However, Rufus did not know that Jacinta was pregnant back then.

That was because he was utterly disgusted by how Jacinta’s parents had drugged him to have sex with their daughter just because he owed them a favor.

The moment he managed to contact the Fairchild family, he quickly gave the Sumner family a sum of money and fled the village without looking back.

By the time he found out he had another child out there, the child was already more than a year old.

That time, Jacinta’s father, Cesare Sumner, had already married her off to a rich, older man who was from the area.

Initially, even Jacinta was not sure if the child belonged to Rufus or the old man she married after that.

It was not until she brought the child to the hospital one day for a checkup, which required a blood test, that Jacinta and her family discovered the child did not belong to her current husband.

From that day onward, she was treated horribly. Physical assault, verbal abuse, and domestic violence were a common occurrence.

Her husband even sent her one-year-old child back to her parents’ house.

Jacinta wanted to flee from her abusive husband so badly, but the latter would not let her go.

Back then, she had pinned all her hopes on her son. Never did she expect Cesare, who was addicted to gambling, to gamble away all the family’s assets. At his wits’ end, he brought the child to the Fairchild family in hopes of using the child to blackmail Rufus for a sum of money.

Rufus did not expect Cesare to have the guts to seek him. He even thought the child was a random stranger the latter had brought to make it sound more convincing.

Yet, the paternity test had proven that the child was his.

Rufus hated Cesare to the bone and was utterly disgusted by him. Not only did Rufus not give Cesare a single cent, but he also forced the child to stay at the Fairchild residence.

Although Rufus hated the child’s existence, he did not want his own flesh and blood to be brought up by such a despicable person.

And that child was Rufus’ second son, Xavier’s uncle, Stuart Fairchild.

When Cesare was chased out of the Fairchild residence, he did not give up and continued pestering them. Still, he was not a match for the Fairchilds.

Being the lazy and penniless person he was, he ended up roaming and begging on the streets for more than a month before returning home.

Upon arriving home, he was cornered by the creditors. As he tried to escape in the middle of night, he accidentally fell into a pond and drowned to death.

From that day on, his wife, Camille Pennington, became the creditors’ target. Unfortunately, Cesare had spent all her hard-earned money long ago. There was no way she could pay off the debt.

Unable to handle the situation, Camille hung herself in her own home a few days later.

With no news of her biological child, the death of her parents, and the terrible abuse she had to endure every day, Jacinta eventually lost her mind and became mentally ill.

When Cesare’s creditors failed to find him, they went straight to Jacinta and demanded she paid the debts on his behalf.

Seeing that she had lost her mind and her family was deep in debt, Jacinta’s husband decided to chase her away.

Jacinta refused to leave and hid in the woodshed. But to her horror, her heartless husband actually set the building on fire.

The fire that day was strong. If it was not for the sudden rain, Jacinta would have died in the fire.

Just like that, she survived the incident. After roaming the town like a madwoman for over a month, she was finally taken home by her distant aunt.

everyone called her “Young Lady.”

her condition gradually improved. However,

her. As soon

even got married again and met

have a child of their own even after years

day, when they were on their way to the market, they

adopted daughter

Jacinta and her husband lived a happy and

died in a traffic accident. In the end, Jacinta had to bring up Lorelei alone while enduring the

she had begun to be mentally

by Hamish and Yara. If it were not for Winnie, who needed her care, Jacinta would

grew up and was taken back by her maternal grandfather, Jacinta began to suffer

memories of losing her own son and Winnie moving abroad had caused her to be convinced that she

been asking Winnie to help locate

reality, Jacinta’s son was the one who had been taken away. She never had a grandson

them, it started from the day when Rufus invited her and Winnie

dining table, and Rufus was talking about giving

other things apart from that. As Jacinta stared at him, she suddenly remembered the incidents from

her parents had drugged her back then and made her sleep with Rufus. She also remembered bearing him a child and realized

Stuart and Zyon all

why Rufus always treated his eldest son better than the second son when both were

reason. All that prejudice was because she was the one who gave birth to

the time why she disliked Xavier and thought that men from the Fairchild family were not trustworthy. Jacinta could never come up with an

finally had her answer on that very day: all men from the Fairchild family were

were the ones who were

even took away her son. When all that happened, no one ever asked

taken good care of her son after taking him away, she would have been fine with it. Sadly, he did not. Not only that, but he had been oppressing

that moment, Jacinta’s eyes were burning with rage as she stared at Rufus. It was as intense as the fire

but they

well, but he, too, had already

had nowhere to vent the hatred in

alive and well. However, as long as he was alive and well, her son and grandson would never

to Rufus’ residence and set it on fire that night. She was determined to burn the

saw Zyon who was running away in the

done so many evil things—was her grandson, she was utterly mind

raise funds

brought her to

she stared at the flickering flames. It took her a

she was carrying a baby and murmured, “My baby, I miss you so much. When will you return to my side? I’ve been searching for you

holding the pillow and coaxing it for

Stuart’s number in

way to contact Stuart and

Stuart, she could not help but give

could not make international calls, so

believe it. There were so many holes on Zyon’s body, and he was drenched in blood. He died such a horrible death. I dreamed about him just now. He said he was cold and couldn’t rest in peace. He said he wanted to get revenge. I know. Don’t worry, Stuart. I’ll definitely avenge Zyon. He’s your only son and my only grandson. I won’t let him die just like that. I’ll definitely make the killer pay the price. Xavier’s not the only person who needs to pay. Your father, that heartless man, owes you and Zyon a lot too. I swear I’ll get back everything that belongs to both of you. I won’t let Xavier have everything to himself.

a long time, she finally crawled into

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