Carter stopped speaking and looked at Shirley whose expression had changed drastically.

“Do you think this to be a bit cruel? If this were back then, you would’ve supported me in this too, wouldn’t you?”

“Yes, if this were back then, I might’ve even helped you,” Shirley said, mocking herself. There was a sarcastic smile on her face, but her heart was in a knot. She felt so pained and tormented.

She seemed to kill everyone around her, and in the end, she, too, would head toward death.

After remaining silent for a while, Shirley looked at Carter.

“When did you inject Lilian with the test reagent?”

“I did it when she and you were asleep, of course,” Carter answered nonchalantly. When he saw Shirley’s solemn expression, he asked, “You like that little thing, don’t you? If our child had been fine, he’d be in this world soon, and we’d have our own child.”

As he said this, Carter’s eyes seemed to light up, but soon after, the light vanished, and in its place was a look of hatred.

“Jer