When Jeremy heard that, he was surprised yet again.

Similarly, Carter was dumbfounded, and his grip on Shirley’s shoulders loosened. “Shirley, what do you mean by this? What do you mean?”

Shirley lifted her wet, red eyes and chuckled bitterly.

“I never wanted to give birth to that child in the first place.”

“...”

“I lied when I told you that the poison will affect the child’s growth. All I wanted was to get my hands on the ingredient for the anti-toxoid test reagent for AXP69.”

“What did y