Chapter 1528 Sophia's heart quivered in the face of Lauren's painful accusations.

She hated Jasper, but she admitted that he was good to Lauren, better than she'd ever treated Lauren.

Thinking back, Jasper didn't seem as despicable as he had seemed. Too bad there could only be one Mrs. Beckett.

Javier had made Anne her rival.

After a pause, she finally confessed, "I... Twas pregnant with Betty at that time. All I wanted was a recognition to give her a better life and future..." "Well, you got your recognition, didn't you? Dad acknowledged you, so you had achieved your goal. Why did you have to kill Jasper's mom?

"Jasper never hated me or treated me badly even though I'm your daughter.

He and Alyssa treat me like their sister.

They show me love and care that I would otherwise never have the chance to experience. I owe them a lot. How could you be so cruel to him?" Lauren was no fool. She understood that Sophia was a selfish woman, and she knew how coldly Sophia had treated her. For that, she had grappled with self-blame and low self-esteem.

She despised herself for not being as healthy as Betty. She even blamed herself for not being a son, thinking that Newton might acknowledge Sophia if that was the case.

Lauren thought that if she was male, Sophia might not need to tread carefully in the family and worry about consolidating her power or faking and scheming her way to a better life.

that Sophia would kill

been born. I'd rather not be a Beckett!" Lauren growled with tears in her

her fists tightly and trembled

down. No need to be angry." Landon panicked

the conversation went, didn't we? It will only hurt you and affect your condition." Lauren gritted her teeth. She finally stabilized from a near-breakdown when

as tears rolled down her cheeks. "I walked down

I'd been eating expired food and wearing old clothes. Because of that, I felt ashamed of myself. Later, Iwas scouted into

suffered?" Landon was infuriated in the face of Sophia's whining. He had no sympathy for

when he had to support himself and Anne so that they wouldn't starve

back to the Beckett family, and even if he had you as a mistress, she never thought of fighting you for the title of Mrs. Beckett.

sentence!" Lauren watched Sophia

pay for the crimes I committed and for Anne's death." Sophia's tear-streaked face

stared at Lauren with widened eyes. "Lauren, this is all my fault. You

well. You're still young, Besides, Landon loves you

on Lauren's shoulder. He fixed a determined

some wedding gifts in the future. I have a few pieces of halcyon gemstones that

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