Chapter 5
Not long after we returned from Switzerland, I found out I was pregnant.
Holding the pregnancy test with two clear lines on it, my hands trembled slightly.
Partly from excitement. Partly from fear.
This was the most crucial step in my revenge plan. It was also the most dangerous one.
I hid the pregnancy test, steadied myself, and walked out of the bathroom.
Damian was in the living room, reading some documents. The moment he saw me, he immediately put them down and walked over.
“What’s wrong? Why do you look so pale?”
He touched my forehead with concern.
I shook my head, leaned into his arms, and said softly, “Damian, I think… I’m pregnant.”
His entire body froze. A few seconds later, he suddenly pushed me back, gripped my shoulders with both hands, and stared at me with unbelievable joy in his eyes.
“You… What did you just say?”
“Say it again!”
“I said I’m pregnant.”
I took out the pregnancy test and held it in front of him.
He stared fixedly at the two red lines, so overwhelmed that even his hands were shaking.
“I… I’m going to be a father?”
“I’m going to be a father!”
All at once, he was like a child. He lifted me into his arms and spun me around wildly in the living room.
“Scarlett! I’m so happy! I’m going to have a child! Our child!”
The room spun around me, and I could only hold tightly onto his neck.
Looking at the pure joy on his face, I felt nothing, not even the slightest ripple, only a bone-deep chill.
Our child?
No, Damian.
This is your brother’s child.
The child of the lunatic you hate most.
Damian quickly called in the family doctor.
After a series of tests, the doctor confirmed that I was indeed pregnant. Four weeks along.
Damian was so happy he looked like a fool. He dismissed all the servants in the house and personally took care of my daily meals and routine.
Every day, he came up with different nutritious meals for me. He massaged me. He read stories to me.
He spoiled me like a real princess, as if he was afraid I would break if he held me too tightly and melt if he held me too gently.
When the family elders heard about my pregnancy, they were overjoyed too.
Damian was the Roman family’s sole heir. His child was tied to the future of the entire family.
Their attitude toward me, the so-called woman who had “contributed” to the family, changed completely.
Every single one of them became respectful and deferential toward me.
I enjoyed it all, sneering inwardly.
They would never know that the child in my belly would become the spark that brought the entire Roman family down.
To celebrate my pregnancy, Damian decided to hold a grand banquet. He would invite every elite, every powerful figure, and announce the good news to the whole world.
The banquet was set for one month later.
During that month, I received a message from Sebastian.
He had successfully escaped the psychiatric hospital.
“Dear sister-in-law, are you ready to welcome me?”
That was what he wrote in the encrypted message, his tone flippant and dangerous.
I replied with two words.
“Anytime.”
At the same time, I also received another piece of news.
About Isabella.
She had been imprisoned in a basement by her husband, the heir of a second-rate family with violent tendencies.
The man was a compulsive gambler. After losing the family fortune, he took all his rage out on Isabella and abused her in every way possible.
I obtained a video.
In the video, Isabella had been tortured beyond recognition. Her body was covered in wounds, and she was curled up in a dark, damp corner like a dying dog.
The once untouchable, radiant woman in Damian’s heart was now reduced to a miserable wreck.
I watched the video without the slightest bit of pity, only satisfaction.
Look at you now, Isabella. You were too good for Damian back then—when he was just the spare heir with nothing to his name. So you chose the easy path. The rich husband.
Now, the wealthy family you married into had become your hell.
And the man you once discarded like trash was now holding me in the palm of his hand.
How ironic.
I saved the video, then made a phone call.
“On the day of the banquet, play this video on the big screen.”
“I want everyone to see what became of Damian’s precious first love.”
After hanging up, I placed my hand over my lower abdomen.
Baby, don’t be impatient.
The real show has only just begun.
