Back in the Sloan family, Liam had only seen his mother a few times. However, whenever Liam mentioned his mother, he was very happy. Every day, Liam looked forward to his mother coming to pick him up.
However, she never did.
The woman lowered her eyes, took out a cigarette from her pocket, lit it, and held it between her fingers without smoking it.
She just let it burn away.
“Back then, I didn’t agree for Liam to date that girl because she was one of Quavon’s people. Quavon wanted to find an excuse to drive Liam out of the house, so he deliberately set up a trap.”
Clayton shook violently.
The woman smiled faintly. “Quavon spared no effort to pave the way for the son he had with his stepmother. So, do you know why I would rather Liam hate me than let that woman marry him?”
In the end, she paused.
“But I didn’t expect them to have a child. Liam was still a boy himself, but he got a woman pregnant so capriciously. It’s a good thing that the woman was killed by Isaac not long after.”
Mrs. Sloan let out a cold laugh.
Clayton looked at her with a complicated gaze. “You know everything?”
The woman chuckled. “Yes, I know everything.”
“But you didn’t do anything.” Clayton’s tone carried an undisguised chill.
The woman lowered her eyes. Her face was indifferent, so he could not tell if she felt any sadness in her heart.
’the only thing I could do for him was to give him what he should be given. Whether or not he can keep it depends on his ability.”
The woman took a deep breath and looked at Clayton before speaking.
“I was manipulated to accept this marriage alliance, and I was drugged by Quavon to conceive Liam. Everything about my life was forced. Why should I take the initiative? Once Liam was born, I left the Sloan family. My greatest value had been drained by them, so except being unable to divorce, I don’t want to get involved in anything that concerns the Sloan family.
Clayton frowned and looked at her.
“Anything that concerns the Sloan family, including Liam?”
The woman did not hesitate. “Yes.”
Not every woman had to love her child.
If Liam‘s arrival was not blessed and not of her own volition, then why should she love him?
She hated the child as much as she hated Quavon.
Despite that, when she saw Liam suffering under Quavon’s roof, she could not help but feel sorry for him.
However, that heartache soon disappeared.
In the beginning, Mrs. Sloan would still answer Liam’s phone calls.
However, when she met a man she liked, she wanted to cut off contact with Liam.
What did she say the last time he called her? She remembered it vividly.
She said, “I’m busy. Don’t contact me so often. If you want to talk, you can talk to your favorite brother Clayton.”
Mrs. Sloan thought that Liam probably got the hint that he was not loved by his mother.
Thus, from then on, she never received a call from him again.
She stopped liking the man she liked, and she was free yet not completely free.
Since she was not divorced, the men who came and went around her were always reluctant to continue a relationship with her out of moral guilt.
She did not know why all the men in this world, except for Quavon, were so honorable.
Her family did not associate with her because of her rebellious behavior.
She just lived her life, year after year. She seemed to feel like she had nothing left in this world besides Liam.
But then, Liam died too.
There was a slight chill among the silence in the office. Clayton looked at her quietly.
Mrs. Sloan was pitiful yet hateful.
Clayton did not have the right to blame her for not loving Liam.
His heart just ached for his pure and simple-minded brother.
