Chapter 169

Stella shoved Charles's hand away without hesitation. "Spare me your pity, I don't need it! If the Carter family wants me dead, let them come do it themselves." Her palm instinctively cupped her belly as she spoke, her tone dripping with sarcasm. "Or what, you're hoping the baby 'accidentally disappears' again? Just like last time?" Even a healthy person might not survive this kind of punishment—and they wanted a pregnant woman like her to go through it? The thought was just ridiculous. To Stella, Charles was no longer someone she could trust—that illusion was long gone. Their divorce had everything to do with this child. And when it came to the baby, Charles reacted like he was walking on eggshells. He grabbed her wrist tightly. "Stella, it's not like that." "Isn't it exactly what you've been waiting to hear?" Stella scoffed coldly. "The great Grace's fiancé." That hit Charles like a punch to the chest. He hated being called Grace's fiancé—absolutely despised it. But no matter how muc