The Rose He Showed Off Is Putting Down Roots in a Garden of Her Own novel Chapter 307

Vanessa huddled on the sofa, clutching her stomach and avoiding eye contact. In a pathetic, trembling voice, she started recounting all of Julian's supposed cruelties, desperately trying to manipulate Jocelyn's sympathy.

She painted Julian as a monster, a man who refused to pay her, stringing her along until she was too far into the pregnancy to legally terminate it.

She claimed he was morally bankrupt, getting her pregnant while he had a wife at home, refusing to take responsibility for her, and only wanting the baby.

She even spun wild tales about his twisted sexual fetishes, accusing him of being a sadist who beat her relentlessly, causing her immense agony. Given the abuse and the fact that she was carrying his child, she argued, demanding a little money was more than justified.

Jocelyn was internally horrified by the accusations, though her expression remained completely stony.

She had gone to school with Julian.

The Julian she knew was gentle, refined, and deeply in love with Elara since their teenage years. Theirs had been a storybook romance, from high school sweethearts to a beautiful wedding.

True, Julian had stood idly by as the Vance family suffered a string of devastating financial losses over the last few years, a level of coldness that was certainly off-putting.

But from a strictly business perspective, refusing to bail out a sinking ship made logical sense. After all, the corporation didn't belong solely to him.

He had an entire family empire to protect.

Vanessa, mistaking Jocelyn's silence for sympathy, thought her sob story was working.

Instead, Jocelyn's eyes narrowed dangerously. "Shut your mouth!"

"You think I'm going to feel sorry for a manipulative little homewrecker? Are you out of your mind?!"

Vanessa immediately dropped to her knees, pleading. "Ms. Yale, please, you have to help me! I didn't want any of this. I don't want to ruin his marriage. If he just gives me the money, I'll get rid of the baby and disappear forever!"

"Get the hell away from me!"

Jocelyn unleashed a string of harsh curses, thinking to herself that while Julian might be acting like a coward, the mistress groveling on the floor was pure poison.

No matter how brilliantly she spun her web of lies, nothing could change the undeniable fact that she had destroyed Julian's marriage.

As for all those wild accusations of abuse and forced encounters, it was completely unsubstantiated garbage.

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