Son-In-Law Gets an Upgrade by Mr. Adeel

Chapter 1198 The Past

Jessica never mentioned her childhood experiences to Alex. All that was known was that her father and grandfather passed away carly, and her mother single-handedly raised her.

Recalling Jessica’s humble and well-mannered personality, Alex became interested at once. He wanted to hear about the interesting experiences Jessica had when she was young.

“Tell me about it.”

Upon noticing Alex’s interest, Veronica was overjoyed and began to tell him, “My uncle passed away early, and my aunt raised Jessica on her own. Our family helped them a lot in any way we could. Without our assistance, she and her mother would have starved to death long ago. Because she didn’t have a father, Jessica was often bullied when she was young. Moreover, she was very beautiful, and many boys in her high school class liked her. She was also the campus belle at that time. However, those who are popular are more likely to be targeted. One day, after school, a few men kidnapped Jessica when she was riding her bicycle. The person behind the kidnapping was someone Jessica had rejected several times, and in his anger, he paid some local thugs to abduct her. If it weren’t for someone who saw the incident and saved her, she could’ve been raped.”

Veronica chattered on and on, and by the end, she felt her throat getting dry. She picked up the glass of water from the table and took a sip.

said was half-true and half-false. After Jessica’s father passed away, Veronica’s family never, offered to help them out of familial affection. Instead, they ridiculed and mocked the mother and daughter, who were left alone. Among all the

these were all things of the past. Although Jessica felt resentment toward Veronica’s

Alex to look down on Jessica. At the same time,

past from someone else. He never expected that such a strong-looking woman would silently endure so much. Even if it was just an attempted rape, Jessica must have endured a lot of gossip and finger-pointing at her school. She might

mind, Alex glanced in the direction of the kitchen. At that moment, Jessica was standing at the kitchen door, staring at them with a gloomy

you happy only when you’ve made everyone. look down on me by bringing up this matter?” Jessica asked Veronica in

already talked about Jessica’s private affairs, so the former was feeling guilty. She didn’t expect to suddenly hear

didn’t mean anything else by it. Alex is your boyfriend, after all, and there are some things that you should clarify with him! It’s not good to keep

extremely furious. She picked up the iron spoon in