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?”

she spoke, Elizabeth

her. “Did your family adopt me just to humiliate me like

Your own parents didn’t want you, so

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

born a burden, an unwanted person. You should be grateful you’ve made it this far–graduated college

status as an orphan was her greatest vulnerability. She seized on it

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 dragging two brats around, not only will you irritate Mr. Ellison, but no man will want to take you on. Why

kept provoking her, watching closely for

if the events of the wedding night were exposed, everything would unravel.

learn that the man who was supposed to take her virginity that

Caroline wouldn’t dare reveal the truth. If she is going to tell the truth,

eyes reddened, her voice trembling with anger. “Shut up, Elizabeth! You are the last person who has the right to call my

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