Lin Lihua held a hand over her mouth and laughed coldly. "Katy Blanc, how old do you think I am, huh? Forget about your business with Ruoxi. If it wasn't meant for me, how did it end up in my stomach?"

"She…" Katy Blanc had never had the chance to say this because Lin Lihua wouldn't listen to her.

Now that she finally did, it was not sure whether she should be happy or sad. Would she even believe a word of it?

"I had been framed too many times. In the final year of middle school, I was accused of cheating in a test. Exam papers were found in my locker. I didn't put them there; I know who did.

In the same year, Ruoxi hit me with a gun and claimed that it was an accident when it was not.

In the first year of senior high, I was accused of the most humiliating thing – being in a sexual relationship with a teacher. For this too, I know she was the one who did it.

In the second year of senior high, someone photo shopped my pictures and posted them in the school forum. They were… too revealing. You saw them mother. You know how humiliating that was. I never had a single day of peace in school. Everyone would scold me and shame me for being a sl*t with loose morals.

I told my friend about it and they recommended that I should make her spill the truth by making her take a truth serum. So I put it in her water.

I didn't expect her to bribe a maid to give it to you instead. She knew you were pregnant and such strong drugs would definitely hurt you. By the time I realized that something was wrong, it was already too late. I'm so sorry."

"Heh…" Lin Lihua laughed. "Are you done? You still take me for a fool, don't you? If it is as you say it, why did you wait until Henry went for a long business trip? And why did you not tell him what happened when he came back? Do you think I'll believe you simply because you shed some drops of crocodile tears?"

Katy looked helpless and depressing. "If I told daddy before I did it, he obviously wouldn't approve it. Later when that accident happened, I knew daddy would definitely hate me. Everyone hated me already. I didn't want him to hate me too. I was selfish…"

She had in fact been so selfish that she made sure no one knew about this matter, for fear that Henry Blanc would find out.

Lin Lihua did not respond to this. This was the very reason why she didn't tell Henry Blanc either. She chose to be the one to bear the pain of child loss on her own. She already hated Katy very much but subconsciously, she found her too pitiful. Henry Blanc would definitely kill her if he learnt that she had caused the death of his unborn child. It was better to have one corpse than two.

Lin Lihua smiled with all the bitterness in her soul. "I was going to give Henry a surprise. I know he has always wanted a child of his own.

He could have been just a few years younger than Xian Yu right now."

She realized that she had lost control of her emotions and stopped. "Leave. I don't want to hear you call me your mother again. The one who should call me that… was indirectly killed by you."

Katy dropped to her knees. "It was all my fault. I hope that one day you will forgive me."

Lin Lihua stood and ignored her.

Katy was at a loss. Should she tell Henry Blanc? Actually, all these years she was not just afraid of being hated by him and facing his wrath. Henry Blanc had already lost his sister to a brutal murder and disowned his mother. If he learnt that he had lost an unborn child too, wouldn't he die of heartache?

"What was spoken here today, remains here." Lin Lihua suddenly said. "Do you understand?"

"Yes. I will keep my mouth shut."

"I'm not doing it to cover up for you. I just don't want him to be hurt." After saying this, she went back to her room.

___

Some time later, in HL Entertainment.

Lin Lihua had summoned a huge group of reporters. There was a whole crowd of them. None of them belonged to HL Entertainment. Of course, she couldn't make such a dumb move. Some were from other media houses while a large number of them were not even reporters.

"You all know what to do. I don't want anything to go wrong."

"Yes ma'am. We will do our job well."

She didn't care about her identity being disclosed. So what if it got disclosed? She didn't care about such things anymore.

…

As soon as Ruoxi exited Le Blanc Group Building, she was surrounded by a swarm of reporters. They shoved her back and forth and pushed microphones to her face.

"Miss Ruoxi, are you really the new deputy CEO?"

Ruoxi felt proud hearing this question. Thanks mother. She smugly answered with an obvious hint of arrogance. "Yes."

"But you did not qualify. What is Mr. Blanc thinking?"

"Miss Ruoxi, is it true that you cheated your foster father out of shares?"

"Miss Ruoxi, your sister Katy is not here today. Is it because you suppressed her and stole her shares?"

"What? I…" Ruoxi finally realized something wrong. What was this all about?

"Miss Ruoxi, it is said that you have a terrible relationship with your father so you threatened him to become the deputy CEO. Is it true?"

The questions became nastier.

"The Blanc family has adopted and raised you. But you turned around and stabbed them in the backs. Is this how you show your gratitude?"

"Eh, Mr. Blanc is here." Someone saw Henry Blanc exit the building.

"Mr. Blanc, please tell us why you made a rookie with zero experience the deputy CEO of the company. Is it because she threatened you?"

Henry Blanc wondered just what Lin Lihua was up to. But he played along. "I have nothing to say."

By saying this and walking away, he only confirmed their words. She had used unfair means.

Ruoxi couldn't control herself anymore. "Henry Blanc, you a**hole!"

___

She stormed back home and rushed to Lin Lihua who was in the living room. "Mother, I was bullied today. It's all Henry's fault."

Lin Lihua stroked her hair. "Don't be angry. It's not good for the baby. I'll pour you a glass of water."

"Mmh." Henry Blanc, just you wait and see. Lin Lihua will obviously side with me and take the whole of Le Blanc Group from you to give to me.

She drank the water in huge gulps.

…

Just a few minutes later, Ruoxi felt a pain in her abdomen and clutched her stomach. "What's wrong with me…it hurts."

Lin Lihua didn't spare her a glance. "Go and rest."

Ruoxi stood to go but she was suddenly weak and fell to the floor. In the next moment…

"Huh?!... This is...

Blood!

Mother! I think I'm having a miscarriage!" she exclaimed in alarm.

Lin Lihua turned leisurely to look at her evilly. "Oh, Is that so?"