Chapter 279 Stop Being Unreasonable

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When the time comes, Elizabeth will plead on our behalf for the child’s sake, and this whole thing will blow over. The Brooks family won’t just survive, we’ll thrive, rising to even greater heights. And what can Caroline possibly do? An orphan with no support, thinking she can take on the entire looks family? Ridiculous.

“Of course, Mr. Ellison, Samantha nodded eagerly. “Ellabeth will be overjoyed to see you!”

“Yes, she talks about you nonstop. You’re all she ever thinks about.”

Just like that, Matthew and Samantha left the Ellison residence unscathed.

Caroline remained seated on the couch, unmoving, silent. A deep sense of helplessness rose within her.

From the moment she learned Elizabeth was pregnant, she knew everything had changed.

That was David’s child. His firstborn. A golden shield that would secure the Brooks family’s wealth and power for a lifetime.

It didn’t matter that they had sold her off on her wedding night.

It didn’t matter that Elizabeth had schemed against her bullying her at every turn.

None of it mattered anymore. Every sin the Brooks family had committed could now be erased in the presence of this child.

Because a mother’s worth was tied to her child’s.

moved to

Same situation, different fate.

David had dismissed, a nameless shadow with an unknown

precious heir of the Ellison family,

Bright lights cast

finally broke

gaze. “Are you going to

“Yes.”

he wouldn’t change his mind. But hearing him confirm it still felt like a knife twisting in her

What am I expecting?

was foolish, deluding herself into thinking, even for a second, that David

overestimated her

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279 Stop Being

was the one who said

the one who promised they’d build

the one who assured her he would

Everything he had

said meant nothing now.

lip, Caroline summoned the last of her

Hould he stay?

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