"You're pregnant, aren't you?" Cassie asked deliberately.
Violet froze for a moment and then quickly took several steps backwards in an attempt to keep her distance from Cassie. Staring at the woman standing across her, Violet frantically thought, 'This woman is as dangerous as a ticking time bomb. If she bursts into anger, she might hurt me.'
"How did you know?" Violet asked, her voice unstable. She had kept this news to herself. Greg, Lily, Bill and even Alice didn't know that she was pregnant. She wondered why and how Cassie knew about it.
Cassie let out a triumphant laugh. With arms crossed across her chest, she lifted her head a little and replied, "Did you think that you could keep me in the dark? No one can hide anything from me once I decide to find out all that's there to know."
Cassie looked into Violet's eyes as she went on, "Looks like you didn't tell Greg that you are pregnant. If he knew, he wouldn't have allowed you to meet another man at a place like this."
Violet was still bewildered, 'Where is Francis? Why would Cassie be here?'
"What's going on? Why are you here?" Violet blurted out. Fear had seized her. She had no idea about Cassie's purpose of being here.
"Are you curious? Since you asked, let me tell you," Cassie replied. She was certain that the innocent Violet would never know the truth if she decided not to tell her. But
“Let's go and register our marriage on your birthday!”
Marrying Daniel should have been her best birthday gift, but everything was ruined the moment when she caught him sleeping with another woman on the day before her birthday.
“He’s going to marry that woman! She... was my best friend!"
g her eyes off Violet, she continued, "I thought you would have already told Greg that you are pregnant, but you haven't. What are you planning, Violet? When are you going to give Greg back to me?"
Cassie's hand which was on Violet's chin started shaking. Her eyes were fuming with rage.
"Greg and I will never split up. I won't give him up to anyone," Violet declared. At that moment, she knew her heart's desire better than ever. She loved Greg and would never let him go. She resolved to spend the rest of her life with that man.
"Is that so?" Cassie countered, her face beginning to twitch in wild anger. She was losing control of herself.
Seeing Cassie's hideous expression, Violet was so terrified that she couldn't even speak.
"Tell me... Whom do you want more, your unborn baby or Greg?" Cassie roared at Violet.
Shuddering, Violet met Cassie's ferocious gaze and answered firmly, "Both of them."