Love You Like I Used To Forget It (Millie Bridge) novel Chapter 488

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Jeremy was desperately trying to drag Mom away, but she clung to nearby table with all her strength, refusing to leave

When he told everyone not to listen to her nonsense, she shouted Back at the crowd, “I don’t have dementia! I’m perfectly sane!

“I’m her biological mother! I carried her for nine months and gave birth to her! If she wasn’t truly vile and heartless, why would I say something like this about her?

“She’s just that awful. That’s the only reason I’m saying this as her own mother! No biological mother would ever say something like this unless her child was absolutely despicable!”

Her voice rang out, loud achi word hitting like a slap.

It was true. After all, a woman carried a child for nine long months went through so much, and would usually end up loving that child fiercely.

So, for a mother to speak so harshly about her own daughter? Most people would assume the daughter must have done something truly unforgivable.

And then there was the fact that neither of my parents attended my engagement party. That only made everyone around me look at me with even more suspicion.

What kind of person must I be, or how terrible would I have to be, for both my parents to turn their backs on me?

Paren

Sensing the shift in how people looked at me, Mom’s fighting spirit ignited even more.

She was just about to turn to the crowd and say something else when Jeremy clamped a hand over her mouth and dragged her away. With sheer force, he hauled her toward the exit.

He had had enough. He stopped caring that she was his mother.

William arrived just as he was about to get her out of the hall.

The moment she saw him, it was like a switch had flipped inside her. She broke free of Jeremy’s grip with a sudden burst of strength and ran straight toward William.

“Mr. Ashford! Please don’t marry my vile daughter! She’s not who you think she is!” she shouted. “She’s a terrible person! She doesn’t love you at all! She’s only marrying you to spite Lumi, to take away what Lumi wants! She’s cruel and wicked!”

William already knew my relationship with my parents wasn’t just bad–it was completely severed. He knew they had never loved me and had always favored Julianne. But still, seeing Mom like this went beyond anything he could’ve imagined.

He had seen the darkest sides of people–cruelty, betrayal, and even evil–but nothing like this.

In his experience, when parents were cruel, it was usually out of selfishness. Some didn’t love their children simply because they couldn’t love anyone. Some were monsters who hurt their kids because they were broken people themselves.

But this was different.

This woman had a daughter she despised simply because she loved someone else’s child more.

He wondered what my parents were thinking.

William stared at her, disgust plain on his face. “Emi isn’t cruel or wicked. You are. You’re both stupid and venomous, and you’re not worthy of being a mother.

“You couldn’t have the man you wanted, so you poured all your love into an adopted daughter and took it out on your own flesh and blood.

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