"I saw you were a woman out here earning a living as a maternity nanny—not easy work—so I did you a favor and kept quiet."
"But I never imagined you could be this vicious. You couldn't seduce me, so now you frame me instead? What a poisonous woman."
"Effie, Mr. Walker, there is no way our daughter can be left in the hands of a woman like this. She needs to be fired immediately!"
His words hit Effie right in her weakest spot.
That newborn girl was the most precious thing in Effie's world. She turned to her father at once.
"Dad, a nanny this vicious—who knows what she's already done to the baby."
"Bring Brutus out. Let him drag the truth out of her!"
Eric nodded. A second later, an enormous iron cage was wheeled to the center of the banquet hall.
The black cloth was pulled away. Inside, a mastiff the height of a grown man locked its eyes on me and let out a low, eager growl.
The bodyguards unlocked the cage and moved toward me, ready to shove me inside.
The memory of being torn apart by that same beast flashed before my eyes, and I spoke immediately.
"That underwear reeks of breast milk—I'm not even nursing. It's not mine!"