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Chapter 17 The Shameful Stepsister and Stepmother

Ashley wasn't sure whether Belinda had taken in her advice.

After getting back to the company, she couldn't help but find out the photos and audio tape she had taken in the cafe before. She stared at the computer for a long time and she thought that if Belinda did not expose Sheila's trick, she had to send these to Francis. This method was risky, for it might make Gloria and her daughter suspect her.

Samuel was worrying about his daughter these days. He firstly scolded Francis who gave him a good attitude and said that he would be responsible for her daughter. However, his promises went quiet and there were no further news from him after two or three days.

Samuel lost his temper again at dinner. "Sheila, look what you've done. Is our daughter leftover? And now you all turned to Francis, but he gave us cold shoulders. There was no news from him for days. I felt so humiliated."

Gloria said blandly and tried to comfort him, "Samuel, why don't we have a talk with his parents? They won't disregard their son cause troubles, will they?"

"Shame on you! Yes, I'm ashamed of it. Our families had feuded since Ashley and Francis divorced. How embarrassed to pay them a visit!"

Hearing this, Gloria stepped on Ashley's foot carelessly and said, "Yes. If Ashley hadn't cheated him before marriage, the relations between our two families won't be so strained."

Hearing what he said, Ashley stopped drinking the soup. She took a napkin and wiped the corner of her mouth. "Yes, if I hadn't divorced Francis, my sister would have been his mistress for three or four years."

"Ashley, you always have every reason to cheat before marriage!" Sheila lost the control of himself.

"Come on, stop it. Don't you see that your father is still mad at you?" Gloria came to break the awkwardness.

Ashley looked at her father. Streaks of grey hair had appeared on his head and he would dye his hair periodically. Now her grey hair was growing out, showing that her father was no longer young. She bowed her head and didn't say anything, but she thought, 'if you didn't married her, then you wouldn't need to suffer such unpleasant consequence. You brought trouble on yourself.'

Sheila was not sure what happened to the Xue family. She could feel that Francis had feelings for her, but his attitude towards her was always changing. She was not sure whether it is

because of the failure in his last marriage that had left him a shadow side in his heart. Every time when she mentioned marriage, he always dodged it.

"Daddy, Francis may be quite busy these days and he didn't had the time to talk with his parents. I will ask him when I get a chance." Sheila said.

But Samuel didn't answer her.

The next day, when Sheila went out, Ashley had been waiting not far away. Seeing this, Ashley followed Sheila immediately.

a cafe between their homes. The coffee shop was two-storied with spacious area. The spaces between guest tables were wide and in the middle they were adorned with various flowers and

surrounded by blooming red roses,

the "birdcage". The roses were quite lush that she was tightly covered by flowers. She

Francis' mistress. Sheila's appearance was quite different from her character. She looked very pure, and even if she had graduated for a few years, she still looked like a college student. She had

curled and hanging on her cheek, and her curly eyelashes and peach eye shadows made her a little idle and charming. Besides, she was wearing a slip print dress with a gauzy coat which was

these words, Francis lowered his head and tried to

"are you going to marry me? I've been

her. He held her slender waist, pinched her chin and forced her to look back.

not, who

looked at

to kiss her again, she dodged and asked, "Then why haven't we heard from you since my

it. I have to persuade them first." Francis touched her cheek and continued, "They

that she was about to be angry again, he

again. With a hand over her heart, she took a deep breath with her eyes closed to

didn't believe me anymore. But Francis, you can't listen to them. It's

consulted a doctor two days ago. You have been pregnant for months and we can do this test now. As long as

her eyes. Sheila was not pregnant at all. How could

"Ok, I agree to a paternity test as long as it can put your parents mind at rest. Well,

go alone? People in the hospital will gossip about you when they

How considerate

test. If he was with her,

I can ask my mother to go with me. It will be more awkward if you go with

for a second, Francis agreed with her and said, "Ok, it's up to you,

in Francis' arms.

kiss the beauty, with intermittent the voice came out between their lips, "after we get married... It would be

and walked outside. She pushed the door open

the third person in this relationship? So our love in university disappeared just like an illusion. You and Sheila are true love, aren't you? Am I

lowered her head and deprecated herself, 'so what? I will

a fake report for the paternity test. Ashley

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