Chapter 18


    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 thetter 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 shes of her six children in her mind.


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


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


    In the dining room, everyone was already feasting away.


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    “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 te and cutlery from the housekeeper, Rhonda ced them on the empty seat


    beside her.


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


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


    “Mr. Gulliford, Mrs. Gulliford,” Jessica greeted in a gentle tone.


    As she wasn’t responsible for Samantha’s death, she didn’t care what the Gulliford family thought of her.


    The only thing that mattered was that her conscience was clear.


    Vincent acknowledged her with an expressionless nod before adjusting his spectacles.


    If Maximilian hadn’t insisted that his granddaughter-inw muste from the Jackson family, they


    would never have agreed to the marriage.


    “Jessica has lost weight.” Eleanor smiled faintly. Even though she wasn’t Samantha and Trevor’s birth


    mother, she was an extremely shrewddy.


    Having dealt with her a few times before, Jessica found that they had simr characters and methods.


    “Mrs. Gulliford, you look stunning as usual. I had expected no less from ady of a prestigious family.


    The dignified aura you exude can never be replicated by a lowly housekeeper.”


    Jessica took her seat with a grin, confident that everyone present caught her insinuation.


    Meanwhile, Rhonda turned pale and thought, “Lowly housekeeper. She’s obviously sniping at me.”


    Initially, Jessica had no intention of causing any trouble, but Rhonda and Melissa were just too


    insufferable.


    “You know, if Jessica hadn’t made an impulsive mistake, she wouldn’t have ended up in her current


    predicament. Don’t forget that she used to be the top socialite of Horington,” Melissamented with


    feigned naivety. Despite the innocent look on her face, she had further intensified the awkwardness at


    the table.


    Herment had inadvertently reminded everyone of the grudge between the Jacksons and Gullifords.


    As expected of someone who grew up in high society, she could easily turn the tables with just a few


    words alone.


    In contrast to Melissa, Rhonda was an imbecile. Even though she wanted to support her daughter, her


    words ended uping out wrong. “That’s right. Truth be told, Jessica is a well-behaved child. Ever


    since she was young, she had onlymitted two mistakes. The first was what happened five years


    ago. The second was when she aborted a child six years ago.


    During that time, her mother was still alive and quietly covered the matter up. If it were up to me, I would


    have found the man behind it and gotten him to take responsibility.”


    The moment Rhonda finished, Jessica’s hand shivered, causing her to drop her fork in fright.


    Nevertheless, she quickly picked it back up to avoid raising Trevor’s suspicion.


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


    decided to abort the child.”


    With a darkening expression, Trevor clenched his fists under the table.


    “Precisely. A person like that doesn’t deserve to be the father of Jessica’s child. The abortion was the


    right decision.”


    Melissa desperately tried to defuse the situation. Earlier, she felt her heart stop when Rhonda brought


    the matter up.


    After all, she was privy to the secret few knew, that the child was clearly Trevor’s.


    Back then, Jessica had gotten her not to inform Trevor about it, and she, too, helped to cover the matter


    up.


    Melissa grumbled to herself, “Even until now, Trevor doesn’t know about the child. Therefore, why did


    this stupid mother of mine have to mention it now?”


    “Is this supposed to be something you are proud of?” Jonathan furrowed his brows tightly. “Don’t you feel


    guilty saying something like that? Go upstairs now, and stop disgracing me in public!”


    In response, Jessica got to her feet and frantically fled the dining hall. Throughout the entire time, she


    didn’t even dare nce at Trevor.


    Just as she snuggled beneath her nket upon returning to her room, the door was forcefully pushed


    open behind her. The next moment, she felt a figure climb on top of her.


    Suddenly, the nket above her head was ripped aside to reveal Trevor’s fiery re upon her. “You


    aborted my child!”


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