Chapter 7

Andrew Lucas felt a sharp pain in his chest. But when he looked down at Nicole Capra's bruised face and remembered Susan Thompson's vicious act of attempted murder with her car, his heart turned to ice.

"Susan, you killed Nicole and my child, yet you still want to keep that bastard in your womb?"

Susan trembled violently. "She's our daughter! Your own flesh and blood!"

"A venomous woman like you doesn't deserve to bear my child!" Andrew's voice cut like a blade. "You disgust me."

Those words shattered Susan's heart into pieces.

So in his eyes, she wasn't even worthy of carrying his child.

"Andrew, it hurts..." Nicole whimpered weakly in his arms. "I just wanted to check on Susan..."

Andrew's gaze softened instantly, but froze again when he turned to Susan. "On your knees!"

"What?" Susan couldn't believe her ears.

"I said kneel! Apologize to Nicole!"

"I did nothing wrong!" Susan straightened her back defiantly.

Nicole suddenly tugged Andrew's sleeve. "Andrew, Susan just lost her baby. She's upset. I'm fine..."

"Susan," Andrew's voice turned glacial, "either you kneel, or I'll have Daniel thrown out of the hospital immediately."

Susan's nails dug deep into her palms.

Daniel's pale little face flashed before her eyes - that sweet boy who always smiled through his pain saying "Mommy, it doesn't hurt."

Her knees hit the floor with a thud.

Andrew's pupils contracted sharply.

She actually knelt!

For that bastard's child, she would truly do anything!

Nicole nearly failed to suppress her smirk, quickly forcing a look of distress. "Susan, get up..."

"She enjoys humiliating herself," Andrew sneered. "Might as well make her your free nurse."

From that day on, Susan became Nicole's personal servant.

"I want pork rib soup," Nicole ordered sweetly.

Susan endured her abdominal pain while working in the kitchen.

As she placed the steaming bowl on the table, Nicole suddenly grabbed it and poured the contents over her own hand.

"Andrew! She tried to scald me!" Nicole shrieked.

Susan froze for a second, then laughed coldly.

Since she'd be framed either way—

She picked up the remaining half bowl and flung it directly into Nicole's face.

"Enjoy playing the victim? Let me give you a real reason to cry!"