Chapter 17 You Regretted It

"What did you say? It was you who pushed me toward Sebastian back then?"

Mrs. Blackwood Sr. snorted coldly.

"Did you really think it was Sebastian playing the hero? Use your brain a little. Someone with Sebastian's status wouldn't just randomly show up in such a remote alley. If it weren't for the scheme your cousin and I devised to deceive him and bring him there, you wouldn't have had these three years of luxury. But you, you're not content with that. You still want to climb up to the position of Mrs. Winters Jr. Have you ever thought that with a shameless mother like yours, no prestigious family in the entire city would dare to marry you? You must return to Sebastian's side no matter what, or else I will expose all the dirty secrets about your mother."

The old lady spoke through gritted teeth, as if Joey had no blood relation to her at all. The blood from Joey's forehead dripped into her mouth, carrying a metallic taste that quickly spread throughout her oral cavity. She suddenly felt nauseous, not because of the blood, but because of her own family.

cousin from her uncle's family, treated her like a commodity and pushed her towards Sebastian. What was even more tragic was that she had been completely unaware, believing that she had found true

loved that man, giving up her dream of becoming a lawyer and her desire for marriage just to be with him. She devoted herself to being Sebastian's secret lover without any complaints. Little did she know that in the eyes of others, it was all a transaction of power and status, and

blood off her face and smiled bitterly. There was an unprecedented stubbornness in her voice. "I will no longer let you manipulate me, and I will not go back to Sebastian. From now on, whether the Blackwood family lives or

saw her father standing there. His face was filled with an expression of disbelief, tears glistening in

sacrificed enough for the Blackwood family that you would treat my daughter like this?" The realization that his own

can't get agitated." Mr. Blackwood Sr. looked at her with a pained expression, gently caressing the wound on her forehead with his large hand. His voice was hoarse. "I'm sorry,

Joey was informed that her father had become overly exhausted after the surgery, and the recent shock had greatly impacted his recovery. He needed

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