Chapter 645 Evelyn looked at Jean's teary eyes and let out a soft sigh, choosing to remain silent. There were sthings she couldn't and didn't dare say. The consequences of doing so were a weight neither she nor Jean could carry.
So what if Jean was her biological daughter? Evelyn couldn't acknowledge her. If she did, she couldn't retain her position as the lady of the Hamilton family.
Jean interpreted Evelyn's silence as an implicit agreement. Initially, she only had her suspicions, but Evelyn's silence confirmed it, and her confusion quickly shifted to shock.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"I really am your daughter, aren't I? No wonder my mom never liked me. She always said I was a burden because she didn't want me! Dad didn't likeeither, so I was treated like a sinner in the Sawyer family!" At that moment, all her pent-up frustrations spilled out, and tears streamed down her face.
From as far back as she could remember, her mother had never liked her, and her father had treated her as if she didn't exist. Even her relatives and friends looked at Jean with strange expressions.
Things only changed after she met Brad. Those people, desperate to connect with the Hamilton family, had no choice but to abandon their pride and mask their true feelings, becoming excessively attentive when they interacted with her.
Her life only started to get better after that. But all the misfortunes she had endured in her childhood-the discrimination and the hurtful words-suddenly erupted at that moment. Simultaneously, her features twisted in rage.
Jean glared at Evelyn, her eyes filled with resentment. "If you're my mother, why didn't you care about me? You knew I was your daughter, yet you let Brad marry Nadine! What about me? What do I even mean to you?" she yelled, clutching Evelyn's collar.
Every tshe yelled, she felt herself hunching over, as if the weight of her words was physically pressing down on her. Tears cascaded down her cheeks.
"I never meant to abandon you, my child. I had no other choice. If I had any means to help you, I would never have neglected you," Evelyn said after Jean stopped crying and leaned against her shoulder.
30 years ago, the 19-year-old Evelyn fell in love with her classmate. He was handsome, cfrom a good family, had a great character, and did well in school. Most importantly, he was about to study abroad.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmIn a desperate attempt to win his heart, she gave herself to him the day before he left for his overseas studies. Young and naive, it took her six months to realize that her belly was swelling up like a balloon.
Her mother noticed the changes in her body and asked Evelyn if she was pregnant. Initially, she was too afraid to admit it, but when her.
parents brought in a doctor thatlearned just how foolish she had been.
It was common sense not to air dirty laundry in public. Moreover, her bider sister
was already expecting Daniel's child. They were bound to be married m e because of it.
If this scandal had blown up then, her sister wouldn't be able to marry into the Hamilton family, which would be a huge loss for her family.