Chapter 3 Coercion

Mention of the child only deepened the disgust in Daniel's eyes; he wished nothing more than for Jasmine to just disappear.

Back then, Jasmine's affair with another man at a hotel brought disgrace to the Douglas family. And to make matters worse, she got pregnant and gave birth to that child right before her imprisonment.

Jasmine looked at Daniel with a sense of hopelessness, as if she never truly knew him. "The child... the child is innocent."

"Innocent? Just like Serena was innocent when she was switched at birth to live a lesser life in your family?" Karen's voice was sharp, and with a couple more slaps, Jasmine's cheeks swelled with the sting.

If it weren't for Benjamin holding her back, Karen seemed like she might not have stopped until her rage was fully spent.

Jasmine, with ringing in her ears and a lowered gaze, absorbed the blows silently.

It was a debt she owed for twenty-one years of care.

Taking a deep breath, with red-rimmed eyes, Jasmine looked up at Daniel, her voice weak yet resolute. "I'll donate..."

She'd do anything as long as they didn't hurt her child.

felt a pang in his chest but didn't relent.

Jasmine's voice trembled, but it lacked the earlier timidity and pleas for mercy. She pulled herself up to stand, disheveled but with defiant eyes fixed on Benjamin. "You know what I'm going through... Giving a kidney will clear my debt to you. After that, please,

born with a congenital heart defect. She'd been frail since childhood, giving birth five years ago had nearly cost her her life. Now, with full knowledge of her condition, the

a glint of emotion flashed in

all, they had raised her for twenty-one

household, Jasmine had indeed

atone, even in death!" But

bars will suffice as your punishment. From now on, live a good life and the Wilsons will not

and her hands went

Live a good life...

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in, she doubted she'd survive the

half her lifespan!" Yet even that didn't seem enough for Daniel, it was as if he wished

to Serena. Wasn't that enough? What more did they want from her? What had she done to deserve this? "Daniel..." Jasmine's voice was weak, and she chuckled bitterly. "If you hate me so much, after I

pitiful. "Leave my child out of this."

to the core, a chip off the old block from your despicable mother! That bastard child should

said nothing. The world spun into darkness, and before she could leave the hospital room, she collapsed to the floor, passing

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