"Don't drink the tea, my lady!" Adela shouted and grabbed the cup resulting in its content spilling into the floor.
Laura's brows furrowed in confusion. "But why?" she looked at the servant with a questioning glance, then looked at the healer.
The healer maintained her silence letting Adela do the talking.
Adela dropped on the floor on bended knees. "I'm so sorry, my lady. Please forgive me, the tea that you are about to drink is poisonous, it will kill the fetus inside your womb!" she said, her eyes swarmed with tears.
Laura's eyes widened in shock. She looked at the old woman who is avoiding her gaze. "Grandma, is it true that the tea is poisoned? That it's meant to kill my baby inside my tummy?" she asked, her chest felt heavy due to horror.
Grandma kneels in front of Laura, looking at her with pain in her eyes. "Yes, it's true. Lord Luke ordered me to make the poison brew and serve it to you for one week to abort the baby in your tummy. Adela and I don't want to do it, but he told Adela that he will fire her from her job if the brew is not made. So, I have to help her. I'm sorry, my lady, we have no other choice but to follow the lord's order," she said sadly.
Laura's eyes welled. She stared at the poisonous brew spilled on the floor disgustedly. Damn! She was so close to drinking the poison!
She stared at the servant and the healer's faces angrily for a long time, she felt betrayed, she trusted them with her heart! How can they do this to her!?
On the other hand, she can't entirely blame them. They were under Luke's command. They won't do it on their own accord because in front of her are good women, just that Luke is the evil one and force them to commit the bad deed!
She was furious with Luke for trying to kill her baby!
But she's also aware that he can find 100 ways to kill the baby in her tummy without using other people.
She released a deep sigh. She looked at the gloomy faces of the women kneeling on the floor. "Get up, I'm not angry anymore. You are forgiven," she said and looked at Adela. "You may clean the floor."
"Thank you, my lady!" the women spoke in unison.
Adela exited the room and returned a few minutes later holding a mop in her hand, she began wiping the spilled liquid on the floor.
Grandma sat on the chair looking at the lady. "Who exactly are you, my lady?" she asked curiously.
Laura sighed. "I'm a married woman. My husband is Luke's twin brother and the baby is our child. Luke was my ex-boyfriend, he got jealous that I married his brother instead of him so he abducted me and imprisoned me here in his house. That is the whole truth!" she said sadly.
Grandma and Adela looked at each other pitying the lady.
"I'm so sorry, my lady!" Adela repeated her apologies.
"I'm deeply sorry too, my lady," the healer said.
Laura took a deep breath. "It's okay, you two can leave my room now," she said calmly. She looked at Adela. "Please, tell your lord that I want to talk to him!" she said.
"Yes, lady!" Adela said.
The women left the room.
Laura was seething in anger inside the room. How dare Luke planned to kill his blood relative? He's worst than the animals!
Although she was furious, she's also aware that she's under Luke's power and he can do anything he wants to do with her. He can harm her baby inside her womb anytime he wanted to, the only thing she can do right now is protecting her baby's life at all costs, even if she will resort to swallowing her pride and kissing his feet.
She squeezed her eyes shut, gathering strength to swallow her pride. When it comes to her baby, she will do anything even if it's against her will!
And she knows exactly how to subdue Luke's anger.
She has to do it, no other choice!
A few minutes later.
The door opened and Luke entered, he closed the door behind him.
When she looked at him, there was no hint of anger in her eyes, only calmness. "You asked for me?" he said.
Laura cleared her throat and caresses her tummy lovingly. "I want to negotiate with you. Stop planning about killing my baby in my tummy. Allow me to give birth in peace, then give the baby to Graven and you can have me all by yourself, I'm yours!" she offered.
Luke's lips curled up into a smile. "Really-? Is that your final decision? You won't change your mind?" he asked.
"Yes! Just wait patiently for nine months, after I give birth to my baby, my body is yours," she repeated and bit her lip.
Luke's lips erupted into a wide grin. "Wow! I'm happy to hear that! How can I be sure that you won't back out on your decision? That you won't change your mind?" he asked her, feeling doubtful.
"I won't... you have my word already," she said dejectedly.
Luke went to her side. "Alright, prove to me how serious you are with your offer to me..."
Laura's brows furrowed in confusion, she stepped back because he was closing in and invading her space. "W-what do you mean?"
"I want to know how serious you are with your offer. Prove it!" he challenged her.
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