"Ha!" Most of the maids gasped, not expecting Alex to be so shameless or for Juliet to lose her temper and deliver a factory-resetting slap to Alex. His eyes surged with anger as they narrowed at her. "How dare you raise your hands to hit me? Have you gone mad?" Alex questioned as, in the next moment, he seized Juliet and pinned her against the wall, his hand clutching her neck as he interrogated her. Juliet hadn't expected Alex to retaliate. She coughed, gasping for air, and cursed him, "You're such an asshole, and I regret ever getting pregnant by you as a result of that night with you. You will never be my son's father or see him. You disgust me." Alex's hand immediately loosened from Juliet's neck, and she slumped to the floor. Some of the maids had gone to report to Lady Loretta