Chapter 69

Fia sobbed and said with a cracked voice. “If he wants to divorce me, I don’t know what my child and I will do.”

“Don’t!” Thea said with a stern voice. “You cannot divorce for the sake of this child! If you do, it’ll be even harder for you to protect the child! Esme and her mother won’t let the baby survive!

“Fia, you experienced the life of living without a father yourself. You know how hard it would be for a child to grow up without a father.”

Her grandmother’s words were like needles punctured into her beating heart.

Everyone has called her a b*stard since she was little. Everyone bullied her because she had no father.

She didn’t want her own child to suffer the same way.

But Conrad wanted a divorce no matter what.

Thea grabbed Fia’s hand tightly, “Don’t worry. Think about your child. Stay strong! You are Madam Maxwell. As long as you refuse to sign the paper, he can’t go through the process alone.”

“But if he demanded it?”

“Buy time. At least until you give birth to your