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I broke the silence, "Are you finished with that? If so, let's go inside and complete the paperwork."

"I'll step aside so you don't have to worry about your image."

My words instantly provoked his anger.

"Zenith, do you have a heart of ice? Can't you see how much pain you've caused her?"

"I demand that you apologize to her right now!"

I scoffed at his audacity and, noticing Yvonne's smug expression behind him, I replied coldly,

"Aren't you the one who's blind? You pushed me down the stairs. Did you ever say sorry? What right do you have to claim you're the baby's father? Is it because you ignored me during the fire?"

"Or maybe it's because you spent my entire five-month pregnancy involved with another woman?"

His brows furrowed in rage as he yelled at me.

"You were pregnant and set your own house on fire, trying to burn Yvonne alive!"

"I thought giving you a week would help you cool down, but clearly that was pointless."