Chapter 244. The Flowering of Evil

“I don't believe that nonsense. I don't know why my mother allied herself with someone like that.”

  “So you're not going to stop?”

  “No. I need to know about my mother.”

  “She won't say.”

  “I think I always knew she wouldn't, ever. But it's a good excuse to keep tormenting her.”

  “Anna... I'm going to prove to you that she's not joking, with a very simple question.”

  Anna leaned back in her chair, reassured.

  “Then do it.”

  “If you were pregnant today. Would you know who the father of the child was?”

 Anna felt her peace of mind fade. Adonis looked at her inquiringly, but she knew that he really believed her words.

  “I... well, the tests I did before coming to this country weren't exactly to identify a pregnancy, and... no. I wouldn't know.”

  “That's what I'm talking about.”

  “There's no such possibility. Not that I'm pregnant. I've been on t