If it was just because June Kane was entangled with Simon Sterling, then there were far too many women in the Imperial Capital who liked Simon Sterling.

If she really wanted to isolate all of them, how many things would she have to do!

"Serena, trust me."

Claire Sullivan reached out and held Serena Sullivan’s hand.

She was most afraid of not being trusted by the people she cared about, such as Simon Sterling.

"What about Simon?"

Serena asked again, calmly.

Speaking of Simon, Claire Sullivan’s eyes reddened. The pain was etched in her bones, and even after such a long time, she remembered clearly how he told her.

"At the beginning, he believed me and said he would help me run around to solve it."

After getting into trouble, she was afraid her family would worry, so she asked Simon not to tell them.

Simon sought evidence on her behalf, claiming to be her husband.

"Later, perhaps the evidence was too hard to find, and the Ford Family was pressing hard, so he stopped believing me."

Claire Sullivan’s hand that was resting on the table slowly clenched, "When I got out, I was overjoyed."

"The police said that the Ford Family was not pursuing the matter."

"I walked out and saw him waiting outside. I thought everything could go back to how it was!"

As she said this, the pain in Claire’s heart made her shed tears.

She remembered coming out happily, her belly was big, and he stood beside the car, looking at her with a very cold gaze.

At that moment, her heart sank.

She just assumed he was annoyed due to the trouble and acted like she didn’t care.

After getting into the car, he asked the driver to take her to the hospital.

She thought he was worried about her health.

Little did she know, he wasn’t taking her for a health check-up, but to abort the child in her womb.

"I thought he trusted me."

"He said he didn’t want a woman as malicious as me to bear his child."

"My belly was already so big, the baby was moving inside, and with just one word, he didn’t want it."

"I hadn’t done anything wrong, why did I have to get rid of the child!"

Claire Sullivan spoke with agitation, tears falling even more fiercely.

"When he left, I took the chance to run away."

"And then, I left the Imperial Capital."

She first ran to the Aethelmere by the Imperial Capital, thinking of how Simon said he didn’t want her or the child, thinking of how he called her malicious, thinking of his heartlessness, she genuinely wanted to escape.

Simon was the first man she ever loved, and the only one.

They had promised to marry, to be together for a lifetime.

Now, he changed his words, said he was just playing with her, said she wasn’t worthy, and her heart was so broken she just wanted to end her own life.

It was the child in her womb that suddenly moved, one moved, then the other.

The foot she had stepped out turned back, and then, crying, she left the Imperial Capital.

She returned with her big belly, Mr. Sullivan was furious and wanted to take her to the Imperial Capital to settle accounts with Simon.

She was unwilling, and when Mr. Sullivan got angry, he drove her out of the house.

It wasn’t until the two children were born that Simon came to take one away, and her parents, worried about her health, brought her and Serena back home.

Regarding the matter of Wyatt Sterling, Claire Sullivan never told Serena in the end.

"Serena, he was so ruthless to me."

Claire replied with tears in her eyes, "How could someone change so fast!"

One moment he was holding her, talking about the child’s name, imagining their future life, and the next, he was scolding her as malicious, demanding she abort the child.

"Oh."

Hearing Claire’s words, Serena’s heart filled with another assumption, she thought she understood.

"How could someone bring up this matter after so long?"