Chapter 279 Stop Being Unreasonable

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Finished

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

dismissed, a nameless shadow with an unknown father.

precious heir of

room was eerily quiet. Bright lights cast stark

broke the stillness. “It’s late. You should go

gaze. “Are you going to see Elizabeth

“Yes.”

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

I

was foolish, deluding herself into thinking, even for a second, that David

overestimated her worth.

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279 Stop

the one who said

was the one who promised they’d

assured her

Everything he had

nothing now.

of her courage. “What

Hould he stay?

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