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If it weren’t for meeting Victoria at the hospital back then, Samantha
wouldn’t have been so cautious in her actions afterward. After all, she
didn’t want anyone to know about the things her daughter had done.
Her family was wealthy and powerful, so she felt that her daughter had to
be matched with the best man in the world. At first, she was close to Mary
because she saw ric, the only heir to the Cadogan Family, as a
potential match for her daughter. If the Keith Family and the Cadogan
Family could be inws, theirbined developments would be
unbeatable. In any case, they wanted to get on board the Cadogan
Family’s ship. However, they didn’t expect the Johnson Family to intervene.
In fact, she had openly and secretly disliked the Johnson Family’s
daughter for a long time. Yet, she didn’t expect that the woman who would
end up marrying ric would be Victoria. As such, she redirected her
jealousy and resentment toward Victoria.
Thest time she saw Victoria going to the hospital, she guessed that
Victoria was probably going to have an abortion, but she didn’t know why.
With a family background like the Cadogan Family’s, if the child was
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ric’s, Victoria would have revealed it directly to the Cadogan Family,
and it would be even better for her to rely on the son. Yet, she had secretly
gone to a small hospital to have an abortion.
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Samantha never thought that Victoria, who seemed unattainable on the
surface, would cheat on her husband. If it weren’t for her daughter also
doing things that she found unspeakable, she wanted to expose what
Victoria had done. At the same time, she was afraid that Victoria would
retaliate by exposing her daughter.
Thinking of this, Samantha tugged at her lips and said, “I haven’t been
feeling welltely, so I came for a check–up.”
After she said that, Sandy walked toward them while holding a registration
form. “Mom.”
At her daughter’s voice, her face changed.
“Is your daughter here too?”
Before Mary could finish her sentence, Samantha said, “I have something
else to do. Let’s catch up another day.” With that, she turned around and
walked away with Sandy.
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Mary wanted to ask more, but they had already gone out of sight.
After a while, Mary said to Victoria, “Victoria, don’t you think there’s
something strange about Samantha? She seemed very nervous.” Yet,
even after she threw the question out, she didn’t get a response. She
looked at Victoria and saw that thetter was lost in thought, standing still.
“Victoria? Victoria?” Mary called her several times again, pulling her back
to reality. When she saw Victoriaing back to her senses and looking
at her apologetically, she sighed helplessly. “Why have you been
absent–minded all day, Victoria? Did something happen? Why don’t you
tell me?”
“It’s nothing. I was just thinking about something. Don’t worry.” Victoria
chuckled lightly aftering back to her senses.
When she saw Samantha and Sandy, she thought of what had happened
in the restaurant that day. Perhaps she sympathized with Sandy, who was
in a simr situation, and she felt sorry for the girl.
I consider myself emotionally mature, but it seems like that young girl
still living under the control of her mother. Does she know that the man
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has other women in his heart? I want to tell her so badly. Suddenly, she
had this thought in her mind.
Before this incident, she had seen Sandy a few times. Despite Sandy’s
introverted personality, she would always smile shyly at her whenever
they met. Victoria couldn’t even imagine someone as malicious as
Samantha could have such a cute and shy daughter.
“Victoria? Victoria!” Mary’s voice rang in her ears once again.
When Victoria came to her senses, she realized that she had zoned out in
front of Mary for the third time today. It made her feel embarrassed and
guilty. “I’m sorry, Mom. I’m really not in the mood today. Can’t we skip the
check–up for now?” This time, she was very straightforward.
Mary was taken aback for a moment but finally nodded in agreement. “If
you don’t want to do it, we can do it another day.”
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“Thank you, Mom.” Victoria smiled. “I have other things to take care of, so I’ll
deal with them first. I’ll visit Grandma in the wardter.”
Since Mary was an extremely understanding person, she agreed. “Well, go
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ahead and deal with it. I can see that your mind is not here today. I think
you won’t have the mood to do the check–up if you’re not done dealing
with that.” Then, she waved her hand at Victoria. “Go ahead. If you need
my help, just let me know.” After a pause, she continued, “If you can treat
Grandma as your own grandma, you can also treat me as your own
mom.”
Victoria was originally nning to leave, but she didn’t expect Mary to say
these words. Her actions came to a halt, and emotions seemed to be
surging within her.
Treat her as… my own mom? What a touching statement. If I had heard it
earlier, I would have been happy for a long time. It doesn’t seem toote
for me to hear this now. At least from now on, I will always remember this
statement.
Thinking of this, she suddenly took a big step forward and hugged Mary
tightly.
Mary thought she was about to leave, but she didn’t expect Victoria to
suddenly hug her. At the same time, she could feel the emotions in this
hug. For some reason, she felt a little strange. This little girl must be hiding
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something from me.
Victoria held her tightly for a long time before letting go, and when she did,
her face was still a little red, probably from her shyness. “Thank you, Mom.
I’ll be going now.”
“Okay, go ahead.” With a smile, Mary watched Victoria leave, and after she
was gone, she pulled out her phone to call ric.
The phone rang for a while before someone who should’ve been in an
important meeting right then picked up the phone. His voice soundedzy.
“What?”
Mary was already full of doubts and wanted to ask her son for an answer,
but she was taken aback to find that his attitude was so indifferent after
he picked up the phone. Thest incident had already made her
extremely dissatisfied, so her face immediately darkened. “What? Can’t I
call you if there’s nothing wrong?”
“No, it’s not that.” After denying it, ric had no choice but to soften his
tone. “What’s up?”
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Hearing that his tone had returned to normal, she felt a little more at ease,
so she talked about the situation. “Did something happen between you
and Victoriately?”
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ric, who had no expression before, narrowed his eyes when he heard
this question. Then, he quickly remembered what she had said to him in
the carst night. I thought I could let this slide by finding an excuse not to
see her this morning. I didn’t expect…
At this thought, he frowned slightly and asked in a deep voice, “Nothing
happened. What’s wrong? Did she tell you something?”
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Mary instantly realized something amiss when she heard hisst
sentence. “Don’t try to hide it from me!”