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“Even though you and Mr. Irvin are no longer together, he still loves you so much, Ms. Quill. He risked his life to protect you. So, no matter what, you owe it to him to do your very best , ” the man said.
He added, “Also, I heard you’re pregnant. So , even if it’s not for Irvin’s sake, please at least do your best for the child you’re carrying, Ms. Quill.
“If you can lead the research team and help us achieve our research goals, we’ll let you , your child, and Mr. Irvin go. Not only that , we’ll even give you a full share of the profits and let you own the patent rights.
“However, if you refuse to put your heart into it, then I’m afraid we’ll have to make you lose everything you care about. One by one. For instance, we could start with the child you’re carrying,” the man threatened.
He looked like a refined, mild–mannered intellectual. Yet, every word that came out of his mouth was more chilling than the last and made my blood run cold.
I glared at the venomous, snake–like man but said nothing. I only clutched at the fabric of my clothes tightly.
Having delivered every threat he could think of, the man smiled even more kindly and said, “You must be tired after such a long journey, Ms. Quill. Allow me to escort you back. I trust you’ll make the right decision after some rest.”
After I was escorted back to my quarters, “Irvin“-who had been covered in tubes and lying motionless inside the glass room— sat up. With a casual sweep of his arm, he removed all the fake tubing attached to his body.
Then, he got up and returned to his office. Shortly after, the slim man, who had just walked me back, entered as well.
Giving a thumbs–up, he praised, “No one pulls it off like you, boss.
The recipient, Timothy, was lounging lazily in a chair and smoking a cigar. Grinning wickedly, he tossed the slim man a cigar.
“Keep a close eye on her. Once she completes the research, we’ll be years ahead of all our scheduled plans,” Timothy said.
Catching the cigar, the slim man mirrored Timothy’s grin and replied, “You got it!”
He lit the cigar and took a puff. A thought crossed his mind once he did.
Turning to Timothy, he asked, “Boss, what if she agrees to cooperate but doesn’t actually put her heart into the research? This kind of research is difficult to begin with, so it won’t be easy to tell if she’s actually committed.”
“It doesn’t matter whether she’s sincere or not,” Timothy replied. ‘In a few days, we’ll get rid of the baby she’s carrying. Then, we’ll tell her that if she doesn’t pick up the pace, the next one will be Irvin on the hospital bed. She’ll know we really mean what we say and won’t dare to hold back.”
It didn’t matter if I fully committed myself to their research project Timothy had always planned on getting rid of my unborn children because he knew it was Irvin’s, or in other words, Hardwell descendants.
Aside from his own children, Timothy refused to allow any other children to be born into the next generation of the Hardwell
family.
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He didn’t care if the children posed any threat to him–he wouldn allow them to exist. He understood perfectly well that weeds had to be completely uprooted when you removed them.
Upon hearing Timothy’s plan, for the first time, the slim man seemed to be in slight disagreement.
“I think we should let ‘Irvin‘ die first instead, boss. I’ve studied all of Emilia’s Quill research. She’s a certified genius even among geniuses.
“If we let her child live and keep it captive, we can use it to control her. We can make her continue working for us, and she’ll surely bring us even greater returns!” he reasoned.
The slim man had told me such sweet words. But in reality, he never intended to release me.
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“Do you really think William Ashford will let us keep holding his fiancée prisoner?” Timothy retorted. “We might be able to fend him off for a few years, but not forever.
“So, the child is useless–it has to go. Only then will she put everything she’s got into finishing the research we need and as quickly as possible!”