Chapter 3: The Secret Behind the Hatred
As officers placed handcuffs on the blonde, she suddenly laughed.
"You still don't understand."
She stared directly at the pregnant woman.
"I wasn't trying to ruin your life."
"I was protecting mine."
Ruiz frowned.
"What does that mean?"
The blonde's voice shook.
"That baby..."
"...is the legal heir."
Everyone froze.
She confessed everything.
Years earlier, she had secretly forged financial documents to steal millions from the family's estate.
But the unborn child would automatically inherit control of the trust once born.
A routine inheritance audit would expose every fraudulent transfer she had made.
If the baby never lived...
The investigation would never happen.
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She hadn't hated the pregnant woman.
She had feared the truth.
