Noelle Quillan was momentarily stunned by Melody Summers’s words.
She stared blankly at Melody Summers, asking in a hoarse voice, "You... you... how did you know..."
Melody Summers raised an eyebrow. "Are you asking how I know the two kids you had aren’t Adam Lawson’s? Because during the heatwave last year, Adam Lawson brought Joel Lawson to find us. At the time, he was calling Joel a ’bastard’..."
Hearing this, Noelle Quillan’s face grew even paler.
Melody Summers continued, "My guess is, he found out that Joel and Joelle weren’t his children... so that’s why he sold you and Joelle."
Noelle Quillan’s eyes flickered. She murmured, "So... so Adam Lawson went to your mother to try and get back together with her?"
Melody Summers wanted to roll her eyes into the back of her head.
’Get back together? Dream on!’
’Who the hell did Adam Lawson think he was? What gave him the right to even think about getting back together with Winnie Summers?’
’It’s not like Winnie Summers goes around picking up trash!’
Before Melody Summers could retort, Noelle Quillan pressed, "Then... what about Joel? Where is Joel now? Is he at your house?"
Instead of answering, Melody Summers frowned and shot back, "First, you tell me. Whose children are Joel and Joelle, really?"
’If Noelle Quillan was really forced into this by her uncle and aunt with no other choice, like she claimed, then how could she have been cheating with someone else while she was with Adam Lawson? Why didn’t she choose to be with the children’s biological father?’
Noelle Quillan bit her lower lip, her expression conflicted. After a moment, she finally gritted out, "It... It was my uncle..."
Melody Summers’s eyes widened in shock. "What did you say?!"
Noelle Quillan lowered her eyes, a desolate, bitter smile twisting her lips. "Back then, my uncle and aunt arranged for Adam Lawson to keep me. We lived together, but... who would have known... Adam Lawson was impotent. Two or three years went by, and I never got pregnant..."
"When Adam Lawson saw I still wasn’t pregnant, he decided he didn’t want me anymore. He was going to send me back to my uncle and aunt. When they found out, they got very anxious. They were afraid Adam Lawson would stop giving them money, so..."
At this, Noelle Quillan’s voice trembled uncontrollably. She took a few deep breaths to compose herself before continuing, "Then I got pregnant. Adam Lawson and his parents were thrilled. Adam told me he loved me very much, and that once I safely delivered the baby, he would divorce his wife and marry me..."
"But unfortunately, my first child was a daughter. Adam Lawson went back on his word about divorcing his wife and marrying me. He said a daughter was useless, that she couldn’t inherit the family business. The Lawson family needed a son to carry on the family line, so..."
"Later, I got pregnant again and gave birth to Joel. You know what happened after that... Adam Lawson took me to his home to confront your mother. He divorced her and married me..."
At this, Noelle Quillan gave a tragic smile. "You’ll probably laugh at me for saying this, but back then, I thought I had finally made it. I thought my miserable days were finally over, and that I’d live a good life from then on... But who could have imagined that after just a few good years, this disaster would strike..."
After listening to all this, Melody Summers looked at Noelle Quillan with a complicated expression.


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