Chapter 18 Did You Abort My Child

She didn’t care about her mother’s material possessions. She just hated Melissa for treating her mother that way, especially since the latter mother had treated Melissa extremely well.

Balling her fingers tightly into fists, she unknowingly dug her fingernails into her palms, where blood began to drip from them onto the ground.

After suffering for five years, she assumed that nothing could outrage her upon her return to Horington. Unfortunately, she had underestimated the ruthlessness of her enemies.

Despite feeling the recurring urge to unsheathe her dagger and plunge it into the back of Melissa’s head, she kept seeing flashes of her six children in her mind.

For their sakes, she was willing to bear any form of humiliation.

A short while later, she wiped away her blood before making her way downstairs.

In the dining room, everyone was already feasting away.

“Jessica is here. I told them to wait for you, but your father insisted on starting, so I hope you don’t mind.”

Having received a plate and cutlery from the housekeeper, Rhonda placed them on the empty seat beside her.

At the sight of Jessica, Jonathan slammed his fork on the table with a frown.

“What are you spacing out for? Why aren’t you greeting our guests?”

Jessica

the Gulliford family

expressionless nod before adjusting his

hadn’t insisted that his granddaughter-in-law must come from the Jackson family, they would never have agreed to

wasn’t Samantha and Trevor’s birth

a few times before, Jessica found that they had

I had expected no less from a lady of

seat with a grin,

pale and thought, “Lowly housekeeper. She’s

of causing any trouble, but Rhonda

made an impulsive mistake, she wouldn’t have ended up in her current predicament. Don’t forget that she used to be the top socialite of Horington,” Melissa lamented with feigned naivety. Despite the innocent look

comment had inadvertently reminded everyone of the grudge between the Jacksons

of someone who grew up in high society, she could

Jessica is a well-behaved child. Ever since she was young, she had only committed two mistakes. The

time, her mother was still alive and quietly covered the matter up. If it were

Jessica’s hand shivered, causing her to drop her fork in

quickly picked it back up to avoid

drunk in a club. Since the father was a nobody, I decided to abort the

clenched his fists under

to be the father

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