Chapter 732

Katie's hair was disheveled and her face marked by deep anguish and fatigue. «Luciana. "He began, his voice breaking as he tried to arouse Luciana's sympathy with a term of endearment."

Unbeknownst to Katie, Luciana felt a surge of fury at her tactic.

"Stop the nonsense!" Luciana snapped at him harshly. "Spit it out if you have something to say!"

"Luciana... You can't do this to me..." Katie persisted, her tears flowing uncontrollably despite Luciana's fury. "I'm pregnant with Mitchel."

With a swift movement, Luciana roughly slapped Katie. «Who do you think you are? Do you think I don't know?

The slap made Katie wince in pain. He stared at Luciana, his eyes burning with a hatred so fierce that he wished he could annihilate her.

The supervisor intervened. "Enough! Do you want to continue this meeting or not?

Katie, holding back her anger, reluctantly nodded.

"This is your first warning," the supervisor declared.

Still furious, but feeling helpless, Katie resumed her desperate plea: “Luciana, you have to believe me. That woman is the one who is cheating on you. His son is illegitimate, not mine. The child I'm carrying is definitely Mitchel's..."

Do you really think I'm still the naive woman I once was, Katie?

Luciana replied.

«Luciana, what are you implying...?» Katie asked, feigning confusion.

You may not know it, but Abel still has living relatives. "I have obtained your biological sample."

Katie's hands shook under the table, but she forced herself to maintain her composure. «Luciana, surely, you are joking. Even if you found her, that has nothing to do with me.

She gently stroked her belly and added: "This child is not yours."

Katie believed that by refusing a paternity test, Luciana would have no influence over her.

Luciana gave a slight smile. «The sample you left at the Glyn family private hospital? I have obtained it and they are analyzing it. “With modern technology, we will have accurate results within 24 hours.”

“Katie, listen!” Luciana's voice was heavy with pain. “I will make sure you answer for your recklessness!”

With those last words, Luciana left quickly and decisively.

Now alone and shaking with fear, Katie was stunned as this confrontation was precisely what she feared the most.

Once Luciana was gone, Katie stood up, her legs about to give way under her feet.

"Careful!" The supervisor rushed to restrain her.

Trembling, Katie returned to her cell, where sleep eluded her and she tossed and turned restlessly.

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