"I'm the one who took you from nothing. Made you a live-in husband. Put you in the CEO's chair of a brand-new company. That should tell you I've always had far more up my sleeve than what you can see."
But the instant I pressed it, no alarm sounded from my body.
Instead, a shrill, piercing wail erupted from Sapphire.
My pupils contracted. I stared at Morton in disbelief.
He'd secretly removed my personal alarm and planted it on Sapphire.
The sudden blast of noise sent Sapphire into a violent flinch. Her legs buckled and she crumpled to the ground, both hands clutching her stomach, her face draining of color in an instant.
"Morton, my stomach... it hurts so bad... The baby, my baby..."
Morton's expression twisted. He lunged toward her like a man possessed, gathering her into his arms, then whipped his head around to glare at me with murder in his eyes.
"Teresa! You won't stop until you've destroyed us, will you?!"
"You won't have children yourself, so you have to make sure Sapphire can't either? How can you be so vicious!"
The shrill commotion quickly drew passersby from the surrounding area. A crowd gathered at the villa's entrance, pointing and whispering in my direction.