Three Years Later, He Came Back Begging novel Chapter 265

Even bringing it up now sent a lingering chill down his spine.

The Blair family had a genetic history of mental illness. Given Hannah's proud, aloof nature, she couldn't accept being violated. She genuinely wanted to die.

After a month of torment, the doctor came to check on her and discovered she was pregnant.

Everyone thought she was heavily sedated, but she had heard everything. The family watched her every move in sheer terror, terrified she would completely snap. But a second later, her words struck Lawrence like a bolt of lightning.

She said, "Am I pregnant with Lawrence's baby? Mom, Dad, please don't abort him. Lawrence and I truly love each other. Please don't be mad..."

Lawrence still remembered his reaction. His blood ran ice-cold—colder than sitting out here in the freezing snow of Silvania.

"The psychiatrist diagnosed her with dissociative amnesia leading to delusions. It's a typical post-traumatic response. The trauma was so agonizing that her mind built a psychological defense. She clearly remembered the incident, but the parts that caused her unbearable pain were either blurred out or replaced."

Hannah's coping mechanism was to replace the man who assaulted her with Lawrence. The psychiatrist even explained that psychiatric patients have their own internal logic.

It's just that their logic might seem entirely absurd to a rational person.

But it was exactly this twisted logic that kept her mental world functioning. If someone tried to destroy that logic and expose the truth, it would likely cause a total psychological collapse. Best-case scenario? She would be permanently institutionalized.

Now that it was finally out, he felt a profound sense of liberation.

"During that time, if I even stepped out of her line of sight, she would have a total meltdown. Her mental state was wildly erratic. Bonnie, have you ever seen a patient in a psychiatric ward? They can be talking to you perfectly normally one second, and the next, they'll do something that sends pure terror down your spine."

Lawrence's hands were shaking. He was freezing. Bonnie lowered her gaze, lost in thought. She pulled the blanket off her own shoulders and draped it over his. Instantly, Lawrence's eyes welled with tears.

With frost clinging to his eyelashes, his vision completely blurred.