Do I really have to ept my fate like this?


    “Is there really… no other way?” I asked in a hushed tone.


    “There is…” Colin’s gaze was piercing.


    For a moment, I couldn’t shake the feeling that he was not just smart, but cunning like a fox lying in


    wait, ready to spring a trap on me.


    Maybe it was just an illusion? I thought I was the hunter and he was the prey.


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    unless you’re certain you can escape once you leave this room,” Colin said seriously.


    But mentioning this method was as good as not mentioning it at all.


    I opened my mouth to speak, but I had no confidence. I didn’t even know what the outside world.


    looked like. “How do you know so much? What was your major at Kingstone University?”


    Colin was silent, not responding.


    My stomach growled with hunger, but I stubbornly refused to eat.


    As I carefully sorted through Foebe’s memories, I discovered that before marrying Colin, the Larson


    family had investigated him.


    Chemistry major, with minors in medicine, finance,puter science, and fluent in German, Italian,


    Japanese, French, English, and Arabic…


    A rare genius.


    Indeed, a very, very rare one.


    Holding my head, I nced at Colin. Such a genius, and yet the Langley family treated him so poorly.


    No wonder the Langley family wanted to preserve his genes; they were truly exceptional


    “Do you… want a child?” Colin looked up at me. He seemed to have no qualms about this topic. no


    sense of shame.


    I choked on his words. “Give me a moment to think.”


    He nodded and checked the time. “You have eight hours to decide. Anyter and the chance of


    conception will decrease.”


    I copsed onto the bed, feeling utterly defeated. What sins had Imitted…


    I couldn’t even dare to close my eyes; memories of the past would surface. Those memories were like


    hell, endlessly tormenting and consuming my soul.


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    “Phoebe, eat something, an egg. It’s good for you,” Colin said, peeling a whole egg and handing


    it to me.


    Worried I might be put off, he quickly added, “I washed my hands.”


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    I took the egg from him and devoured it hungrily. I was famished.


    Foebe couldn’t have starved to death, could she?


    Lying on the bed, I watched Colin peel another egg and ventured, “Colin, have you ever thought. about


    your future? Are you going to be controlled by others for the rest of your life? You’re capable. Don’t you


    want to fight back?”


    He didn’t reply. After a long pause, he nodded. “I will.


    I found him boring, yet I couldn’t deny he was good–looking. Could there really be someone with the


    face of an angel and the heart of a devil? He was clearly a rare genius, a treasured protege who should


    have been the Langley family’s heir. So why… had he fallen to this state?


    What secrets did he carry?


    Why had he gone from a prodigious youth to the current state of a madman, pressured by the Langley


    family to continue the lineage?


    “Let’s have a child,” I said after a long contemtion, suddenly realizing something.


    With this child, I would be the Langley family’s most precious asset, as I would be carrying the


    heir they needed to carry on their legacy.


    Using this status, I could leverage the Langley family’s power to exact revenge on Dexter and Melody.


    I knew hatred was corroding me, but how could I possibly watch those who had wronged me live


    happily ever after!


    I must get out. I must have my vengeance!