Imprisoned While Pregnant, She's Back for Payback novel Chapter 332

Chapter 332 The Paternity Test Report

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She let out a quiet laugh, her tone still calm and distant, as if she were telling someone else’s story instead of her own.

“They called me vicious. They said I was shameless for getting into a man’s bed. They doused me with cold water in the freezing winter. They made me clean the whole prison by myself. Any time something upset them, they’d yank my hair and slap my face. Getting beaten became the norm. After a while, even that wasn’t enough–they started to compete with each other, to see whose cut would make me scream louder.”

Tess looked at Finn with a gentle smile, her face betraying none of the fear or numbness she’d felt back then.

“When I was seven months pregnant, my belly was so big I could barely walk. But I didn’t get any special treatment. That was prison. Layla wasn’t even born at full term–she came early. Even by late spring, she was still so weak. I was at the very bottom of the prison food chain. They wouldn’t give me any of the hot water or food, even if it ended up being thrown away. I cried and begged for Layla’s sake, to the point where I lost every shred of dignity I had left. For that whole year, the only thing that kept me alive was Layla.”

Finn’s lips quivered, and he whispered, “Stop. Please just stop.”

“Finn, whatever feelings I had for you vanished during that year. They’re gone.”

Tess watched his every move from across the room. Maybe it was the pain of those memories, or maybe something else, but a deep sadness slowly welled up in her heart. Tears began to gather at the corners of her eyes.

Her lashes fluttered, catching the glimmer of unshed tears, but she refused to let them fall.

Tess took a deep breath and forced all the sorrow and pain back down.

Luckily, it was all in the past.

That nightmare was finally over.

She glanced toward one of the rooms.

Layla was sleeping soundly there.

Even though winter was coming, Layla had everything she needed–warm clothes, nourishing food, and a comfortable home.

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Chapter 332 The Paternity Test Report

Those days of misery would never come back.

Tess stopped smiling. Her eyes seemed to freeze over.

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“Finn, I won’t trust you, and you don’t deserve it. What have you ever done for Layla as her father?”

She tossed a paternity test report at him.

Once the divorce was finalized, she arranged for a paternity test for Finn and Layla, using their hair samples.

Finn’s lips trembled as he looked at the report, his eyes locking onto the number–99.9% match.

He closed his eyes, his aching heart shattering.

It was just as Tess had said.

Now, any words of begging or regret were completely meaningless.

He… really didn’t deserve her trust.

Suddenly, Finn thought of everything he’d done.

For a small scratch on Nadine, he’d sent every doctor at Lock Group’s private hospital away, nearly letting Layla die of a high fever.

If anything had happened to Layla, he never would have forgiven himself.

Finn bit down on his lip, letting the metallic taste of blood fill his mouth.

“I am sorry,”

Those three words were short and barely above a whisper, but they were heavy with meaning -a guilty weight he couldn’t escape.

Tess’s fingers stilled for a moment.

She immediately turned away, hiding her flicker of surprise in the darkness.

“Leave.”

Her voice was light as a feather, almost inaudible.

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This time, Finn didn’t try to stay.

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After a moment of silence, she heard the sound of slow, heavy footsteps echo in the hallway.

The clicks of those expensive dress shoes echoed like the final beats of a farewell.

The door closed softly behind him.

Tess looked up at the ceiling, her eyes

blank.

Even after leaving, Finn didn’t go far.

He stared for a long time at the tightly shut gates of Evermount Height. He slowly pressed his hand over his chest, feeling the frantic beat of his heart.

He never imagined Layla was his child.

He never imagined Tess had suffered so much in prison.

He never imagined…

Regret and guilt crashed over him at the same time, nearly suffocating him.

Back then, he’d thought Tess deserved any punishment for stealing Lock Group’s secrets.

But now … everything he believed had been turned upside down.

Suddenly, Finn clenched his fist tightly, as if waking from a dream.

No.

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