

Lily was as white as a sheet after she came out. She was alone on the hospital bed and praying abundantly that the child absolutely was Holden’s!

The three days of waiting felt as long as a year.

Just as Lily sat on the hospital bed and prayed continuously, Holden came in.

“Darling,” said Holden with a smile.

“Is it... Is the child yours?” Lily asked impatiently.

The two nurses behind them could not help but cover their faces and laugh.

There was actually such a shameless woman in this world, she did not even know whose child she was pregnant with? She could still randomly identify a man to be the father to the child in her belly? It would have been fine if she found an extremely honest man that could be fooled by her, but she found such a man that was not easy to mess with instead.

How foolish! She truly deserved it!

This kind of woman truly did not know what it meant to be shameful!

Holden’s temper was extraordinarily nice. “ Darling, we have to have surgery now.” Lily was instantly shocked. “Why... what’s the matter? what surgery?” Holden’s temper was still very nice, “since you liked fooling around with men so much, to the extent that you don’t even remember whose child you were carrying in your belly, then why don’t I give you what you’ve wished for. I’ll let them do surgery for you for your permanent convenience.” He then nonchalantly said to the doctor, “It doesn’t affect her life in the future if the thing that produces estrogen is taken out, right?” The doctor nodded. “No, it won’t affect her.” “Good. For the sake of her convenience in the future and the betterment of her body, it’s been delightfully decided for it to be taken off her. Oh, that’s right. Do her a favor and get rid of that ball of flesh in her belly as well,” said Holden nonchalantly.

chapter 1605 Lily helplessly shouted tearfully, “No... Don’t, no...” However, this was not Kidon City, and it was not South City either. Alex no longer protected her in South City or Kidon City, let alone here in Holden’s territory?

No matter how much Lily wailed, she was still pushed into the operating room. Holden, who was outside of the operating room, could hear how miserably Lily was wailing.

It took a long while and Lily fainted a few times.

When she woke up again, her belly was already flat.

The doctor’s icy cold voice could be heard. “ You will never menstruate again in the future.” Lily asked, “Doctor, I...am I still alive?” The doctor nodded, “of course! Not only are you alive, but you can still get intimate with men like normal.” “Then, will I...still have children in the future?” The doctor laughed. “You cannot menstruate anymore, so how will you have children?

What a joke!” Lily was speechless.

She was going insane!

“Ah... Holden, you son of a b*tch!” Just as she finished saying that, Holden entered the ward.

Holden carried her straight out of the ward and then tossed her onto a four-wheeled tractor that was filled with trash. He then drove Lily to a place, which was a small pitch- black room.

Right before he locked her into the small pitch -black room, Holden returned Lily’s phone to her. 1 “Lily Parker! I, Holden Payne, have always kept my business and private matters separate!

It was you who took the initiative to curse at me when I first met you! That time when we fornicated, you were also the one who seduced me. I was drunk as a skunk back then!

These things are all water under the bridge, but I have never thought that you would be pregnant with a b*stard. Also, you could even travel such a distance to blame it on me. 2 “Since you insist on striking up a relationship with me, it’s also fine. If you don’t want to die, then call your father, who is far away in Kidon City, and have him transfer all of the Parker family’s assets to my bank account in Raskye!

“I will let you go once I have gotten the money.” Hearing Holden blackmailing her like that, Lily’s voice became hoarse and she questioned, “Then what about you making me neither a man nor a woman, and neither human nor ghost?” 1 Holden said calmly. “Weren’t you the one who came to me yourself?” After saying that, he turned around and walked away.

When he arrived at the door, he said again, “If your family doesn’t use all of the family assets to pay your ransom, then you have to work harder here. There are more men than women here on this island, especially now that I’m supporting so many mercenaries.” “No...” Lily cried miserably.

Holden locked the door and left. He would not listen to Lily bawling.

Lily also did not have much spare time to bawl. The first thing she did was to call home.

However, she did not know that her father was so angered by her that he was hospitalized; he could not answer the call at all.

In the next few days, Lily kept calling home at different times, but still, nobody answered.

Nobody gave her any food to eat in those few days. She was very thirsty and was very much in despair.

She was utterly regretful, she regretted that she willfully went abroad for so many years and left Alex alone at home.

She had thought that no matter how debauched she was out there, Alex would be there at home waiting to marry her.

Therefore, she just willfully and recklessly enjoyed herself out there. However, she never would have expected that when she returned, Alex had already fallen for Jane.

Everything in Lily’s life was ruined.

It was all ruined!

Just when Lily was extremely desperate and terrified, her phone suddenly rang.

She thought that it was her father calling, but she saw that it was a rather unfamiliar yet familiar number when she looked at it. She immediately answered the call; only then did she find out that it was Emma on the other end of the call.

“Emma, save me. As long as you’re willing to save me, I will offer all of my Parker family’s properties as a gift to you and help you overthrow your uncle and South City’s Sebastian,” Lily eagerly pleaded with sincerity.