Chapter 489
“You went to Royal Banquet to earn some money?” questioned Anthony in a low, hoarse voice. “I…” Annabel lowered her head guiltily. “Back then, I just returned to Burlington, and it was laborious to find a job since I didn’t graduate from university. When I saw that Royal Banquet was hiring and this job didn’t require one to be seen, I decided to work there. I didn’t think of anything else; all I wanted to do was stay at the back of the kitchen to wash dishes. I didn’t go anywhere else, but…” She recalled what happened five years ago. Her eyes zoned out as her face blushed. “A friend of mine had diarrhea on Valentine’s day and asked me to help her send food to the top floor. I wanted to turn it down, but she said the guest needed the food urgently, and if it was sent late, they would cut her pay. So… “I thought I’d leave right after sending the food, but I saw that the door was left ajar. I didn’t know it was you inside, and I only wanted to close the door. However, when I walked to the door, you…” Annabel stopped there with her head low. Her face was full of shame and guilt. Anthony’s eyes darkened. He was drugged that night, and the woman he pulled into the room was…
Who would have thought that it truly was Annabel!
Annabel was Chris’ mother all along? 2
The woman he had been searching for the past five years was Annabel.. Annabel thought Anthony did not seem pleased. All these years, she was afraid of him. She explained hastily, “Mr. Bailey, I’m not asking for anything else, I know where my place is. I quit my job and left Burlington right after what happened that night, thinking that I’d never trouble you and have anything to do with you after that. However, it turned out that I was pregnant…and he was already five months old when I knew…” 1
She continued with guilt and shame, “Nobody would’ve believed me if I told them I was innocent, but I was utterly helpless back then, and my body had always been weak with irregular menstruation and poor family. I didn’t have the budget to check my body in Burlington. Thus, during the first five months of the pregnancy, I thought I was merely ill and didn’t think of doing a body check. It was only until when I was five months pregnant that I felt some movements inside my tummy, and only realizing then…”
She paused and lowered her head to look at her abdomen. “I really wanted to have an abortion, not wanting to cause you any more trouble, but the doctor told me the fetus was already formed. He was five months old and started to move around…
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