It was the first time that Cassie had seen Luke in such a state.
Although he was fat and old, he was a gentleman and seldom yelled at her.She had always thought that he would maintain his impeccable gentlemanly behavior.She was momentarily stunned but she managed to return to her senses almost immediately.
Lauren had taught her to play meek and docile in front of men, so she changed her look to one of pity and grievance.She held the hem of her dress and said in a demure tone, “I didn’t mean for this to happen.It’s not one hundred percent safe, after all.”
How could Luke believe her words? He knew full well that she must have fallen pregnant on purpose because she wanted to have his child to tie them together.He couldn’t even stand the sight of her.
Another reason he had picked her to be his mistress was because he thought that she was stupid and wouldn’t cause any trouble for him.
However, that could not have been further from the truth. Catherine, Luke’s wife, sat there, sipping her tea as if nothing had happened.
As if she thought the tea was a little bitter, she popped a sweet little treat into her mouth.
Cassie became even more flustered when Luke still didn’t say a single word.She fell on her knees before him, grabbed his wrist and begged him, “Mr.Turner, please, for the sake of this unborn baby, have some mercy!”
Catherine found this whole thing so bland and boring.
After all, she had been through this on several occasions before.She put down the mini cake in her hand, wiped her fingers with a napkin, crossed her arms and asked with a smile, “Luke, the lady is pregnant with your child. What are you going to do?”
“I’ve warned you again and again that you can’t get pregnant, but you didn’t listen and you came here to make a scene in front of my wife?!” Luke said spitefully, throwing her a frigid look.
“I’ll give you some money as compensation.Go and have an abortion.Don’t come to me ever again.”
Cassie couldn’t believe her ears. How could he be so cruel to her? She moved closer, held his thigh and bawled her eyes out.
“Mr.Turner, how can you be so heartless? This is your flesh and blood.How can you kill your own chila?”
Tears filled her eyes to the brim and overflowed continuously.
What had now transpired was completely contrary to her expectations.
However, Luke turned a deaf ear to her words.He shook off her hands, looked at Catherine and said respectfully, “I’m sorry.I will handle this as soon as possible.”
Catherine replied calmly, “I have just bought this house and she still managed to find me here so easily. Where do you think she got the news from?”
Luke understood immediately.
They had been married for years now and they knew each other very well.
“I’ll deal with it after I get back,” he promised.
Catherine waved her hand and said with a smile.
“It’s okay. You can go and do your work.I’ll take care”
“Thank you.” Luke’s voice was utterly devoid of all emotion.
With his hands clasped behind his back, he glanced at Cassie who was still kneeling at his feet, with an unhappy expression.
He took out his checkbook from the inner pocket of his suit, signed one quickly and unceremoniously threw it in her face.
“Take this and get out of my life.Don’t let me see you again.”
“Mr.Turner! Mr.Turner! You can’t abandon me and our unborn baby!”
Cassie exclaimed, her eyes wide with panic and filled with tears.
She wanted to rush over to him again and beg him, but the bodyguards stationed in the house stopped her dead in her tracks.
Luke left without glancing back even once.
After he left, Catherine slowly got to her feet.She walked to the absent-minded Cassie, squatted down and patted her tear- stained cheek.
In a half mocking and half sympathetic tone, she said, “I’ve met many of Luke’s mistresses.A few of them were as stupid as you.” Cassie felt that her self-esteem had been trampled on mercilessly.
Although she had decided to give up her dignity when she chose to become Luke’s mistress, she had been spoiled by Lauren since she was a child.
In the Quinn family, no one dared to treat her in this fashion.
“What are you trying to say?” Cassie said through gritted teeth.
“Little girl, didn’t you investigate and do proper research before you plotted this pregnancy? The family behind me is as powerful as the Turner family, and I’m in charge of almost half of the Turner family’s business.Luke doesn’t even dare to raise his voice at me.Who do you think you are? You have no influential background or any remarkable ability. How dare you even think that you could try to replace me?”
Catherine said with a calm and content looking smile, as if she was still standing at the top of the world as victor after witnessing all kinds of ups and downs.
This kind of peace was underwritten by the most intense contempt.
Cassie became flustered when she heard Catherine’s tone, which was like she was talking to an ant.She immediately said, “Don’t forget that l’m pregnant with a child of Turner blood. The baby might be a boy.”
Catherine smiled and shook her head.
She looked at Cassie’s flat belly and said, “The baby in your belly is nothing. There are so many women can give birth to a child for Luke.Why would he choose a bimbo like you?”
After she finished laughing, she stood up and took a seat at the table in a graceful, elegant manner.
“Rule number one of being a mistress is to be obedient. If you continue to be so insensible, no man will want you. Take the money to abort the child as soon as possible, or you will make Luke even unhappier.Besides, you are still young and beautiful. When Luke is no longer interested in you, which I presume would be soon, you can still marry an honest man, settle down and have your own child. Then you can live a happy life for the rest of your days.Don’t waste your life for the temporary vanity at present.”
It was not until this moment that Cassie realized the expansive gap between her and Catherine.
Her heart sank to rock bottom.
Catherine was drinking tea elegantly.
Although there were wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, her beauty hadn’t faded that much over the years.
Time had also gifted her with a charm that younger women just couldn’t pull off.
Not only was she rich, but also intelligent and sensible.
Now that she thought about it, judging from the tone Luke took with her, she believed he might actually be scared of Catherine.
Cassie lowered her head in humiliation.
Maybe it was better for her to retreat.
But Cassie’s eyes then lit up with fighting spirit again.She was still unwilling to let Luke abandon her.
Even if Luke gave her a sum of money, it didn’t offer as much security as having a rich husband.
— Subconsciously, Cassie covered her belly with her hand.
She still wanted to give birth to the baby.
The baby was her life-saving straw now.
When Luke saw the child, he might change his mind about abandoning her.
When Catherine saw Cassie’s reaction, she knew exactly what was going through her mind.She shook her head and sighed in her heart that Luke’s taste in women was getting increasingly worse with each mistress.
This woman was as dumb as a doorknob.
