Chapter 118: HELPLESS
"You call me shameless?! How about you?! You are a shame to all of womanhood", Adrian retaliated without holding back. His voice was loud enough for everyone to hear and they all turned their heads towards them. "You’d better look at yourself in the mirror first before you dare call me shameless, Felicia. You call Erika worthless? Well, let me update you, you are the most worthless being to ever exist", he spat out.
His words were heavy and felt like daggers that drove into Felicia’s heart, stabbing her nearly to death. Even though she had decided to have nothing to do with Adrian, she couldn’t stand him defending Erika and insulting her for that woman.
Felicia tried to breathe as if she had been starved of oxygen. Mrs Evans got infuriated by the insults that Adrian had rained on her daughter and walked up to him and questioned him,
"You have the nerve to say those words to your pregnant wife, Adrian. What if she ends up having a miscarriage? Why can’t you simply be a responsible man?"
Adrian was not the only one to be surprised by the news, so was Mary. She glanced at Felicia who was trying as much as possible to hold back her tears but failed as her vision was blurred by the tears.
"And so what?" Adrian asked with a nonchalant tone after he recovered from the shock. "I’m sure that I am not the father of that baby so I am not taking any responsibility", he added, his tone firm and decided.
"B-but..." Mrs Evans was about to protest but was abruptly interrupted by Adrian who added,
"After cheating on me several times, I am sure she wouldn’t be able to differentiate who could have gotten her pregnant. She enjoys it, doesn’t she? Messing around with married men?"
The inmates who were somewhat listening in to their conversation gasped in shock at the sudden revelation. Do they have a slut in their circle?
"Mind your words, Adrian. You are at the police station, stop spreading rumors", Mary reprimanded her stepson but the young man only scoffed at her.
"You know what? I’m done spending time with the likes of you and as for you whore," he said with his finger pointed at Felicia. "If you think that you can use that baby whom you claim to be mine to try to lure me into your traps again, then you might as well forget it. Your games are over", he spat out before turning on his heels and leaving the station without turning back to give a last glance. He had debts to settle and this problem wasn’t something he wanted to cater to.
Mrs Evans, who had called Adrian had planned on convincing him to find a way to let Felicia out of jail but matters took the worst turns. He’d already left, even before those words could come out of her mouth.
Suddenly, Felicia slumped down on the ground, her body slightly shaking as she continued to cry.
"That Erika of a girl thinks she might have won by driving Adrian away from me but things will never be well with her", she cursed.
Mary, who was much closer to her tried to console her but she only shed more tears.
"Don’t listen to any of Adrain’s words, he’s probably mad at you at the moment but he will surely come back and get you out of here", she said and Mrs Evans nodded in agreement.
Felicia didn’t bother with Mary’s words as her mind had already wandered elsewhere, regarding how she could get her revenge towards Erika.
Noticing Felicia wasn’t responding to their words, Mary leaned towards Mrs Evans and whispered.
"What was Adrian talking about earlier? Felicia cheated on him?"
Feeling her heart skip a beat out of fear, Mrs Evans immediately shook her head.
"That was just a rumor that Erika had created, definitely out of jealousy and spite. You know that Felicia is a good girl so there is no way that she could have done that, it’s all Erika’s plan to split them apart," the old woman responded. Again, blaming the whole thing on Erika.
"I see", said Mary. "That woman is indeed shameless. After everything that we have done for her, she has the guts to pay us back like this?"
"I agree. She was an orphan when she came to Hart’s mansion right? How did she suddenly become rich or was it just a facade?" Mrs Evans and Mary and the latter smirk.
"Of course, it’s just a facade, don’t you know? She is selling her body to Ethan Anderson, the heir to the Anderson enterprise", she replied, her tone full of mockery and spite.
"What?" Mrs Evans gasped in shock as she used her palm to cover her open mouth. "She is so shameless", she added.
"I’m sure that sooner or later, Mr. Anderson will see her true colors and get rid of her. I will also make her suffer for putting me in jail", Mary promised.
Felicia, who had been listening to their conversation, wondered if they didn’t know that she could hear them. Ethan Anderson, the man whom she had been dreaming of having after her eyes settled on him, was snatched away by Erika.
"Why does she always get better things?" she mumbled softly under her breath with her two clenched fists. She placed her hand on her belly and glared at the exit that Adrian had just walked out from.
"You are going to get back together with that woman only after I am dead".
Now that Adrian had rejected her and her baby, she felt helpless. Who would cater for her needs, the wardens? That was impossible. She placed her other palm on her bandaged face, her emotions getting to her and she screamed,
"AHH!!" making everyone flinch. Streams of hot tears rolled down from her reddened eyes. "YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO ME, ERIKA!"
