Chapter 1691: Chapter 1696

Katie’s hair was disheveled, her face etched with deep distress and fatigue.

“Luciana.

she started, her voice breaking as she tried to stir Luciana’s sympathy with a term of endearment.

”

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

“Cut the crap!” Luciana snapped harshly.

“Spit it out if you have something to say!”

“Luciana… You can’t do this to me…” Katie persisted, her tears flowing unchecked despite Luciana’s fury.

“I’m carrying Mitchel’s child.

”

In a swift motion, Luciana slapped Katie sharply.

“Whose child do you think you’re carrying? Do you think I’m unaware?”

The slap left Katie reeling in pain.

She stared at Luciana, her eyes burning with a hatred so fierce that she wished she could annihilate Luciana.

The supervisor stepped in.

“Enough! Do you want to continue this meeting or not?”

Katie, biting back her anger, nodded reluctantly.

“This is your first warning,” the supervisor declared.

Still seething but feeling powerless, Katie resumed her desperate plea, “Luciana, you must believe me.

That woman is the one deceiving you.

Her child is the illegitimate one, 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 retorted.

“Luciana, what are you implying…” Katie asked, feigning confusion.

With icy detachment, Luciana disclosed, “Perhaps you’re unaware, but Abel still has living relatives.

I’ve secured his biological sample!”

Katie’s hands trembled beneath the table, yet she strove for composure.

“Luciana, surely you’re jesting.

Even if you found it, that has nothing to do with me.

”

She caressed her belly softly and added, “This child isn’t his.

”

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

Luciana offered a faint smile.

“The sample you left at the Glyn family’s private hospital? I’ve secured it, and it’s currently being tested.

With modern technology, we’ll have accurate results within 24 hours.

”

“Katie, Listen up!” Luciana’s voice was laden with grief.

“I will see that you answer for your recklessness!”

With those final words, Luciana exited swiftly and decisively.

Now alone and trembling with fear, Katie was in a daze since this confrontation was precisely what she feared the most.

Once Luciana was gone, Katie stood up, her legs nearly giving way beneath her.

“Careful!” The supervisor hurried to steady her.

Shaking, Katie returned to her cell, where sleep eluded her, and she tossed and turned with restlessness.