Dumped My Cheating Ex. Now I'm Sleeping Next to a Billionaire CEO novel Chapter 1440

Laney shook her head and smiled bitterly. 'I heard from people back home that my father recently got a new woman. He even brought her into the Aldridge estate, protecting her like a precious treasure.' Mentioning this, Laney's fingers clenched unconsciously at her sides. 'Back then, it was because he heartlessly abandoned me and my mother that led to my mother...' She took a deep breath, hatred surging in her eyes. 'I will absolutely never forgive him. I will never return to the Aldridge family estate for the rest of my life.'

Hearing this, Emmy instinctively turned to look at James. She never expected that Laney still did not know that the new woman she spoke of was actually her own mother. For a moment, Emmy opened her mouth, at a loss for how to respond. Instead, it was James, who had been absentmindedly playing with her short hair, who suddenly stopped his movements. The man's deeply oppressive, dark eyes swept lightly over Laney. 'Have you never looked into who that woman actually is?'

James's voice carried his signature low, cold hardness. Even as a casual question, it possessed an undeniable sharpness. Being stared at by this terrifyingly commanding figure, Laney felt a faint chill run down her spine. She smiled bitterly. 'Mr. Nelson, I know my father has a good personal relationship with you. In your eyes and the eyes of all outsiders, my father, Andrew, is absolutely a humble, elegant, and perfectly gentle gentleman. But none of you know how cold and ruthless he actually was to me and my mother. No matter how hard my mother tried back then, she could never enter his heart. And I, no matter how excellently I performed, could never make him spare me an extra glance.'

Laney kept her head bowed, a barely noticeable tremble in her voice. 'Rather than saying I don't want to find out who that woman is, it would be more accurate to say I am afraid to find out.' Deep down, the person she feared the most in this world was her cold father, and he was also the one she hated the most. Having had no contact for a full ten years, she naturally would not degrade herself by interfering in his current private life. The news of his new relationship was something she had merely overheard by chance through the idle gossip of others. She did not even dare to ask for too many details, terrified of tearing open those bloody wounds all over again.

Seeing Laney's suppressed pain, Emmy felt a heaviness in her chest. She hesitated for a moment but still could not help asking. 'Then your mother is now...'

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