Chapter 73

~Jasmine~ “Please…” Samantha sniffed again, drawing my attention to her bloodshot eyes. I shook my head, still reeling from her confession. It was a tangled web of deceit, spun with threads of betrayal and desperation. “I didn’t think things would go this far, I promise.” Samantha’s voice cracked, the words hanging heavy in the air. “The pregnancy… it was just a ploy by Logan and me. We wanted to get back the car, house and Logan’s job… to get back the life Jasmine stole from us.” The words hit me like a physical blow. What??? I couldn’t process what she was saying. She and Logan had orchestrated this entire charade, this cruel deception, making me believe I was pregnant just to… what? To hurt me? To manipulate me? The sheer audacity of it made my stomach churn. I felt a wave of nausea rise in my throat, and I had to fight the urge to empty the contents of my stomach right there and then. My life? My emotions? My well-being? All of it had been manipulated, toyed with, at the cost of a