I had nowhere to run and was forced to go with the flow. “What are you trying to do, Uncle James?”


    “It’s such a pity for you to have to stay together with that lunatic,” James said with a chuckle. “We


    have plenty of time ahead of us. You might as well ditch him and date me instead.”


    “But the doctor just told me I’m pregnant. Grandpa really cares about this baby. What if the baby


    doesn’t make it?” I said with a smile. “That wouldn’t be good, would it, Uncle James? You can wait


    for a little while longer, right?”


    James narrowed his eyes, clearly enjoying my reply.


    He reached out and held my chin with one hand. “What a little vixen you are.”


    My smile was bing forced as I tried to hold back my disgust. How could someone like him still


    be living so brazenly?


    “Okay, I have plenty of time. Let’s wait,” he said before leaning in closer with his hand still on my


    chin.


    1 frowned as I tried to dodge him, but that made him annoyed. “What? Not even a kiss? Come on.


    You can’t lead people on and then act all shy and innocent.”


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    He was starting to lose his patience, but I was starting to not be able to keep up my facade.


    Suddenly, right as I was panicking and at a loss for what to do, I heard a loud crashing noise. I saw


    that someone had knocked James out with a wooden pole.


    I looked at Steven in shock. “H–How did you get out?”


    His expression was bitter and dark. His gaze was murderous, and he paid no attention to me.


    Instead, he lifted the wooden stick again and prepared to swing it down on James‘ head. He was


    trying to kill


    him.


    “Steven!” I quickly stopped him. “Are you trying to kill him?”


    I could sense that Steven was actually aiming to kill.


    I started to seriously suspect that he was one of the murderers.


    Still, I couldn’t just watch him murder someone in front of me. “Grandpa will kill you if you actually


    kill him. Calm down.”


    H


    Steven’s murderous gazended on me, and some of the rage faded from his eyes. “Heid his


    hands on you. He deserves to die.”


    I froze. That sentence seemed so familiar.


    Back when I was still a wandering soul, he had said the same thing after viciously beating up the


    asshole next to Michael.


    “If youy a hand on her, you’re dead.”


    Back then, diche’s know why he would kill someone for me even though we didn’t know each other.


    I


    So it wasn’t for me but for Stephany


    but


    “Mrs. Lincoln “The nanny came to call me to go downstairs, Inst when she saw that Steven was out


    and James was unconscious on the floor, she screamed and can out


    I


    My expression became somber as I reached out to grab Steven’s hand pulled him back into the


    room and said, “Don’te out I got this


    Steven looked at me the wanted to say something, but he only managed to open his mouth.


    1 shook my head at him and shut the door before standing outside.


    Soon enough, Ignatius rushest upstairs with a few bodyguards behind him. “Where’s that little


    bastard? Find him now!”


    “Please calm down, Grandpa,” I said as 1 quickly approached him and stopped him from going any


    further.


    “Just now, Uncle James tried to assault me. I was worried that something would happen to the


    baby, so I ran into the room. Steven instinctively acted to protect his child, Thank heavens he was


    there, or the baby…”


    1 trailed off as I put my acting skills to good use and began to sob.


    Ignatius knew best what kind of person James was, I was betting on the chance that Ignatius cared


    more about the heir in my belly.


    After all, Steven had been a genius before he went insane. Apart from that, James was infamous for


    being a pervert. If he hadn’t wasted his youth away by sleeping around so much, he might still be


    fertile and not a failure who couldn’t even make a test–tube baby.


    If it wasn’t for James‘ recklessness, why would Ignatius have to ce all his hopes of having an heir


    on a lunatic?


    Ignatius‘ expression darkened. “That monster! Ralph, bring him back and make sure he learns his


    lesson!”


    1 let out a sigh of relief. At least I managed to dodge that obstacle.


    “Grandpa, who’s going to attend the party tonight?” I asked as I approached him and changed the


    topic. “Please calm down.”