Chapter 3 Counterattack
When he was about to send someone after her, he heard Corbin’s soft voice. “Mommy! Mommy, don’t go!”
His heart jolted. Ever since the second kid’s accident, Corbin hadn’t
spoken a word. The doctors said he had some serious mental block and might never talk again.
But now he spoke up because of a stranger!
Cedric was surprised and happy, and he had someone go check on Corbin.
While they were waiting for the doctor, Corbin, with tears in his eyes, grabbed onto Cedric’s suit and whined, “You’re mean! You’re not my daddy! You made Mommy go away. You’re a bad guy!”
Cedric tried to sound as gentle as he could. “That lady isn’t your mommy! She has got some bad ideas, and she’s not fit to be your mommy!”
“No! She’s my mommy! I want her to be my mommy!”
and you.
“Today, I heard you were at the Aureole Hotel, so I snuck ou When I fainted on the way, Mommy saved me. She’s not a bad person. She’s the gentlest mommy in the world!”
Cedric was a little stunned.
So Ladonna didn’t kidnap Corbin. But what she did at the hotel last night was still stuck in his mind.
“Good boy. If you want a mommy, I can let you pick the best one. But not that lady!”
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started rolling down his cheeks.
Cedric felt bad. He tried to wipe the tears, but Corbin pushed him away
again.
He had raised Corbin himself, and the boy had always depended on him. They got along great, and there had never been any problems between
them.
But now, Ladonna had easily created a gap between them.
Cedric felt all kinds of emotions swirling inside.
Just then, the doctor rushed in. After checking Corbin over, he said, “Mr. Ferguson, you’d better not go against anything your son wants. Since he’s finally willing to speak, you gotta do what he says, or his condition could get a lot worse.”
His words made Cedric feel down.
Was he seriously gonna let Ladonna be Corbin’s mom
Yeah, she was special. She was the only girl who ever got. of him and the only one Corbin ever got close to.
on out
“Mr. Ferguson, here’s Ms. Craig’s file.”
One of Cedric’s guys handed him a stack of papers.
Cedric skimmed through the info.
Ladonna wasn’t married but had a kid.
She had been engaged to Layton for six years, but they never tied the knot.
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Layton’s name rang a bell. His family moved here from Aldmire a couple years ago. He was well–known for being a total player, hooking up with many different girls but never touching his own fiancée.
So Ladonna was his poor fiancée.
What did she do to turn the once cool Layton into such a woman–chasing jerk?
Cedric started to get curious about Ladonna.
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Ladonna left the hospital, feeling tired. She hailed a cab and headed to the Beasley Group.
Six years ago, she had three kids in secret. Two of the kids came with 8.5 million dollars, which saved the Beasley Group and even helped them move their headquarters to Valorbury.
Yet, no one in the Beasley family was grateful, because she disappeared for ten months and came back with a baby girl.
th a baby 8
Layton blamed her for leaving when he was hurt and
Iso
hated her for being with some other guy.
She had to keep all her feelings to herself.
When she was thinking about Layton, his call came.
“Come to the Raymon Jewelry!” he said, and then hung up.
Twenty minutes later, Ladonna got to the fancy mall in Valorbury, which was run by the Ferguson Group.
She bought a cup of coffee and sipped it as she went toward the jewelry
counter.
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From far away, she saw Layton making out with a curvy girl. They were kissing so passionately that it almost looked like their spit was stringing together. The girl even reached down and touched Layton’s bulge teasingly.
Seeing the two of them being all lovey–dovey hurt her heart.
As Layton’s fiancée, she had never been treated like that. How pathetic!
Layton noticed her staring and frowned, crooking his finger at her like she was some pet he was calling over.
“Why are you standing there like a statue? Get over here!”
His voice was deep and bossy, and it made many people in the mall look over at Ladonna.
Ladonna bit her lip, trying to hold back her embarrassment and anger, and walked over to them.
“What do you want?”
Layton put his arm around the girl next to him and said with a doting smile, “Pick out a ring for my wife, Jessie,”
“Ugh, stop it.” Jessie playfully punched Layton’s chest.
But she didn’t look shy at all. Instead, she seemed to be challenging Ladonna and looking down on her.
“Does this look good on Jessie?”
Ladonna looked down and saw Layton pick up a ring.
They had checked it out many times back in college. It was supposed to be their engagement ring someday!
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But now, he was going to buy it for his mistress!
Ladonna twisted her lips. “Yeah, it’s perfect for a scumbag and his mistress.”
“What did you say?” Jessie glared and slapped at her, but she dodged quickly.
Her face turned cold. “Enough! I don’t have time for your lovey–dovey act. Buy whatever you want!”
“Ladonna, you can’t take it already? Compared to what you did to me, this is nothing. I’ll make you suffer slowly!”
Ladonna was so furious that she was shaking all over. She splashed her coffee on him.
“Layton! You’re not a real man!”
“Oh? Then who is? How many men can deal with their fiancée losing her first time before marriage and having a love child? I’m letting van he around me, and you still think I’m not magnanimous enough
Ladonna was embarrassed and humiliated.
Over the years, Layton had humiliated her in every possible way. She knew he hated her, but she couldn’t bring herself to tell the truth.
Exhausted, she closed her eyes and said weakly, “Layton, you’ve drained every ounce of love I had for you.”
With that, she strode away.
Layton watched her receding figure, feeling a sharp pain in his heart.
He loved Ladonna, deeply and irrevocably. If it weren’t for that one thing, they might have been married and had kids. But now…
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“Honey, don’t let her ruin our mood. Let’s keep picking out the rings.”
Jessie’s voice brought Layton back to his senses. He handed his black card to the salesperson and then led Jessie to the
$troom. He locked the
door, pulled down her briefs, and thrust into her hard and deep.
Every time Ladonna got to him emotionally, he would turn to sleeping with girls.
Since Ladonna wasn’t a virgin, he saw no reason to stay faithful to her.
