chapter 1955
Many years ago, Susan had a fling with a man in Muriona, and she ended up pregnant in the affair. The
man would end up sumbing to his cancer, while Susan wouldter on birth the child and dump him
in an orphanage." i
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Everyone was downright dibobted to hear this never-before-heard story.
Susan cheated, gave birth to another child, and sent him to an orphanage?!
Darryl''s face contorted uglily in embarrassment and bitterness. He was the heir of the Bailey family, yet
his wife cheated on him for so many years without him knowing it.
He cursed to himself.
Darryl, unable to quell his anger, lifted his hand and-
p! His heavy hand swung right across Susan''s cheek.
How dare you!" "Well deserved." Senior Bailey red at Susan and scoffed, "What a disloyal wife.
Charmine was punished for your sin! How could you?!"
Grandma Bailey also red at Susan. "We didn''t abuse you, Susan, so how could you do this? How
could you?"
Susan’s cheek seared with pain as a loud buzz hummed in her ears.
She felt embarrassed and clueless altogether, not knowing how to salvage the situation. However,
when she saw everyone scolding her, fury welled up from within her.
She red at Darryl and growled. "Yes, I cheated on you, but so what?
When we first got married, you worked every day while I tried my best to maintain a ''happy home''!
You''d always me me for everything, no matter who it was that''s wrong! You were never a good
husband! The man I met treated me well; he cared for me and took care of me!" "How dare you!"
Darryl trembled in anger as he raised his hand again.
Susan gazed right into Darryl’s eyes as she hissed, "Go on and p me. You better beat me to death!
This isn''t the first time you''re violent with me throughout our marriage, anyway. I can take it!" 1
When Darryl heard it and thought of what happened back then, his hand stiffened in mid-air and did not
p her.
Eric red at Susan and said coldly, "You truly were cold-hearted back then, then."
Susan turned to look at Eric, and her arrogant eyes mellowed with pity. "I didn''t have a choice... I didn''t
do it on purpose. Back then, Darryl wasing to Muriona, and I couldn''t tell him this. You''ve seen just
how ill- tempered he is, and he would''ve beaten me if he knew! I had to do what I did, after all—I had to
survive!"
Susan gazed at Eric, and her eyes gleamed vaguely with maternal love." I''ve looked for you for over
twenty years ever since, yet somehow, you seemed to have vanished. Every night, I lived in fear..."
She sounded genuine with a strong sense of guilt in her tone.
Eric, however, was not moved at all, and his cold face was devoid of emotions as he sneered. "Don’t
pretend like you care! If you really wanted to find a child, you would''ve found him! Do you know what
condition the child lived in?"
Hatred burned in Eric''s eyes as he ranted, "The child suffered as others took advantage of him, even
though he was taken into the orphanage. He starved every day and fought for food. He was exposed to
extreme weather, no less, and, all the while, was your son. Why was Anthony born into wealth while he
suffered in poverty? Why?!"
Eric''s usually cold, emotionless face morphed, showing just how pained he was, his eyes reddening as
he did.
It was he who took up Chris years ago. He wanted Chris to live so that Anthony and Charmine could
meet. This way, Anthony would fall in love with Charmine, and Eric could manipte him by using
Charmine!
This n, no doubt, had seeded.
Eric red at the crowd and said heartlessly, "You only have two choices now: either you and Anthony
eat these pills and jump into the sea, or Charmine dies!"
With a snap of his fingers, someone dragged out the passed-out from the cruise. The person had a
sharp dagger held against her neck.