Chapter: 457

Feeling unwell and standing his ground, he responded hoarsely, “I'm not well. Let someone else attend to you."

Lilliana, lounging on the sofa and perusing photos, was clearly upset.

"Is it really so hard to fetch a glass of water?"

"I don't want to," Joshua replied.

Lilliana's temper flared. "What do you mean, Joshua? Didn't you used to serve me water when you were trying to win me over?"

"Things have changed, okay?" Joshua said, his teeth clenched. "Back then, I treated you with love. Now you see me as a_ servant, demanding water as if I owe it to you, right?"

“You deserved it!" Lilliana retorted.

She abruptly sat up and hurled the photos at him.

“Look what you've done!" she accused angrily. "You invited Alicia to Yates Mansion because you still had unfinished business with her, giving her opportunities. Would you even be in this mess otherwise?"

Joshua glanced at the photos scattered before him.

Each photo, snapped by a private investigator, captured Caden and Alicia together, clearly close.

Alicia's expressions, ranging from anger to playfulness, were vividly captured.

She looked genuinely happy, a stark contrast to Joshua's current demeanor, which had turned ghostly pale.

“Does it hurt to see this? Do you regret it now?" Lilliana taunted.

“Your ex-wife and the man you despise have united to bring you down. How does that feel?"

In a fit of rage, Joshua stomped on the photographs, his eyes seething.

Lilliana pressed on, "I warned you to handle things with Alicia from the start, but you wouldn't listen. Now look at the consequences."

Joshua balled his fists, facing her. "Am I not suffering enough for you? Why say all this now?"

Lilliana scoffed, "Can't handle this, can you? Did you ever think about my feelings while you were off with Alicia? And I'm carrying your child!"

Throwing caution to the wind, Joshua retorted, “I was unfaithful to my wife with you. What did you expect? Even if it weren't Alicia, there would have been someone else. Will you resent every woman I've been with?"

Lilliana's expression twisted with a mix of anger and humiliation.

Overcome with rage, she grabbed a pillow and threw it at him.

“How dare you speak to me Like that! Remember who's supporting you now!"

Joshua shrugged dismissively and sneered, "Then have your family stop supporting me. Let them watch as I fall."

"Do you think I won't?" Lilliana retorted.

"Go ahead," he challenged. Joshua's gaze then fell on her lower abdomen. "It won't be me who suffers most."

With that, he stormed upstairs and slammed the door.

Lilliana watched him leave with a cold expression, unable to hold back her tears any longer. She burst into tears, realizing the true weight of the situation.

It wouldn't be him who'd suffer the most.

She berated herself for her naivety in becoming involved and pregnant out of wedlock.