Chapter 267

"Ouch..."

Rebecca yelped, "Mom, what are you doing? Let me go!"

She struggled against Kathlen.

"Answer me first," Kathlen demanded, her eyes locked on Rebecca's. "Tell me everything, and don't leave out a single detail!"

Rebecca was taken aback by her mother's sternness. She had never seen her so serious before and, nervous as she was, she spilled everything she knew. After listening, Kathlen fell silent.

Everyone knew Selena was the neglected one. After three years of marriage, she still had no baby, while Everett had a mistress on the side.

So, Kathlen never saw Selena as a threat. As for the mistress, without a legitimate status and with Josh's disapproval, an illegitimate child wouldn't cause much trouble.

In families like the Bennetts, reputation and lineage were everything. Otherwise, the scandals from the main branch wouldn't have caused such chaos back then.

Josh had set strict rules: anyone who dared to step out of line would be kicked out of the Bennett family!

have thought Selena

would be the legitimate heir-the future

branch was already struggling, and with Josh planning to give the

leaving nothing for the second branch. They'd

at work, always clashing with Everett, just a disaster waiting to happen. To protect their wealth and status, Selena's baby couldn't

into the hospital room,

had been restless and sleep-deprived for days because of her

turned her head and saw a big bunch of bright red roses on the coffee table, which lifted her spirits even more. Her

"Ma'am, Mr Bennett picked these

swnov

seeing them would cheer you

called in Ava specifically

to a hospital visit?" Selena grumbled, but her smile was almost

see through Selena's playful modesty and didn't call her out on it. She

"Alright, they're too pretty not

went off to find a vase while Selena picked up her

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