"It was your brother''s request. The baby I''m carrying is a Scott."


    Joannaughed. "Yvonne, you can''t threaten me anymore. My brother is already a cripple. That''s exactly what I wanted for him to be incapable of managing thepany. You''ve truly lost your value."


    "You''re useless now. You and that bastard in your belly can both get lost."


    "Whose child are you carrying? Don''t you know? I have videos and evidence to prove that the baby isn''t my brother''s."


    "If I tell my mother about this, do you think your life will be easy?"


    "Remember, I won''t give you any more money. I have evidence against you, including evidence of murder."


    "What murder evidence?" A sh of panic crossed Yvonne''s eyes.


    What on earth did Joanna know?


    "Yvonne, you really are a fool. Did you think I would partner with you for no reason? It''s because I had evidence you killed someone. I knew you would be a useful pawn, so I deliberately had you get close to my brother. Someone as rotten as you is a perfect match for him."


    "The girl you bullied to death... I haveplete proof, videos. Her parents are still looking for evidence. What do you think will happen to you if I hand it over?"


    Yvonne''s mind reeled, and she suddenly remembered Natalie''s words.


    "Yvonne, you''re just a pawn in Joanna''s hands. Once you''ve served your purpose, you''ll be discarded, or worse."


    Her heart skipped a beat, her eyes filled with a fierce malevolence.


    "Joanna, so you''ve been using me as a pawn all along."


    "That''s right. You''ve slept with many men. I used you to seduce my brother just to humiliate him. Natalie warned you but you didn''t care. And now you have the audacity to ask me for money to raise another


    man''s child."


    "Yvonne, you have reached the absolute peak of shamelessness."


    Yvonne''s voice trembled. "So, Joanna, you''re not going to give me any more money."


    "Correct. My schemes are nothing. You know how much the Scotts


    dote on me: The moment I tell them the baby in your belly isn''t my


    brother''s, who will believe you ne


    Besides,


    that the proof your


    murder. If you dare expose me, make sure you rot in prison."


    Joanna hung up.


    She wasn''t the least bit afraid of Yvonne. She had sought her out precisely because she knew her secret.


    People with secrets were much easier to control.


    Yvonne stared at the disconnected call, her eyes burning with venom. Without the allowance, how was she supposed to live?


    And how did Joanna find out about her bullying that girl to death?


    "Joanna, you bastard!" Yvonne was so angry her stomach began to hurt.


    A dull ache spread through her lower abdomen, and she forced herself t calm down. That bastard Jerom?TM hadn''t called her once since be went abroad.


    He truly didn''t care about her at all. She was already panicking, terrified that Jerome


    would find out the truth and abandon her.


    She looked up at the third floor. Whose baby was Zenobia carrying?