Snow hugged Adam tightly from behind him and practically begged, “Adam, William is not treating me nicely at all. He has plenty of other lovers, and I feel so wronged.”

Adam scowled and clenched his fists tightly. “You stayed by William and gave him your whole heart. You even gave him the best years of your life, but he’s doing this to you?! Snow, don’t worry. I’ll settle scores with him for you right now and ask him whether he even has a speck of a guilty conscience!”

“No! You can’t!” Snow shook her head and placed her delicate hands on Adam’s. Her voice was hesitant but hopeful. “Adam, you’ve sacrificed your marriage for me, and I trust you. But if we bring this to the table, William will definitely be angry at me and divorce me. If that happens, what then? It’s not as if you can marry me.”

Snow bit her lip. “Of course, if you’re willing to leave Ginnie and marry me, I won’t have to tolerate William anymore.”

Adam said nothing. After a moment, he turned around and hugged Snow as he started patting her back gently. “Snow, I’m willing to do whatever you want. I’ll teach William a lesson from the shadows once I find the chance to do so, and he’ll definitely stop cheating on you.”

Snow hugged Adam’s waist even tighter and buried her face in his arms as she cried.

Ginnie had to grip the door frame tightly to prevent her legs from giving out on her.

She never thought that the usually level-headed Adam would become so wild and aggressive for someone else.

Her vision blurred, and Ginnie gagged before she stumbled away.

She ended up running to the manmade lake in the backyard as she gasped for air.

Her head seemed to be stuffed with cotton. Her arm ached as well, but none of it could compare to the hurt in her heart.

“Well, well, if it isn’t the former genius artist, Ginnie Sullivan. Why are you hiding here like a coward?”

Ginnie looked up and saw Snow standing haughtily in front of her.

But since it was Howard’s birthday today, Ginnie did not want to cause trouble with her, so she got up and wanted to leave, but Snow grabbed her arm and pinched the part that was the most heavily injured.

“Ah!” Ginnie cradled her arm and gnashed her teeth together as she glared at Snow. “Snow, I don’t want to ruin Mr. Howard’s birthday party! Don’t cross the line!”

Yet Snow just acted as if she heard the greatest joke in the world. She snickered and sized up Ginnie’s arm with a mocking look.

“You must feel horrible since your arm still hasn’t recovered, even after three years have passed. Do you know why you got injured in the first place? I’ll tell you out of the kindness of my heart. I asked Adam to do it for me!”

Ginnie’s heart squeezed in pain at Snow’s words.

She knew that Adam had refused to let her get her arm treated for Snow’s sake, but what did Snow mean by that?

Feeling pleased with Ginnie’s reaction, Snow smiled and said, “I cried to Adam and said that you were better in me in every way, then I asked him to help me break your hand. He agreed to it and pretended to owe money to loan sharks so that he could make you work nonstop!

“You didn’t break your arm by accident either. Adam got someone to do it.

“Even though I only asked him to break your hand, Adam pitied me and broke your arm. He does whatever I want. If I had asked him to take your life, would it have worked?

“Heh. I’ll let you live for now because I want you to see that the two men you liked in the past are now dancing in the palm of my hand. Even if you’re a genius artist, it doesn’t matter. In the end, you can’t even compare to me!”

Ginnie felt her blood drain. She tried her best to remain calm as she hissed, “Is that all you’ve got? You can’t compare to my drawing skills, so you relied on men to pull these underhanded tricks. Even if you had an extra three years, you still had to steal my artwork to gain some recognition! You’re forever so despicable!”

Snow’s expression sank, and she slapped Ginnie hard in the face. “You witch! Even now, you’re still going up against me!”

Before Ginnie could react to the situation, Snow’s expression morphed into a dark sneer.

“Ginnie, if I told Adam that you wanted to kill me out of anger, what would Adam do?”

With that said, she grabbed Ginnie’s injured arm and dragged her into the lake with her.

“Snow!”

With a shout, Adam jumped into the lake and swam with all his might toward Snow.

Ginnie reached out to him in pain, but he simply swam past her. He only cared about Snow.

Ginnie lost the remainder of her strength and could only watch as her husband saved Snow before performing CPR on her.

Blood oozed out of her injury, and it gradually turned the water red.

Right before her consciousness faded away entirely, her hearing sharpened.

“Don’t be scared, Snow. You’re okay now. I’m right here. Are you hurt anywhere else?”

“Sob… Adam, I didn’t know that Ginnie was still mad about last time. She said that she wanted to drag me to hell with her and pulled me into the lake without another word…”

Adam trembled. He finally noticed that Ginnie was also in the lake.

She smiled bitterly and allowed herself to sink to the bottom.

…

When she opened her eyes again, Ginnie found herself changed into a hospital gown and lying in a ward.

She was parched and pushed herself up to walk to the door, only to hear Adam’s voice outside.

“What on earth are these doctors doing? Why have they only just realized that Ginnie has been four months pregnant?”

Ginnie’s breath stilled, and she subconsciously put her hand over her stomach.

“Calm down, Mr. Grant. If Miss Warma learns that Mrs. Grant is pregnant, you won’t be able to be with her. Why don’t we put abortion pills into Mrs. Grant’s food or stage an accident—”

“No.” Adam rejected the idea swiftly. After some thinking, he said grimly, “The baby might have come at an inopportune moment, but no matter what, the baby’s mine. Once Ginnie gives birth, I can divorce Ginnie and marry Snow.

“Have the private doctor stay at my place and make sure he takes good care of Ginnie’s baby.”

“Understood, Mr. Grant.”

Ginnie stumbled back in shock. When she felt the door handle turn, she hurried back to the bed and lay in it.

When Adam held her hand, she feigned confusion and opened her eyes.

“Are you awake, Ginnie? You’ve been unconscious for a full day. You scared me!”

Adam nuzzled against her hand and looked at her gently. “You silly girl, let me tell you something good. You’ve been pregnant for four months. In half a year, our baby will be born. She’ll grow up and call us Daddy and Mommy. Ginnie, thank you…”

Ginnie teared up. She was finding it harder to understand Adam.

Even though he loved another woman, he still put on a loving act in front of her.

Perhaps he had been putting up that act for too long, and he had become really immersed with this character.

Ginnie opened her mouth and said hoarsely, “How was Mr. Howard’s birthday party? Snow—”

Adam put a finger before her lips, and the gentle look faded somewhat from his eyes.

“You’re the one who pushed Snow and caused her to nearly die. Even if you’re jealous of her, I can’t agree to it! Just stay home and rest for the baby’s sake. Stop talking about the past. I’ll go and apologize to Snow for your sake.

“But I can’t guarantee whether she’ll forgive you. No matter what, you’ll have to suffer the consequences.”

Ginnie looked down, and the last remaining longing she had for Adam vanished entirely.

Indeed. No matter what Snow did, Adam would side with her without hesitation. Why even defend herself, then?

Besides, she was about to leave soon, so there was no future for her with Adam anymore.

When Ginnie returned home with Adam, four obstetricians were already waiting for her.

Adam said sternly, “Over the next few months, you’re all fully in charge of monitoring my wife’s pregnancy. You must fulfill my wife’s needs and ensure a safe delivery for her!”

The four obstetricians bowed as one. “Understood, Mr. Grant, Mrs. Grant.”

But Ginnie scowled at that.

She was once an orphan and always hoped to have a baby of her own, but at that moment, she was uncertain.

Was there truly a need for a baby born of lies to be brought into this world?

At that moment, Adam’s assistant ran in while sweating.

“Bad news, Mr. Grant, check the news! Word about Miss Warma plagiarizing Mrs. Grant went out, and a large group of ghostwriters have appeared online to insult her!”

Adam grabbed the phone the assistant handed to him. When he read the contents, his eyes flew wide open before he hurriedly said, “Have the PR department call for an emergency meeting now, hurry!”

With that said, he did not even spend some time talking about why he was doing this to Ginnie. He just sped off to the company.

Ginnie turned on her phone. Just as she was expecting, she saw the hashtag #SnowWarmaplagiarism trending at the top.

The work Snow showed during the launch was indeed largely different from her previous style. At that moment, her social media account was flooded with skepticism and insults.

Ginnie had only one thing to say about this: She deserved it.

Feeling great, Ginnie had dinner and soon fell asleep.

But when midnight arrived, she woke up due to the continuous stream of message notifications she received on her phone.

Once she turned on her phone to check, all of her sleepiness was gone. In an instant, her phone was flooded with countless insults, and they were all from people who had wanted justice for Snow.

At the same time, her name started trending as well.

Apparently, Adam had publicly declared his support for Snow and had stated that Ginnie had a persecution complex.

He even brought out the drafts Ginnie never published to claim that those were all Snow’s, stating that she had been practicing this style. The only reason she had never published it was because she wanted to give everyone a surprise.

Ginnie clenched her phone so tightly that her hands started trembling. Tears filled her eyes.

For Snow, Adam had willingly pushed Ginnie into the center of the storm!

She immediately got out of bed and ran into the still lit study.

Adam was talking to his assistant. When he saw Ginnie, he immediately said, “Do as I said. If you run into any problems, call me.”

Then, as if nothing had happened, he put on a warm smile and draped a blanket over Ginnie’s shoulders.

“Why are you awake? Is the baby kicking up a fuss?”

Ginnie shoved her phone to his face. With a quivering voice, she demanded, “To help Snow’s image, you personally defamed me and even stole my past works for her? Have you ever thought about what I would have to go through if you did that?”

Adam sighed.

As if he did not see the continuous stream of insults on the screen, he hugged Ginnie and said, “Those people online just want to have someone to be the target of their negative emotions. Turn off your phone for the time being and turn a blind eye to it. Snow is already sharing common interests with the company, and her reputation will bring about a great effect to the company.

“Besides, think about it. Your arm is broken now, and Snow is Mr. Howard’s only student left. Can you really bear the thought of letting Mr. Howard’s skills be lost forever? Considering the current situation, I’m sorry, but you’ll have to go through some hardships for now.”

Even though he spoke as if he was negotiating with her, his stance was firm, and he allowed no room for any change in the situation.

Ginnie avoided Adam’s appeasing kiss and only felt anguish.

What about her? To protect Snow, Adam gave away the hard work she treated just as importantly as her life to someone else. Who was going to help her get her justice?

Adam’s phone rang again. It was from his assistant.

He looked away and gently pushed Ginnie out of the study.

“Be good now. I’m going to take this call. Calm down first. If you have any problems later, you can come to me.”