Chapter 694

"What's going on, Livia?" Finley's voice trembled with urgency.

"I already told you! I lost our baby because of you. You killed our child with your own hands!"

"I didn't even know you were pregnant, Livia. What happened?"

Livia's tone was as cold as ice. "You called me, said you were plastered. I went to the bar to get you, but you were nowhere to be found. Instead, I ran into some creeps. If Josie's friend hadn't shown up, I would've been done for. This is all on you, Finley. If not you, then Shay!"

With a swift, powerful move, Livia kicked Finley square in the stomach.

He doubled over, gasping for breath. "Livia, I swear, I never called you. That wasn't me."

Her eyes were like daggers. "If it wasn't you, then it was someone you know. Why else would anyone set me up? Who did I ever cross?"

Finley was just as desperate to figure out who'd used his name to lure Livia. "I'll find out who did this. You deserve the truth."

"Spare me! I can dig up the dirt myself. I don't need your pity or your help! It has to be someone you know, Finley."

Livia didn't need to say it outright; she wanted to plant doubt in Finley's mind. She suspected Shay.

Finley tried to explain, but Livia kicked him again, this time in the leg, forcing him down on one knee.

Looking down at him, she sneered, "Consider everything in the past a dog bite. From now on, every time I see you, you're getting a piece of me!"

She punched Finley square in the face, leaving him dazed and bewildered.

When did she get so strong? This wasn't the Livia he knew.

Mocking him, she laughed,

"Surprised? Finley, I'm not just good

Sufists. I know how to t

with my

someone down."

As Finley struggled to speak, Livia grabbed his arm and flipped him over her shoulder.

He hit the ground hard, the pain in his back and buttocks all too familiar. Without another word, Livia stormed off, bumping into Shay at the door.

"What are you doing here?" Shay asked, puzzled.

"I go where I want. Got a problem with that?" Livia shot back.

"Geez, Livia, why so hostile? I was just asking," Shay protested.

"Me? Hostile? Shay, don't you find your holier-than-thou act a bit nauseating?"

Shay glared at her, his anger

palpable. “And what about you? You're nothing but Finley's plaything He kicked you out, but here you are, crawling back. Got no shame?"

Livia slapped Shay hard across the face. "I've had it with your constant yapping.

What are you, a clucking hen?"

With that, Livia walked away, leaving Shay clutching her face in disbelief.

As Shay

saw.oved to confront her, she

saw Finley. "Finley, has Livia lost her ind? She hit me and it

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bad."

Her words fell on deaf ears. Finley's gaze was fixed on Livia's retreating figure, looking utterly lost.