Chapter 139 Remarriage and Another Pregnancy

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With every word Elizabeth spoke, Caroline clenched her fists tighter. Elizabeth wasn’t wrong. Everything she said was logical and well–reasoned.

Caroline knew it too. She had weighed the pros and cons but ultimately chose silence.

If the events of her wedding night came to light, it would only harm her–and devastate her completely. Worse, Nash would be dragged into the mess.

As much as she hated Nash, he was still the biological father of her child.

For Elizabeth, however, exposing the truth would mean eliminating a ticking time bomb and losing a piece of leverage, freeing her to act with even greater audacity.

Seeing Caroline stay silent, Elizabeth pressed on, “You spend all your time with Mr. Ellison. Go ahead, tell him everything now. If you hesitate, I’ll go to the authorities on behalf of my parents and confess. How about that?”

Elizabeth made to

stopped her. “Did your family adopt

parents didn’t want you,

Caroline’s heart like a needle, sharp and unrelenting.

discomfort, her reddened eyes, Elizabeth continued mocking her. “You were born a burden, an unwanted person. You should be grateful you’ve made it this far–graduated college and married into a wealthy family.

an orphan was her greatest vulnerability.

After all, you have no other family in this world. But now you do–although, well, it’s an illegitimate child. Caroline, we’re sisters, after all. Let me give you some advice–get an abortion. When you get divorced, it’ll be easier to remarry. If you’re

watching closely for her

unravel. The

the man who was supposed to take her virginity that night was David—and that Elizabeth had switched

truth. If she is going to tell the truth, she would have done so

“Shut up, Elizabeth! You are the last person who has the right to call

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