Crawling Back To Her Series Redemption and Refuse

Book10 Chapter9

After that night, I found out I was pregnant.

Lily was not interested in the romantic entanglements of young people.

Al she knew was that Charles must be responsible for me and the child I was carrying. Whether Charles had a lover, whether the Evans family was pleased with me as a wife, or whether I was willing to marry Charles-all that was irrelevant to her.

What mattered to her was that she couldn't let me down, and she certainly cannot let my grandma down.

"Evie, I've already talked to Samantha about you and Charles. She's not in good health, and you wouldn't want her to worry about you, would you?"

"I can tell you have feelings for Charles."

"You're a good kid; I know you don't want to ruin Charles and Vanessa's relationship. But the deed is done."

to share him; she and

have endless possibilities. Don't you

there was a moment

there was no turning back. Co-parenting wasn't a good solution, and I didn't want my child to be

but to steel myself against

to be unhappy.

ingrained tendency to compromise

front of the elders

in truth, I was far from happy. I was

agonizing, swelling was torturous, and

looked down upon by

family was painful, being despised by Charles was painful, and being

this until my next birthday