Chapter 253

"Joseph, you're unworthy," Samantha said coldly while slightly raising her hand to signal Xander to stop. "There's no need to lay hands on him; that's all in the past." "I'm not pregnant, and I won't have your child in the future. Erica has been regulating her body for you all this time. Why don't you ask her to give you a child? She's willing to do it for you." Her suggestion was sincere, but her smile was icy. Joseph's heart ached deeply, and he began to forget the physical pain. He gasped in pain while clutching his chest, and struggled to approach Samantha. He spoke slowly. "Samantha, I love you. Consider this my plea—don't push me toward Erica, okay?" Every time she said such things, it felt as if he was completely irrelevant to her. It seemed as though he was no longer welcome in her life. His tone was unusually humble. He was a completely different person compared to his usual self. However, Samantha remained unmoved. "Just because you plead with me doesn't mean I have to