Love in the Limelight

Chapter 295

“Nah, it ain’t like that…” Hawthorne shook his head, “I’ve had the same thoughts, but I didn’t follow through, ‘cause I know how much an abortion can hurt a woman, I wouldn’t wanna harm you. I didn’t tell your dad I found you, I had someone shadowing you, and on the fourth day after you gave birth, I had the baby sent back to his dad.”

Hawthorne watched as Astrid’s clenched fist relaxed. He knew if he had confessed just now, Astrid’s punch wouldn’t have hesitated to land on his face. They still ended up here.

Astrid looked at Hawthorne, her gaze colder than ever, “How can you prove the person you’re talking about is real? Is he not just a figment of your imagination?”

“Astrid…” Hawthorne sighed lightly, his eyes complex, “Am I really that unworthy of your trust?”

“What do you think?” Astrid scoffed, “Hawthorne, after all the things you’ve done, how do you expect me to trust you?”

in him had already been shattered bit

message. I have no proof, but I promise

at him, “You could’ve just hid well and I wouldn’t have been able to find you. Why did you

everything about you, including your true identity, that you’re the long–lost daughter of

told me about your pregnancy, hoping I’d do his dirty work. But I couldn’t do it,

that you were carrying. When you and Gracie went to the countryside, I dealt

Astrid was silent.

find you because I’m afraid he’ll harm you again. I’ve been having nightmares lately, can’t sleep. I keep dreaming that something happened to you, that you’re covered in blood…Astrid, you’ve entered the entertainment industry, and you’ve become

that’s enough.”