Chapter 18 Did You Abort My Child

She didn’t care about her mother’s material possessions. She just hated Melissa for treating her mother that way, especially since the latter mother had treated Melissa extremely well.

Balling her fingers tightly into fists, she unknowingly dug her fingernails into her palms, where blood began to drip from them onto the ground.

After suffering for five years, she assumed that nothing could outrage her upon her return to Horington. Unfortunately, she had underestimated the ruthlessness of her enemies.

Despite feeling the recurring urge to unsheathe her dagger and plunge it into the back of Melissa’s head, she kept seeing flashes of her six children in her mind.

For their sakes, she was willing to bear any form of humiliation.

A short while later, she wiped away her blood before making her way downstairs.

In the dining room, everyone was already feasting away.

“Jessica is here. I told them to wait for you, but your father insisted on starting, so I hope you don’t mind.”

Having received a plate and cutlery from the housekeeper, Rhonda placed them on the empty seat beside her.

At the sight of Jessica, Jonathan slammed his fork on the table with a frown.

“What are you spacing out for? Why aren’t you greeting our guests?”

Gulliford,” Jessica greeted in a gentle

what the Gulliford family thought of her. The only thing that mattered was that

acknowledged her with an expressionless nod before

insisted that his granddaughter-in-law must come from the Jackson family,

faintly. Even though she wasn’t

few times before, Jessica found

had expected no less from a lady of a prestigious family. The dignified

her seat with a grin, confident that everyone present

turned pale and thought, “Lowly housekeeper. She’s obviously sniping

Jessica had no intention of causing any trouble, but Rhonda and Melissa

up in her current predicament. Don’t forget that she used to be the top socialite of Horington,” Melissa lamented with feigned naivety. Despite the innocent look on her face, she had further intensified the awkwardness

inadvertently reminded everyone of the grudge between the

up in high society, she could

daughter, her words ended up coming out wrong. “That’s right. Truth be told, Jessica is a well-behaved child. Ever since she was young, she had only committed two mistakes. The first was

time, her mother was still alive and quietly covered the matter up. If it were

Jessica’s hand shivered, causing her to drop her fork

picked it back up to avoid raising

“It was a mistake when I got drunk in a club. Since the father was a nobody, I decided

Trevor clenched his

the father of Jessica’s child. The abortion was

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