"So, I can have the baby?" Jessica's future looked brighter and happier. She was elated.

  "Sure. If that's what you want." Edward teased and said coldly as if he were talking about the weather.

  "Then will you marry me?" Jessica spat out the question she wanted to ask most.

  "Marry you? So that's what you want. But Jessica, you? How dare you think you're good enough for me?" The cruel words jumped out of Edward's mouth, a look of arrogance and disgust contorted his face.

  He wouldn't let anyone he disliked have any fantasies about him. He wouldn't even flirt with them. People might think he's cruel, but he never cared about what others thought.

  "But shouldn't our child have both father and mother?" Jessica panicked. If he didn't marry her, how could she trust that he'd support her, and how to deal with the baby inside her? She didn't want to be a single mom.

  "That's not my concern." Edward looked sideways while he spun the pen in his hand. He was teasing her, but his face was full of amused contempt.

  "Edward, you can't do this to me. You know how much I love you. What am I supposed to do without you? What about your kid?" Then Jessica pounced forward and grasped his arm, her tears dripping into Edward's big hand.

  "Jessica, get off me. Any feelings I had for you are fading away fast." Edward squinted his eagle eyes and looked coldly at Jessica's hands. His distaste was growing more and more obvious.

  "I……" Jessica released him. Her heart was torn apart. He couldn't let her stay even though s

  e room to her quickly, deliberately. He encircled her fragile neck with his hands, squeezing tighter and tighter. He stared at her viciously. His evil eyes made her tremble. She saw his gentle demeanor, but forgot the demon inside. Now she tasted the bitter fruit of that mistake. "Justin is no bastard. Get that through your thick skull."

  "I……" Jessica tried to remove his hands, but he only tightened his grip. Terror overwhelmed her. If she could start all over again, she hoped never to meet Edward. He was demon. He could love no one, only himself.

  "Mr. Edward……" Anna said, hesitantly. Anna was quite worried to see him choking Jessica. She had to remind Edward of what was going on, stopping him from doing something he might regret.

  "Jessica, you're lucky you're pregnant, or you'd pay the price for what you just said."

  Everyone knew that Justin was his favorite, his son. And Jessica was stupid enough to call him a "bastard." That mistake could have cost her. She would have thrown away her life.