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.

to her own

different

child was the “b’stard” David had dismissed, a nameless shadow

would be the precious heir of the Ellison family, born into power and

living room was eerily quiet. Bright lights cast stark shadows, making Caroline’s face look even

a long silence, David’s voice finally broke the stillness. “It’s late. You should go

her gaze. “Are you

“Yes.”

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

I expecting?

herself into thinking, even for a second, that David might consider her feelings,

had overestimated

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Stop Being

who said he loved

the one who promised they’d build a life together.

the one who assured her he would

Everything he had

meant nothing

Caroline summoned the last of her courage. “What if I told you not to

Hould he stay?

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