Fifteen minutes earlier, Hailey had received a call. She hurriedly left after offering Livia a few comforting words, telling her to rest well.
But Livia had heard it. On the other end of the call, Carmen’s voice was dripping with sarcasm and scorn.
Carmen had always been dissatisfied with Hailey. Back then, when Hailey lost her child and decided to adopt her, Carmen was firmly against it.
She had said, "Even if you raise her, she will still return to the Mayer Family in the end. You might as well have your own child—only biological children will truly be devoted to you!"
Obediently, Hailey got pregnant and gave birth, but her daughter died young.
Carmen insisted that adopting a child had disrupted her fate to bear her own children and blamed her for the misfortune. She even tried to send Hailey away, but Hailey refused to leave.
From then on, Carmen directed all her resentment over the West Family’s failure to produce heirs onto Hailey and Livia.
***
Malva glanced at the man sleeping beside her.
Mitchel had just drunk the tea she prepared and was now in a deep sleep.
