CHAPTER 305: CHAPTER 305: WHEN IT COMES TO HURTING SERENA, I CAN’T COMPARE TO YOU, JULIAN

Child...

Julian Lawson clenched his fists tightly.

That was the child he had always wanted.

And just like that, it was gone.

She had already lost hope in him, didn’t want any connection with him.

If it weren’t for the online user 567 exposing it, she would never have let him know in his lifetime that they had a second child.

Now look at Vera Hansen.

She was still pretending, still trying to make excuses.

Pretending to be sick, pretending to be pitiful!

Did she really think that as long as she cried, he would forgive her as he had before?

Perhaps it was the impression he had given her in the past that made her behave so recklessly.

But the indulgence he showed in the past was just for the sake of that promise.

For the person he wanted to protect, he endured.

"Vera Hansen, the test results are already out, what more do you want?" Julian Lawson’s eyes were bloodshot, locking onto Vera.

Vera looked at Julian Lawson’s furious expression, and her heart filled with hatred.

She hated the online user 567, hated Serena Sterling.

She knew that the truth of her fake illness would eventually come to light, but it depended on timing.

Once she had married Julian Lawson by stepping over Serena, once she truly became Mrs. Lawson, she would use a more gentle approach to make everything transition smoothly.

She even planned to soften Julian Lawson by getting pregnant.

She knew that Julian Lawson had always wanted a child; it was his obsession.

She was so close to succeeding.

"Speak!" Julian Lawson roared.

Vera flinched, crying as she said, "It was that institution that tricked me, making me think I had cancer just to sell medicine, I..."

"Vera!" Julian Lawson lost his patience, standing up and grabbing Vera by the collar, pushing her against the headboard.

"Do you really think I know nothing?" His voice was low, pitiful yet sad.

Vera’s mind was still racing.

"Answer me!" Julian Lawson bellowed.

"Yes, I faked an illness, so what!" Vera shouted back.

It’s all Serena’s fault!

Everything is Serena’s fault!

It was Serena who drove her to such a desperate situation!

The more she thought about it, the more her hatred for Serena grew.

Vera’s eyes were filled with hatred toward Serena.

"Serena is already with Silas Hawthorne, so why is she still interfering with my matters!" Vera’s chest heaved with anger. "What does she want? To have both?"

Julian Lawson couldn’t believe what he was hearing.

Vera’s chest was rising and falling violently, her eyes locked on Julian Lawson.

"Even if you know, so what!"

"Serena is nothing but a whore!"

In the next moment, Julian Lawson’s hand pressed hard on her shoulder, face twisted in rage, the grip on Vera’s shoulder was forceful.

He looked at Vera in disbelief.

What was all this?

Why was Vera like this?

Why would she say such things?

Vera looked at Julian Lawson with a mocking smile, "Thinking of hitting me?"

"Isn’t that how you drove Serena away before?"

"Oh, no." The more Vera spoke, the louder her voice got, her body trembling slightly from agitation.

She said, "You pushed her away."

Vera’s eyes widened maliciously: "You pushed her down the stairs with your own hands, it was you who did it, it was you who killed your child, it was you who took half of her life, hahahaha..."

"Vera!" Julian Lawson roared in anger.

Yet Vera kept laughing.

"You blame me for faking an illness, but did I force you to push her? Did I force you to kill her child?" Vera shouted, voice shaking with agitation.

She said, "It was you yourself!"

"It was you, Julian Lawson!"

"And now you want to blame it all on me, Julian Lawson, you shameless!"

"Shut up!" Julian Lawson bellowed, every word from Vera felt like a sharp knife stabbing into his heart, "Vera, shut up!"

"I won’t!" Vera shouted, "You keep saying I hurt Serena, but I tell you, I, Vera Hansen, may have flaws, but when it comes to hurting Serena, I can’t compare to you, Julian Lawson!"

"Bang!"

Julian Lawson’s fist crashed into the hospital bed frame with a loud sound.

At this moment, Julian Lawson’s eyes were veined with red, his face distorted, looking like a wounded beast.

Terrifying.

Vera trembled with fear.

But she was determined to shift the blame, no one knew what she did in the hallway that day, she’d make Julian Lawson take the fall!

Thinking so, Vera started to sob again.

Crying, she said, "I faked the illness, but Brother Julian, if I didn’t, would you have even pitied me? Would you have stayed with me?"

"You wouldn’t even spare me a glance!"

Retreating to advance, she was well-versed in this tactic.

However, Julian Lawson didn’t buy it anymore.

"Just for this?" Julian was on the verge of breaking down, tears in his eyes.

For this, using every means and lie, to deceive him, to hurt Serena?

"Yes, just for this!" Vera panicked, holding Julian Lawson’s hand tightly, shouting, "Brother Julian, I love you!"

"Don’t you love Serena? Haven’t you always wanted her back? I feel the same for you, Brother Julian."

"Everything I did was for you, I became like this for you."

She said, "Brother Julian, we both have the same feelings, so you can understand me, can’t you?"

"Get out!" Julian Lawson screamed.

How dare she make such a comparison!

"Vera, I will never forgive you!" Julian Lawson glared coldly at Vera.

Vera was stunned, her whole body trembling.

Remembering the last time her fake depression was uncovered, and what Jude Chaucer did at Julian Lawson’s request.

Back then, Julian still had some pity for her, thought she was dying, wanted to fulfill their agreement, but this time...

Julian Lawson would not hold back.

"No, you can’t!" Vera shouted, "Julian Lawson, don’t forget about what happened a year ago!"

"Remember?" Vera said, "They originally sent the documents wanting Serena to go, but it was clueless me who attended."

"I took the fall for her!"

Vera was trembling, glaring at Julian Lawson’s eyes, threateningly: "Don’t forget our agreement!"

"I became like this all because of that day!"

"If I hadn’t gone to that meeting, I would still be a kind and beautiful person now!"

"You and Serena owe me!"

"It was you who needed me to keep the secret, not letting me spill it!"

Julian Lawson’s hand around Vera’s neck kept tightening.

Hate!

He never realized he could hate someone so intensely!

Back in their agreement, there was an implication of exchange and threat, but Vera hadn’t stated it so overtly.

He also thought she was dying, as long as the agreement was fulfilled, everything could be thoroughly resolved.

All things, all secrets, would vanish with Vera’s death.

Everything would return to the starting point.

Half a year, just half a year.

But now... he finally understood that what Vera wanted, was more than just this half a year.