Chapter 8
Simon looked at my flat belly in disbelief, his face twisted in shock.
“A child? Did we once have a child?”
Simon stood frozen for a couple of seconds, then suddenly clutched his head in anger and began to back away rapidly. The next second, he kicked Lily in the chest.
“I’m going to kill you!”
Furious, Simon jumped on Lily and started punching her repeatedly. Lily was defenseless.
“Mr. Gates, I’ve been working for you for five years. We’ve known each other for ten years. I’ve already been punished. Isn’t that enough? And you never told me you were married. I handled all the women who harassed you very well…”
But all she received in response was punch after punch.
Lily’s face was deformed from the blows, and the floor was covered with her blood and fallen teeth.
Before she could be beaten to death, a doctor appeared and said that the noise would affect my recovery, which finally made Simon stop.
Lily, convulsing on the ground and twitching uncontrollably, was taken into the emergency room by the doctor.
Simon did not stop but continued to hold me tightly, apologizing incessantly.
The doctor said that due to the beating, my uterus was damaged, and I would never be able to bear a child again.
Upon hearing this dreadful news, I felt my mind seemed to stop working. I slowly turned my head, forcing a smile, and asked Simon, “He’s lying to me, right?”
Simon lowered his eyes, hiding the redness from tears, and held my hand. “We will definitely have our own children in the future, I promise. We will.”
With a somber face, he strode out.
I stayed in the hospital for a month before being discharged. During that month, Simon visited me every day.
The smell of blood on him grew stronger each day.
After I regained some strength, he had all the employees who had previously abused me brought before me.
Without exception, every one of them trembled, immediately kneeling and begging for forgiveness.
Some slapped themselves, while others took out knives and cut their own bodies.
The fear in their eyes was profound, a stark contrast to their previous arrogance when they treated me as a mistress.
But I only looked out the window.
The leaves were falling and autumn was approaching.Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.
If went well, my child would have been born in time to see the first snow of the year.
Then, one day, Simon brought in a woman..
When I saw her, I was stunned.
She was the only person who had spoken up for me back then. Even though she had pushed me into a table, she had saved my eyes.
I finally turned to Simon and said, “She is a good person. She helped me.”
Simon was delighted that I was willing to speak about things other than the child and immediately had her released.
“Call the police.” A glimmer of light appeared in my eyes. “I want them all to go to prison.”
Simon was somewhat disapproving. “I have a better way to punish them, making them live in fear for the rest of their lives.”
I shook my head and insisted, “Call the police.”
Simon couldn’t persuade me otherwise, so he decided to call the police.
On the day I was discharged, Lily, having somehow learned about it, rushed from a corner and clung tightly to Simon’s legs. She then began begging. “Mr. Gates, are you really going to be so ruthless? Don’t forget. I’ve been working for you for five years, and I know all the company’s secrets. If you push me too hard, I can’t guarantee what I might do…”
Her half-threats made Simon furious, and he kicked her aside.
I immediately grabbed Simon to calm him down.
I tiptoed and whispered to him.
Simon’s expression changed from rage to calm, and finally, he looked at me with some surprise.
I nodded.
Lily had to pay the price. Physical pain was not enough to atone for the loss of my child.
I sent everyone except Lily to court. The sentences were not severe, as they were not the masterminds.
They would only need to endure three years in prison before they were able to return to their lives.
They were all relieved.
I sat in the plaintiff’s seat without saying a word.
They didn’t know that I had already arranged for them to meet “lovely” prison guards within the legal limits.
Every day of the next three years would be a complete nightmare for them.
As for Lily, she was unaffected.
Not only was she unharmed, but Simon also took her to the best hospital for treatment.
Lily, felt puzzled and asked why.
Simon gently stroked her head. “Because you are my most capable assistant. And since Laura can no longer bear children, our family needs to continue our lineage.”
Lily’s eyes lit up, thinking she was finally seeing a breakthrough.
Simon’s voice was full of seduction. “So you need to recover quickly.”
‘Then accept our final judgment,’ he added inwardly.
Lily fell deeper and deeper into the trap I had set for her.
Until she was finally pregnant.
She excitedly shared the good news with Simon.
Simon’s eyes sparkled with a strange light as he praised, “Being young is great. You got pregnant so quickly. To celebrate your pregnancy, I have prepared a big gift for you.”
Lily eagerly asked, “What is it? Jewelry? A house? A car?”
“None of that. It’s a videotape.”
Lily’s ears turned red, and she smiled coyly. “You’re so romantic…”
But in the next second, her smile disappeared.
Because the screen showed her in bed with various men.
More importantly, the men were the dirtiest and most despicable beggars.
The footage switched to waves of different men.
Without exception, every one of them was an ugly man that Lily despised.
I slowly emerged from behind the screen.
I watched as Lily looked like she was going to throw up.
I then let out a cruel smile. This was just the beginning and it was already too much for her?
Seeing me, Lily suddenly realized what was going on and went mad. “It’s you! It’s you, the bi tch who wanted to harm me! I should have killed you back then.”
She then crazily charged at me.
Simon immediately stood in front of me, protecting me, and kicked Lily.
Lily, clutching her stomach, looked at Simon with a mournful gaze. “Simon, don’t you want me anymore? Don’t you have even a shred of affection for me?”
Simon coldly replied, “I have only ever loved one woman, and that’s my wife, Laura.”
“What about the happiness we had these past few days?”
“That was just to deceive you and to avenge my wife.”
Lily cried and laughed, unable to face reality.
But I would not give her another chance.
I waved my hand, and a group of beggars, the very ones from the video, rushed in.
“You know what to do, right?”
The beggars, dripping with stinking saliva, advanced step by step towards Lily.
I stood outside the door, still able to hear Lily’s screams.
For someone like Lily, even imprisoning her and inflicting physical harm was not enough to judge her cruelty toward me.
To kill someone, one must strike at their heart.
So I had Simon pretend to be moved by her, and date her, making her believe that she was carrying Simon’s child.
At the happiest moment, I let her fall from heaven into hell.
We didn’t know whom the child belonged to, but it didn’t matter. With so many beggars, one of them was bound to be the father of the child.
I gently touched my flat belly and looked up at the sky.
“My dear child, I have finally avenged you.”
The end.