BXBX NOVEL Chapter 85 - 85 Now, He Must Know
She never expected that Amanda Leaford would see everything.
Amanda must have seen that there was no one pushing her from behind.
She lied so blatantly right in front of Amanda.
Embarrassment, shame, and awkwardness almost drowned her. She wanted to find a hole to hide in or turn back time.
Seeing Gillian Thompson with her head hung low, pale with fright, Amanda’s tone was a bit cold, “I’ve given you chances, but you never tell the truth.”
“Gabriel, do you hate Ivy?”
Hate Ivy Thompson?
Gillian suddenly raised her head, her eyes filled with bloodshot veins.
She didn’t hate Ivy before because she didn’t know where Ivy was. She even thought that if Ivy came back, having an extra sister who loved her wouldn’t be a bad thing.
It wasn’t until Molly Walker appeared that she realized she couldn’t be a saint, nor could she willingly give up what she had!
Her brother was hers, her father was hers, and before Molly appeared, they all unconditionally favored her!
Why did Ivy come back and so effortlessly take everything away?
In order to inherit the family business, she and her brother had received the best education since childhood, studying abroad and being nurtured with the best resources. Only in this way could they have a foothold in the Thompson Group.
But what about Molly?
What was she?
The kind of useless woman who couldn’t even keep her husband, how did she dare to fight her?
If they handed over the company to Molly, would the employees accept her?
She could imagine that their future would be cleaning up the mess and wiping Molly’s ass.
Amanda didn’t press for an answer when she saw Gillian wouldn’t respond.
“Gabriel, as a member of the Thompson family, the first priority is always integrity. You should know how the Thompson family started, right?”
Gillian gritted her teeth and nodded.
The Thompson family began with Daniel Thompson’s grandfather, which was her great- grandfather’s generation.
At that time, he was just a farmer, but he was kind-hearted and helped many people. Later, when he passed away, those he helped gradually became wealthy and started to help Daniel’s father, her grandfather. Her grandfather also worked hard, providing the best education for his children. By Daniel’s generation, they were already the wealthiest family in Sunnydale.
The Thompson family’s motto was “kindness.”
Most of their accumulated wealth was used for charity, doing good deeds, and accumulating blessings in the hearts of every Thompson family member. It was precisely because of this that she had the opportunity to be adopted by the Thompson family.
“Your actions today have disappointed me.” Amanda Leaford’s words crushed
Gillian to the ground.
Gillian looked at her legs, her nose souring with sadness.
Disappointment, she was disappointed in her, but she had no other choice!
She was already half-disabled. The hard-won opportunity to meet someone she liked, yet she didn’t dare to approach.
The confidence the Thompson family gave her has been destroyed by Molly.
The better Molly looked and the more talented she was, the more pathetic she appeared.
“You are disappointed in me, and I am equally disappointed in you.” Gillian bit her lip, her wet eyes reddening, every word full of grievance and resentment. “You clearly saw me fall. Why didn’t you come to see me? Why didn’t you follow my brother and father to the hospital immediately? What if I didn’t survive and died from the fall?”
Let me guess… is it because in your heart, reuniting with my sister is the most important thing, so you didn’t come to the hospital right away to see me?” Amanda’s eyebrows furrowed.
Gillian slowly closed her eyes as tears streamed down from the corner of her eyes, “You and my eldest brother, and my third brother, all don’t care about my wellbeing. You only care if Molly is aggrieved or not.”
Her delicate face twisted with an ugly smile, tightly closed eyes hiding the hatred beneath them.
Amanda never thought that Gillian could be so deeply resentful, not looking for her own faults first but instead blaming others.
It seemed that Ivy being found had dealt a considerable blow to her.
“You’re right, I am partial to Ivy because 1 wanted to make it up to her. The Thompson family has been good to you for over twenty years. You’ve enjoyed the resources of the Thompson family, but she hasn’t, which makes me feel
even more in debt to her. If you can’t accept her, it means you don’t see her as family. In that case, the Thompson family doesn’t need an adopted daughter like you.”
The words “adopted daughter” were like a thorn, stabbing viciously into Gillian Thompson’s heart.
No matter what she did, she was still just an adopted daughter.
She had done so much for the Thompson family, but all her efforts were negated by Amanda Leaford’s words.
An adopted daughter, huh…
That was the difference between being a biological child and an adopted one.
Amanda stood up and walked towards the door. Just before she reached it, her voice was hoarse and indifferent, “l didn’t expose you in front of them to give you a chance to change. If you can realize your mistake, you can still call me
‘Mom’.”
If she couldn’t realize it…
Amanda didn’t say anything more and opened the door. The first person to rush in was Nicholas Thompson.
Seeing her somewhat confused son, Amanda furrowed her brow.
Daniel Thompson had eyes only for her, walking over and draping his arm around her shoulder. “What did you say to Gabriel? Oh right, did you see Ivy?” There must have been some catalyst for his wife’s sudden recovery.
Amanda nodded, thinking of Gillian, but ultimately closed her mouth without saying anything.
With Gillian’s personality, having more people persuade her might not be a good thing.
It was hard to choose between her own biological child and an adopted one, but Ivy was not only flesh of her flesh – she was her life.
She had already made herself clear. If Gillian still didn’t come to her senses, then Amanda couldn’t be blamed for her heartlessness.
Seeing his wife nod, Daniel’s resentment towards Molly Walker lessened somewhat.
Although Ivy had snubbed her sister, it only proved that her education had been lacking. In that case, it could be strengthened. As for Gabriel, he had done what he needed to do since she wasn’t in mortal danger.
“Amanda, last time Mr. Leaford mentioned that there’s a spot in their school’s advanced course. Do you want to send Ivy there for further studies?”
Daniel’s thoughts were quite simple – since Molly had been raised by an old lady, her education, especially her academic performance, must have been subpar.
Though education should be fair, if one had enough money, they could take a shortcut.
Amanda didn’t know what Daniel was thinking. All she wanted was to make it up to Molly. Naturally, she agreed upon hearing this.
“We should ask Ivy’s opinion on this. If she wants to go, let her go. If she doesn’t want to, you shouldn’t force her.”
Daniel chuckled and nodded, “Okay, I’ll listen to you.” Amanda also smiled.
Inside the Gallagher family’s villa, the lights were bright.
An auntie holding a child was standing hesitantly outside the villa’s gate.
Little Bailey Gallagher raised her eyebrows, “Aunt Lewis, why are you hesitating? Carry me in.”
“Or do you want to see Mommy in prison for the rest of her life?”
“But…” Aunt Lewis was also hesitant at this moment. She was employed by Isabelle Richardson. When she found out that Isabelle had been arrested, she panicked. Isabelle had told her that her only task was to take care of the young master and, if not necessary, not to let him be seen by others.
But when the young master learned that his mother had been taken away by the police, he insisted on coming to find his father.
Bailey looked at the Gallagher family’s villa gate, his little face determined.
He was going to save Mommy!
No matter the method.
“Previously, Dad wasn’t aware of my existence. But now, he has to know..”