<b>Chapter </b><b>29 </b>


    By the end of the sentence, Laura sounded desperate, worried they would not believe her.


    Jasper’s heart ached when he saw her acting this way.


    Frankly speaking, he could not feel happy hearing this exnation.


    “Does she think Lilian scolding her instead of the others will make the others feel better?” he pondered.


    Louis‘ eyes became fiercer. “And what does she usually do to make money?”


    Hearing this, Laura shivered as her eyebrows knitted. It was hard for her to speak up.


    She may be young, but she understood that her mother was doing something bad.


    She shook her head.


    She did not want them to know.


    Louis‘ eyes darkened. “Then, how did Lilian get into a car ident?”


    Upon hearing this, Laura almost burst into tears and spoke hesitantly. “A woman chased after her because that woman’s husband wants to give Mom money. After that, that woman suddenly came after Mom and beat her up. We didn’t have enough money to pay for rent or food then. Mom was scared and ran to the road, and a car hit her.”


    Instantly, the room went silent.


    More hostility filled Louis‘ eyes. “You mean to say that your mom asked for money from a married man, right?”


    The atmosphere gradually grew colder.


    Laura nodded, feeling ashamed.


    Louis pressed on by asking, “Does she often do such things?”


    Laura bit her lower lip tightly and stopped talking.


    Louis continued to ask, “Do you always see different men with her? Have you lost count of how many men came over?”


    Laura’s body trembled. She refused to speak.


    Louis took a deep breath. Then, he violently grabbed the ashtray and hurled it onto the ground.


    “Fuck!”


    Laura jumped up reflexively and ran to hide under the table, shivering.


    Louis was on the brink of a mental breakdown. “How dare Lilian defile herself like that! The Yale family has never treated her poorly since she


    was young, yet she chose to bring herself to ruin step by step. She even left us a fucking dead weight after she died! Why doesn’t she just die


    with that kid?”


    Laura’s face turned pale from fear. She covered her ears as her eyes widened.


    “So scary… Uncle Louis is going to hit me!” she thought.


    MOR, Aug


    Antonio felt a pang in his heart seeing her behave that way, so he strode toward her and said, “Come out.”


    She was terrified and begged tearfully, “Don’t hit me. I beg of you!”


    Antonio’s expression changed slightly, and he assured, “No one is going to hit you, soe out.”


    Laura continued retreating. “Don’t hit mel”


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    She remembered a time when she had not provoked an uncle of hers. She merely nced at him, and that man dragged her across the floor and brutally assaulted her.


    At that time, that man threw her around like a useless idiot.


    Regardless, she tried her best to resist him and bit the man. However, she stopped struggling when Lilian arrived.


    The man said, “I’ll pay you.”


    Thus, Lilian stood at the corner without approaching them.


    Laura suddenly lost all strength to struggle, and she sobbed while the man beat her up.


    “I’m scared. I don’t want to get beaten!” she thought.


    Laura wailed until her voice turned hoarse, begging, “I’m sorry. I was wrong. Don’t hit me!”


    Louis gradually calmed down and looked at her in shock.


    Antonio pulled her lightly. “What do you think you did wrong? You didn’t do anything wrong, so hurry ande out.”


    Laura did not listen to him at all. As if she was blinded, she sobbed harder and kept saying, “I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”


    Everyone was stunned by her crying.


    Jasper could not stand it anymore. He pushed Robert away and squatted beside the dining table. “Laura, I’m Jasper. Wake up! No one is here to hurt you, nor will anyone hurt you. I’m by your side.”


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