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Chapter 34

Autor: Ginger Sue
Winter paused mid-step.

"Do you think that Joshua would at least have some feelings for you after five years? After all, you gave him a son." Jasmine leaned in, whispering in her ear with a voice dripping with mockery. "Someone like him is so unapproachable and lofty that he won't even touch something if he doesn't want it.

"He doesn't love you, yet he knocked you up. Do you really think he's that careless? Do you really think that he truly accepted you?"

Winter stiffened. Her voice was strained as she asked, "What are you getting at?"

"Allowing you to get pregnant and to have the Stroud family's heir wasn't because Joshua wanted you." Jasmine stuck her nose in the air, smiling maliciously. "It's because that geomancer, Mr. Skye Morrison, said your birth chart was compatible with Joshua's.

"At the time, my father was in a deep coma. If you could have a child as soon as possible, it might ward off the bad luck looming over our family and maybe even wake my father up."

Her voice wa
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