Chapter 343
It was already dusk at this point. The room was dim, with only a small tablemp on the table remaining
lit
Jennie brought the photo album to the coffee table and showed Anna the ck and white photograph
on the first page. In the photos, a young man and a woman stood side by side. A short little boy stood
beside the man, and the woman held a newborn baby.
Jennie said, “My biological parents abandoned me when | was born. At that time, Wayne’s parents
went to a church nearby and found me at the gate. Then | became a member of the Wright family.
James was only a year old at the time.*’
Peter was already a sessful man when he was young and he was very much in love with his wife. A
few more yearster, Mrs. Wright finally became pregnant with James.
Back then, as usual, they went to a church on a nearby mountain. There, they picked up Jennie. And
they treated her as if she were their own child.
“The Wrights never told me | wasn’t one of them, and I didn’t find out until | was 17 that | was adopted.”
“It’s hard to tell because you and James look so much alike,” Anna said, looking at the picture of the
two of them.
Jennie began to smile when she saw the picture of James. Her cold, pale fingertips stroked the
photograph gently as if she wanted to touch her past. People often asked Peter if his children were
twins. Peter and his wife
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Therefore, Jennie didn’t realize she was adopted until she was seventeen.
Everything was perfect for her at the time. Nothing would bother her because everyone around her was
friendly to her. So, she even thought that everyone in this world would be nice to her.
Later on, she fell in love with William when she was in college, which was the best time of her life. She
had her parents to spoil her when she was at home, her brother to look after her when she was away,
and her boyfriend to spend time with her at school.
“I was young and stupid at the time. | had always assumed that there would be no liars in the world,
and that | had found true love. So, | was naive and willing to believe in anything. William said he’d
marry me after graduated, and | agreed because | was afraid something unexpected would happen
later.”
Jennies face gradually turned pale as she recalled the painful past. “Then | got pregnant,” she said
“The baby is Wayne?”, Anna asked, her eyes widening in surprise.
Jennie nodded as she felt regret. She became pregnant the first time she and William had made love.
Although Jennie had great faith that James would marry her, she still felt scared about the whole
situation. So, she told James about it.
James had always been a gentlemanly gentleman. When he found out about it, he became enraged
and even hit William. While they were fighting, Jennie cried out and tried to stop the two men from
beating each other up.
James then took her straight out of the school. On the way, he told her what he knew about William
Davis. It wasn’t until then that Jennie
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William told Jennie that he was a graduate student at the university and that he was here for sses.
He was, however, only there to hook up with girls. He was interested in Jennie because he already
knew she was a rich girl from the Wright family. For her, he even broke up with his fiancee, who was
already pregnant before he met Jennie.
Jennie borated, “James was an exchange student abroad at the time and had recently returned
home. By the time he knew what had happened, it was already toote. As a result, he didn’t have time
to stop me and prevent me from making this mistake.”
On their way home, James offered Jennie two options, and the first one was to get an abortion. He
promised her to keep this from her parents for her, and let her stay in his apartment. And, he said he
would teach William a lesson.
‘Twas hesitant to do so because | still thought William was a good man. | had the impression that,
despite being a liar, he genuinely loved me. James thought | was stupid. Then he said he wanted to put
William to the test. If he passed that test, he promised me that he would put in a good word for me to
my parents.”
Later on, James told William that Jennie was only the Wrights’ adopted daughter, so she would not
inherit the family fortune in the future. However, his parents would give her some money when she got
married.
Frowning, Jennie continued, “| thought it wasn’t a tough test and that William wouldn’t think it was a big
deal at the time. | waited a long time trying to get him to meet my parents with me. But he vanished
three monthster.”
At the time that Jennie heard the news that William married the principal’s daughter and moved to
another country, Jennie was already 343 The Twists and Turns four months pregnant. And it was too
late for her to get an abortion. Heartbroken, Jennie didn’t want to keep the baby at all.
“I went to numerous hospitals. They all said that if no one signed for me, they would not operate on me.
| was desperate, so | went to a clinic in an alley. However, James barged in and halted me. | told him
that my life was doomed. People were not always as open-minded back then as they are now, and my
reputation would be ruined if | had an illegitimate child. To my surprise, James hugged me tightly and
said he was going to marry me.”
That night, James went home with her hand in hand and told his parents they were going to get
married. Peter and his wife were taken aback and outraged. They had always regarded Jennie as their
daughter and believed it was incestuous.
“My father refused to say yes no matter what. My mother led me into my bedroom and asked me what
was going on. | was so humiliated that | couldn’t stop crying. Then James told them | was carrying his
child, and that he had had a crush on me for years.”
Peter had been a soldier before inheriting his family’s hotel business, when he was young. As a result,
he got the majesty and strength of a soldier. He couldn’t ept this, so he whipped James mercilessly
all night. James was severely injured and had to spend a month in bed recovering. Later, the two of
them married in a hasty ceremony.
“To avoid gossip, James told everyone he was taking me to trip around the world. So we spent a year
and a half abroad before returning with the baby. He exined to people that the child grew faster than
his peers because he had the best living conditions.”
Anna clenched her fists, unable to imagine what would happenter.