Chapter 3 Take Away The Child (Part One)

The baby's skin was smooth and bright. His dark eyes were like two black gemstones embedded on his delicate face. Under his small nose was a pair of cherry pink lips. The more Alice looked at him, the more she grew to love the little boy.

Alice stared at her grandson adoringly, before turning her attention to Selina, who said, "Eh? Mom, why didn't Spenser come in?"

"He..." Alice hesitated for a moment. She looked at Jane feeling a little embarrassed. Jane stared back at her in confusion. He was outside just now. Why didn't he come in?

"He... Uhm... He was just outside, but he got called away to work. I heard that there were documents that urgently required his signature, so..." Alice stammered.

Disappointment spread all over Selina's face when she heard the news. Jane snorted, "What kind of document could be so important? Does he really have to sign it now?"

Alice didn't know what to say, but Selina hurriedly explained for Spenser, "Mom, this is normal when you're running a business. Sometimes, there would be urgent documents that need immediate attention. If these things aren't checked on time, Spenser could risk losing millions of dollars."

The truth was that Selina was just comforting herself and her mother. She forced herself not to think about it too much. After such a long time, she had learned her position in the Fang Family. She wouldn't expect Spenser to treat her the same way he did before.

"Oh? Really?" Jane pretended to be confused and asked in a low voice. Deep down, she thought, 'My dear daughter, why are you still being so considerate and concerned about him?' Moreover, she wondered why the members of the Fang Family couldn't cherish someone as kind as her daughter.

"All right! Selina must be tired. The nurse just said that she shouldn't talk too much. She needs her rest. Let's go now!" Alice immediately tried to end the conversation between mother and daughter, afraid that if Jane stayed longer, she would reveal more about the cruel decision than she wanted to.

Jane took a look at Alice and nodded. And after briefly exchanging a few more comforting words, the two women went out.

The following day...

Selina woke up to the sound of two people arguing outside.

"No, you can't do this to my daughter! She just gave birth to the baby..." It was Jane's voice that came from outside.

"You'd better stay away from me. Have you forgotten what you said at the door of the delivery room yesterday? I'm just here to fulfill my obligation."

There was no mistaking that the other party was Vivian. 'What is Vivian doing here? And why is my mother quarreling with her?' Selina wondered. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Vivian coming in aggressively. Behind her was a man and a woman. Selina recognized the man as a lawyer of the Fang Family. He was carrying something in his hand. But she couldn't tell who the other woman was.

The sight of them immediately gave Selina a bad feeling.

"Selina, here's a check for fifty million dollars. Take this money now and cut off your relationship with the Fang Family! Think about it. Fifty million dollars is quite a lot of money. That should be enough!" Vivian said coldly.

Selina could only stare blankly at the check being waved in front of her. She didn't know how to react. It took her a long time before muttering, "What do you mean?"

"What do I mean? Didn't your mother tell you that your child was sold to our Fang Family?"

"What? Sold?" Selina screamed in confusion as she looked at Jane. With guilt written all over her face, the latter tried to explain herself, "Selina, it's not like that..."

"Of course, technically, the money isn't being paid to buy the child. Spenser is the child's father, after all. But we hope that after taking this money, you will cut all ties with this baby and regard him as nothing but a stranger!" Vivian interrupted Jane.

These words snapped Selina to her senses. She had always thought that this day would come. She just didn't expect that it would come so soon. The moment Vivian returned to Spenser, the happy life she had worked hard to establish collapsed in an instant.

Thinking that the baby was about to be separated from her, she immediately stood up and took the little boy from his crib. She shouted, "I won't let you have my child. No way!"

"No way? Humph! Don't forget that the baby also belongs to Spenser. We can take this to court even if you protest. Don't worry about him. We've already hired a nanny for the baby. Don't try to fight us. Take the money and leave the country. Live your life in peace!"

As Vivian finished her words, she turned to the woman behind her and ordered, "Lily, go and get the child."

The fat woman nodded and walked up to Selina. Shocked, Selina took a step back, holding the baby in her arms. She screamed, "What are you doing? Don't you dare take away my baby! He's mine!"

But Selina, who had just given birth, was no match against Lily. With little effort, Lily tried to pull the baby away from his mother. Selina could only cry as she begged, "Please, please don't do this. If you're a parent as well, would you be able to bear being separated from your child?"

But Lily just shrugged her shoulders and sneered, "Humph! I don't care about that. The only thing I care about is the salary Miss Vivian is going to pay me every month. She's giving me ten times more than I could possibly earn from other employers. We need to work hard to get more money, don't we?" She then gave a forceful tug to completely separate the baby from the crying Selina. But Selina still clung onto her child, unwilling to hand her baby away.