Chapter 195

“I promise you,” he said, cutting her off. “I will make sure to get her out as soon as her term is done, and I will give her any amount she demands and allow her to leave our lives permanently.”

“Let us let her out now and allow her to leave permanently.”

“Jessica, I am worried because I do not know what she is capable of. If she can give up her niece as ransom, then…” he trailed off.

“I will speak with her. Just let her out.”

“Let’s sleep over it and discuss it much later, okay?”

“Just promise me you will think about it.”

“Of course, I will.”

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It was almost a week past Jessica’s expected delivery date, and she was agitated. She did not want to show it, but she was getting nervous about the sit