Divorced and Pregnant My New Life with a Billionaire Drives My Ex Crazy novel Chapter 554

"I'm your mother," Caroline snapped. "If I can't make decisions for your life, do you think your dead father can? Phil, do you have any idea how hard it was for me to raise you all these years? How can you be so ungrateful? You think I'm asking you to get married for myself? This is for your father..."

"That's enough," Phil cut her off, his voice sharp. His handsome face twisted with anger, shadows playing over his features. "Don't talk about my father. The second he passed away, you turned around and got back with your first love. How dare you have to bring him up? And don't act like everything you do is for me. I got to where I am because of my own hard work, with my boss's help. Not because of you, not with the inheritance my dad left, and definitely not like you, running off and marrying someone else less than three months after Dad died. You've used his money all these years to stand tall in your new family. How much have you spent on your new husband's son and daughter, using my father's legacy? And now, suddenly you remember you have another son, and you're worried I'll ask for what my father left me? So you try to throw some random woman at me and call it something noble, like it's for the Parrott family, or for my dad. Caroline, I've never brought this up before, out of respect for you as my mom. But that doesn't mean I can't or won't fight you for what's mine. If you keep pushing, I'll make sure you give back everything that belonged to my father."

With that, he hurled his phone onto the floor, letting all his anger and years of resentment pour out. When he finally calmed down, Phil realized sweat was dripping down his forehead and his hands were trembling so hard he could barely control them.

A knock sounded at the door. Tracy's worried voice came from outside. "Phil, Alice is awake again. Please, can you come quickly?"

Phil took a deep breath, pulling himself back together. He straightened his clothes and forced his voice to sound steady. "I know. I'll be there right away."

By the time he got to Alice's room, she was curled up on the bed, her face streaked with tears. When Phil walked in, she looked up at him, her eyes red and puffy.

"Phil, why did you leave?" Her voice was small and shaky. "Do you think I'm too much trouble? I knew it. I'm just a bother. No one likes me, right? I don't mean to be, but I'm really scared... I want Libby. But I haven't seen him in so long. I want you. Are you going to leave too, just like Libby? Please don't go. Please..."

She reached her hands out to him, and the maids quickly looked away. Phil hesitated, then walked over and took her small, cold hands in his. "Miss, don't be scared. We're all here to protect you. We'll chase away anything that scares you."

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