Chapter 228: Chapter 228



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After the operation, Jolene remained in a coma for two days. Her first words were, “How is the child, did he hurt himself?”

It may have been because she slept too long, her voice was dry and muffled.

Jayden took her hand and said, “No, you protected him, he’s fine.”

Jolene was relieved. She looked up at the ceiling, “Luckily he’s not hurt, otherwise I’d feel sorry for you.”

She didn’t mention Victoria. She was worried that she would spoil Jayden’s mood.

Jayden lowered his eyes. He knew what Jolene was trying to avoid discussing. He flashed a forced smile, “I’ve never been so clumsy in my life…”

“It’s all my fault.” Jolene knew she had provoked the incident, “I’m too selfish, always thinking of myself and always ignoring you.”

“No, you’re not wrong. It’s all fate.”

He patted her hand, “Don’t think too much, you’ll get more rest.”

“I talked to my brother, he told me he didn’t kidnap anyone…”

“Don’t mention the subject anymore, leave it there. If you want to leave, we can divorce after you recover…”

“I don’t want to divorce. I want to protect you and the baby.” Jolene took Jayden’s hand, “The baby must have a mother…”

Dolores cried as she listened to their conversation.

Her body felt as if they had been injected with water at 100 degrees Celsius, rolling endlessly.

She didn’t know how to judge who was the one in the wrong. Everyone had their own opinion and their own difficulty.

“So?”

Victoria said calmly. It was as if she had not participated in the story.

“Jolene’s leg was hurt, she couldn’t walk…”

“Didn’t the doctor say she could walk after adding the steel?”

“Yes, it was supposed to be like that. However, after the operation he realized that Jolene’s nerve was injured. It could be because her leg was subjected under pressure for a long time. She still could not walk after adding the steel. That’s why Jeffery didn’t want Jolene to be separated from Jayden. He held me and Nathan captive, as everyone knew we were a couple before. He’d like to make an illusion that we eloped so no one would notice.”

“So…”

It was many years later. Matthew was already six years old. Jolene accidentally overheard Terrell and Jeffery’s conversation. Then she learned that Victoria was in jail.

Perhaps because of this incident, Victoria’s body was injured. At that time, when she was captured by Jeffery, she had just given birth to Matthew. Due to her recovery in a cold, wet place, she could no longer become pregnant.

Jolene didn’t expect Jeffery to lie to her, and her father knew it too. She immediately opened the door and angrily asked, “Why did you do that?” She was very angry.

“Jolene, why are you here?” Jeffery stood up and looked at his sister, “We did all this for your sake…”

Jolene screamed like a madwoman, “Why can you break the law just to give this reason, who allows you to take away one’s freedom!”

“You need to stay calm.” Jeffery pulled her face, “Weren’t all these years peaceful? You’ve had a good relationship with Jayden. That’s good enough, why are you dissatisfied? It’s because of you that I risked my job.”

Jolene looked at Jeffery blankly and sobbed, “Please let her go.”

Jeffery frowned, “You have to pretend you don’t know anything. Go back and live a happy life with Jayden.”

“How can I pretend I don’t know anything?” Jolene’s eyes were misty with tears. She shifted her body and jumped out of the wheelchair. Pang! She dropped to her knees.

“You’re crazy.” Jeffery lifted her up, “Do you want to be amputated!”.

Jolene’s behavior had gotten on Jeffery’s nerves. Jolene had lost her ability to walk. Now she was even getting hurt by a stranger?

“It doesn’t bother me. If you don’t let them go, I’ll stay on my knees, even if I die!” Jolene was determined. Jeffery could do nothing.

Jeffery squatted down in front of Jolene, “Why do you want to save the woman, aren’t you worried about her destroying your relationship with Jayden?”

Jolene looked at him, “I must save her. It’s because she the person I gave to Jayden. It’s because I still love Stanley, so…”

“So, you just give Jayden a woman?” Jeffery had a lot of expressions on his face, very funny. He didn’t know how he should treat Jolene at the moment.

“Just set them free,” Terrell said these words after a long time. After so many years, he believed that Jolene loved Jayden and Jayden loved Jolene now.

Even if he released the woman, she would not be a threat to them.

Besides, their son was growing up well now, it was impossible for Jayden to divorce Jolene.

However, Terrell did not know that the child did not belong to Jolene.

Finally, Jeffery obeyed his father by telling Jolene where he had kept Victoria.

“How have you survived all these years?” Dolores held Victoria’s cold hand.

She could feel Victoria’s trembling.

“I don’t know. It was a hard time for me. I faced the walls every day. Once I had a mental problem, I couldn’t recognize people…”

After so many years, Jayden saw Victoria in a basement storage room. Her hair was disheveled, having not been groomed in a long time. Her hair was as dry as hay; her eyes were blank; she was very thin. She sat down in a corner. Although the door was open, she showed no reaction because she knew she could not get out.

Standing in front of the basement door, Jolene said to Jayden, “She didn’t run away with Nathan. My brother had imprisoned them. He threatened her using Nathan’s life. All these years, she was here.”

Jayden could no longer hear the sound around him. He could only hear that Victoria did not escape with Nathan, but was imprisoned here.

Nathan was also released by Jolene.

Jeffery did not keep the two together.

Jayden’s leg felt like it was bound with lead. Every step was too heavy. He could no longer recognize Victoria. He couldn’t recognize the woman who was so strong these days.

She was like a soulless puppet.

Besides knowing how to breathe, she no longer had any thoughts.

Victoria hid in a corner when she realized someone was coming.

Jayden knelt down in front of Victoria and reached up to push away the hair that was obstructing Victoria’s face. Victoria was frightened. Her body was trembling and then she pushed Jayden, “Don’t touch me.”

Jayden was pushed, but did not change his posture. He said in a low tone, “It’s me.”

Victoria looked at him blankly. After a long time, Jayden’s face began to appear in her mind. She recognized him. Then, two rows of tears began to roll.

Jayden hugged her, “I’ll get you out.”

“When I was taken out, my mind was messed up, I forgot a lot of things. I recovered after a year. The last time we saw each other, she apologized to me. After that, we never met and later we got news that she was pregnant. Some time later, she passed away.”

“Matthew has a brother with the same father and different mother?” Dolores thought Jolene’s son was Jayden’s.

“No, Jayden said the child wasn’t his. I think it belongs to the man Jolene had waited a long time for.”

Victoria looked at Dolores, reached out her hands to touch her face, “After she died, I married Jayden. Matthew always feels sad about this. When I was a captive, Jolene helped him a lot. Even until now, he is not willing to accept my existence.”

“Why don’t you tell him the truth?” Dolores felt bad. She thought Matthew should know the truth. It was sad for him not to know his birth mother.

If he knew Victoria was his birth mother, how would he respond to the indifference with which he had treated her?

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