You wouldn’t want a bastard from a gold digger now, would you?!”
Rinastepped backward in shock as Damien suddenly lunged at her, his huge hands wrapped around her slender neck.
“That’s my child you’re talking about!” He roared, his eyes bulging with anger as he glared down at her “How dare you refer to it as a bastard?!”
Rina had one pale, and she shook like a leaf in Damien’s hands.
“Damien, what are you doing? Vera screamed in a shrill voice as she walked into the room.
she had heard Damien roar in anger, and had barried over to see what was happening only to see this.
Rina gasped as she tried to ease the pressure of his huge hands around her neck, and Damien finally let go, when he realized he had held her too tightly.
He humed away in fury, calding a hand through his golden hair as his breath came out in butts.
His eyes were red and his nostrils flared with the effort to stay calm.
Rina sank to the floor, trembling as tears filled her eyes. Reaching up to touch her throat, she called out to him softly.
Vera hurried to hold her up, while she cast a scathing look at Damien who turned his back to them.
“How dare you do this to her, Damien?” She exclaimed as she tried to lift Rina who went limp in her hands “She’s your fanceel were you trying to kill her?!‘
Damien turned on his mother, his eyes glinting with anger. “Lana had a miscarriage. Did you know that, mother?t
Verstood shell shocked as she listened to what Damien was saying.
A miscarriage? Was the golddigger pregnant in the first place?
“Well, Rina knew all along! Lana was carrying my child and we treated her like that!” He was calmer now as he glared at Rina with disdain.
Funa shrank back from his look and whimpered against Vega Vera quickly recovered and held Rina protectively.
“Well, dear it already happened. There’s no use crying over spilt milld” Vera said, haughtily giving Damienadefiant look “And besides, don’t you think that was for the best considering the circumstances?”
Damien’s head swam in disbelief, and be staggered backin shock
“What?” He whispered, his eyes named as he could not believe his mother could
1 say that.
“Well, son I’m night! Do you want any ties with that lowly woman? Vera flung at him, her hands on her waist “I forbid it! It’s a good thing we can sever all ties. from her like this ”
It was as though the scales had fallen from his eyes that day. He never looked at his mother and Rina the same way again.
He had left the Reign Estates, immediately and ordered his assistant to find Lana,
He had to find her.
Unless, he’d nev
never lune prace with himself but alas, five years later, there was still no sign of her.
Damien rubbed his hands over his face, as he realized he lud spet most of the morning deep in thought.
He frowned and walled out of the study, into his bedroom, breathing a sigh of relict when be found it empty.
Held bern altaid Rana would still be there.
Thankfully, the doctor must have couround to attend to her in her own mom
Since that discovery live years ago, Dandenew he’d never many her and he had told be so.
Immediately, kina had attempted to slit fuer wrists and be panicked.
“You’re everything I’ve i
got, Dani” slæ lud screamed interror as he tried to watch the gleaming aide from her hands.
Het hands were bloodied and she gripped his shirt tightly, “You’re everything I’ve got she had repeated over and over again as she slowly became unconscious from blood loss
His mother had been furious with him for triggering Rina
How dare you try to leave her, Damien? You know how fragile she is!” Vera had said, as they stood waiting outside the hospital room where Hina had been hospitalized that day
She was pacing back and forth, then stopped to glare at Damien, who had his head in his hands and his eyes closed in frustration
||20“] cannot marry her, mother.” He said, low but firm. “Not after what happened with Lans. ***
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“Lana is not important Vera had hissed at his “you would lose Mina because you’re feeling guilty over Lana, that lowlite? You’re comparing Rina to that colddigger?!”
Damien had been salent and Vera had went on, speaking venomously.
“Rina is extremely talented and we need her skills here in the company. She’s also part of the Carter Empire whom we can use for our benefit and you say you won’t
“I will not marry Rina and that’s final” Damien growled as he got to his feet, giving his mother a piercing glare “You will not tell me what to do, mother!” With those words, be had strode out of the hospital, leaving his mother staring at him, perplexed,
But here they were, five years later and he was still not able to get rid of her.
Intact, he had felt even more responsible for her and only managed to avoid her and her incessant attention by staying far away from Reign Estates. He made sare his Mother or Rina hi
had no access to the other estates where he stayed.
He only came home occasionally and had driven home the night before because his mother had called him, saying Rina was ill.
How could your abandon your fiancee, Damien? His mother had scolded, her voice a fierce whisper as she spoke Rina is seriously ill and if she kills herself, you are to blame!
Damien had driven home, and was not very surprised to find out that Rina was hale and hearty,
She had only been putting on an act to get h him to come home and now he must get out quickly while the doctor was attending to her. quickly, be prepared for the day and walked out of the mansion, before his mother or fina could realize what was going on
His assistans, Liam held the car door open for him and he slipped into it, inaking himself comfortable.
As the car rolled a
car but it was too late.
d away from the mansion, he glanced at the side mirror in time to see Rina nm out of the house, trying to catch up with the car bu She sank to the ground, her teeth gnashing in anger as she called out to him.
Damiensighed as he closed lus yes in frustration.
He finally breathed a sigh of relief as the car drove out to the city, leaving Reign Estates beland.
ever receive calls from Relen Estates from now on” he uttered, his face grim as he stated out of the car window, at the city which raced past him.
“Yes sir” am replied as he glanced quiddy at Damien though the mirror.
He did not like the way the boss lucked and he also kw the next question Damien was going to asklin
He wished he would not ask though, because the answer would be the same.
For five years, it had been thie sante,
Damthought
was rather sad how Damien was holding onto a ineinry
ameimry flest would never be, instead of moving on with his life.
“Did you find her yet?”
The e question came to Lian, In a voire devoid of any hope. He glanced back at Damien’s impassive expression as he sighed inwardly before giving his diswer.
“No sir, not yet.”
