Chapter 4: Yield.-4

I plead guilty!

All of it, she took on herself alone.

Anna was flirty in bed but resourceful and capable at work, and she would never admit defeat.

He had expected this case to go on for a long time, and with Anna's nature, she wouldn't give up until she got what she wanted.

When Anna finished, Ace froze. He sat in his chair for a long time before the trial ended before standing up.

His mind was in turmoil.

"From now on, we're done."

The last ten years didn't count?

"I'll pretend we never met ............"

Never met?

Ace hadn't seen Anna cry since the day her father was admitted to the ICU. But now, all he could think about were the tears on her face.

Ace shrugged, "We're done!"

He stepped away from the plaintiff's chair but almost fell over.

He recalled the determination with which she had uttered those words as if she had slammed some contracts for the project on the table and said, "This project must be mine!"

It had to be!

Ace tugged on his tie and walked out of the courtroom. From this moment on, there would be no more Anna in his life.

--

Prison.

Anna's mouth was bleeding as she straddled another woman's body. The shoe in her hand slapped the woman in the face, "Do you ever dare come near me again?"

"No! No!"

"Do you ever dare to pour anything you don't want on my dinner plate again?" After that, Anna slapped the woman two more times.

"No! No!" The woman begged again and again.

Anna used to practice judo. She couldn't beat Ace, but the woman in front of her was no match for her.

In a place like a prison, it was inevitable that someone would bully the new girls. She tried to forgive them, but these bitches went too far!

This was the kind of prestige she had to build up, or anyone could climb on top of her later.

In this world, only Ace could bully her and leave her defenseless.

But she could only be hurt by him once!

Only once!

All the female inmates feared Anna because she was mean as an asshole.

When Anna learned she was pregnant, she was at her wit's end. She didn't know what to do.

When Garren Shawn visited Anna in prison, Anna finally saw hope. She looked at Garren through the thick glass, "Garren, please help me."

Anna had lost a lot of weight and now looked like a skeleton. Garren's lips trembled angrily, "Why did Ace do this to you? What did he want? When he warned me to stay away from you, I thought he loved you. I let you go because I saw the way you looked at him. But why are you in jail now!"

Garren's eyes reddened, "Anna! You stupid woman!"

Anna tightened her lips, "How would I know I was stupid if I hadn't experienced it? Everything has a cause and an effect. Don't talk about these things of the past."

"Why can't we talk about it? He put you in jail himself! What was he thinking?"

"I owe him. It's time to pay him back." Anna took a deep breath and tried to keep the tears from flowing, "Now we're done."

Garren wanted to say something else, but he stopped himself.

Anna said, "You have to help me think of something. I'm pregnant. Don't let anyone out there know about my pregnancy, and even if they do, help me figure out a way to prove the baby is someone else's."

"Ace's baby?"

"Yes."

"Why don't you abort it?"

"I can't."

"Why?"

"I'll never fall in love with anyone ever again. I've had enough of men. But the baby is mine." Anna looked into Garren's eyes, her tears finally flowing.

Garren's fist slammed hard on the stone platform, "And you've turned down every man for him?"

"At least for now."

Garren knew Ace had broken Anna's heart, and she had to adjust herself now. Garren couldn't push her.

"OK, I will help you."

--

The day Anna entered labor, the doctor performed a C-section on her.

"She's so young, but there's only one kidney left."

Only one kidney left.

Anna fumed as she heard the doctor talk.

Ace Robert, how could you be so cruel to me?

Fortunately, we're done.