CHAPTER 317: CHAPTER 170: SHE WANTS TO LEAVE? WHAT A DELUSION! (2-2)

Mrs. Geoffrey’s question was clearly redundant... Rebecca Quentin couldn’t refuse.

"Hmm."

"Very well, Andrew is asleep, let’s talk in the living room!"

Rebecca Quentin nodded lightly.

Mrs. Geoffrey then walked out of the room.

Anticipating that the topic of discussion with Mrs. Geoffrey might concern her and Howard Geoffrey, Rebecca Quentin inexplicably hesitated a bit, but in the end, she still followed Mrs. Geoffrey to the living room.

In the spacious living room, Mrs. Geoffrey sat gracefully and nobly on the sofa, her gaze falling on Rebecca Quentin, who stood in front of the sofa. For once, she spoke kindly to Rebecca Quentin, "Have a seat!"

Rebecca Quentin slowly sat down on the sofa.

Mrs. Geoffrey spoke calmly, "Miss Quentin, I know you’re a smart person, so I’ll get straight to the point... That day in the hospital, both you and I heard Alice say the child she was carrying wasn’t related to Howard, but did you know Alice was lying to us that day?"

Just as expected...

The questions Mrs. Geoffrey raised always struck directly at her heart.

Rebecca Quentin answered without concealment, "Yes, I know."

Hearing Rebecca Quentin’s answer, Mrs. Geoffrey was slightly surprised, "You know?" You should know, she only just found out.

Rebecca Quentin remained silent.

Seeing Rebecca Quentin’s silence, Mrs. Geoffrey realized this issue might also be difficult for Rebecca Quentin, and she sighed, saying quietly, "Miss Quentin, I know that telling you this might make you feel uncomfortable, but I still have to say it... Howard and Alice were together when it had nothing to do with you, so Howard hasn’t wronged you. I hope you won’t hold a grudge."

Rebecca Quentin lifted her gaze, looking calmly at Mrs. Geoffrey, and said softly, "Old Mrs. Geoffrey, Howard and I were never truly together, so it doesn’t matter who he’s with. He hasn’t wronged me, and I bear no grudges."

"Your temperament is indeed good, neither arrogant nor impatient. However, Miss Quentin, that’s all I saw in you before, never thinking your scheming was so deep."

Hearing Mrs. Geoffrey’s words, Rebecca Quentin’s face turned pale instantly, looking confusedly at Mrs. Geoffrey. Scheming?

Mrs. Geoffrey stated firmly, "Before I came to you, I made a call to Alice... She’s back in France, just got off the plane. When she received my call, she was full of guilt and remorse, constantly saying she let me down. When I told her I knew she was carrying Howard’s child, she still insisted it wasn’t related to Howard, until I pressed her to confess... In the end, I asked her why she lied to everyone and hid this fact. She said she didn’t want to ruin the relationship between Howard and you. She originally wanted to abort the child, not let the child become a point of entanglement between her and Howard, but later Howard asked her to keep the child..."

Rebecca Quentin’s gaze dimmed, yet her expression remained calm.

"Miss Quentin, I believe Alice likes Howard no less than you do, but for Howard, she’s willing to forgo having the child, losing the chance to be linked with Howard, and graciously giving you and Howard the opportunity to be together... I want to ask you, when you were pregnant, Howard was already with Alice, you always pride yourself on your dignity, why didn’t you choose to abort the child for Howard and Alice’s sake, and instead shamelessly kept the child, allowing Howard to become entangled with you over and over because of the child."

As it turns out, Mrs. Geoffrey considers her refusal to abort the child a year ago as a means of tying herself to Howard...

Compared to Alice’s attitude towards her child, she indeed seems to have ulterior motives, but how could Mrs. Geoffrey understand her circumstances at that time?

She went to the hospital twice to attempt to have an abortion, the first time no doctor would operate on her, and the second time, the doctor said that if she had the abortion, she might never conceive again...

The fear of infertility was a significant reason she kept the child, but she must admit that the most important reason was that she was truly unwilling to abort the child.

Since childhood, she always loved children, and losing the first child she had with Howard five years ago brought her immense grief, so she couldn’t bring herself to be so cruel...

She can confidently say, whether it was the child from five years ago or Andrew, it was simply because she couldn’t bear to part with them, never to get entangled with Howard.

She never thought Mrs. Geoffrey would see her this way...

A wave of bitterness surged in her throat, Rebecca Quentin struggled to choke back tears, saying, "Old Mrs. Geoffrey, when I found out I was Vivian Lindsey’s daughter, I knew I’d forever be cast in shadow in your eyes... I know whatever explanation I give, you won’t believe it, let alone listen to it, so whatever you think of me, so be it. But I want to say, your son has his own feet, I’ve never asked him to come to Alton."

Mrs. Geoffrey never expected Rebecca Quentin to retort, and anger rose in her heart, her tone losing its previous friendliness, "Don’t speak so proudly, as if Howard is clinging to you..."

Rebecca Quentin quickly responded, "I didn’t mean it like that, I just want you to know, I’ve never had such intentions..."

Mrs. Geoffrey snorted coldly, "Rebecca Quentin, if you didn’t have such intentions, how could you stand victorious over Alice and live in Howard’s apartment right now?"

"I..."

Mrs. Geoffrey didn’t give Rebecca Quentin a chance to explain, directly saying, "Keep pretending to be innocent, but do you really think you’ve won Howard’s heart?" She paused, shaking her head, "You’re wrong, Howard does care about you, but his care is not out of love, it’s because Oversky likes you."

Not understanding the implication of Mrs. Geoffrey’s words, Rebecca Quentin looked perplexed, bewildered.

"I am the mother of Howard and Oversky, you may not know, both brothers were very smart when they were young, and we often praised them... I don’t know when it started, but the two brothers began to compare themselves to each other, whenever we praised one a little more, the other would work harder to surpass him, even though the brothers have always been on good terms, the competitiveness between them has been there since they were young..."

Mrs. Geoffrey’s candid words seemed to allow Rebecca Quentin to guess what she wanted to convey...

Indeed, at this moment, Mrs. Geoffrey coldly said, "So, you think Howard genuinely cares about you? He merely wants to surpass his older brother. If today Oversky cared about Alice, I believe the person by Howard’s side now would be Alice... But Alice need not worry, for Howard would not bear to abort the child he has with Alice. This precisely shows Howard’s care, it’s just Howard is still absorbed in competing with Oversky and fails to truly consider his feelings for Alice."

Every word from Mrs. Geoffrey felt like a sharp blade, piercing with precision and force into Rebecca Quentin’s heart.

Causing Rebecca Quentin to stagger, almost unable to stand steady.

The pain spread like an ant’s bite throughout Rebecca Quentin’s entire being...