Chapter 305: Unstable (3)
"Duncan, please..." Annie’s voice cracked as she fell to her knees in front of him, clutching desperately at the legs of the man who now looked at her like a stranger. "We’re practically already a family. My father poured millions into your company. Can’t you overlook just this once? For me... for the baby?"
Duncan stared down at her, jaw tight and expression cold.
"Get up, Annie," he said, voice low but firm. "Don’t humiliate yourself more than you already have. I won’t marry you. And I won’t claim that child as mine."
Annie’s breath hitched.
"I ruined my life, my family, my future—all because of greed and lies. Because I believed in you. Because of that child," Duncan continued, his tone heavy with self-loathing. "And I’m not making it worse by tying myself to you forever."
"But Duncan—" Annie’s voice turned desperate, trembling as she clung tighter. "Please, I’ll give you everything. My inheritance. My savings, all that I have, all I need is you. Just marry me, and my father will pull strings—he’ll get you out of here. I promise we can start over. We can even have a baby of our own once you’re out, okay?"
Duncan yanked his legs back, shaking her off with revulsion.
"I’d rather rot in this cell until my last breath than sell my soul again," he spat. "You disgust me, Annie. Every time I look at you, I see the lies, the manipulation, the ruin. That child isn’t mine, and even if it were—I still wouldn’t stay."
Annie sobbed, still on her knees, trembling as her world crumbled around her.
"Get out of my sight!" Duncan roared.