Chapter 20

"Hear you out?" Miranda pulled her hand free and glared at Jerome, the man she had once loved deeply and now hated with equal intensity, her eyes brimming with tears. "Was it a lie that you took Freddie's kidney for Dami? Was it a lie that you let Madison break my hand? Forcing me to kneel and apologize, smashing Freddie's room, and faking a marriage with me. How could any of that ever be explained?" Jerome's face drained of color, his breathing uneven. "The fake marriage… You found out?" "Yeah," Miranda said bitterly, letting out a laugh tinged with self-mockery. "I was married to you for six years, Freddie is five, and only after he died because of you did I realize I wasn't even legally your wife. That Freddie was just an illegitimate child! "From the very beginning, Jerome, your only goal in getting close to me was to have me bear a child so you could take my child's kidney for your own son!" "No!" Hearing the full weight of hatred in Miranda's voice, Jerome felt as if his h