Chapter 182: A Brazen and Shameless Person

Chapter 182: A Brazen and Shameless Person

I only found out later that on the very day of my accident, Thea had given Thomas a nasty idea—to have Nancy lure Andrew to the Gonzalez Villa under the pretense of retrieving Olivia's belongings.

Then, they drugged Andrew with an aphrodisiac and had Nancy take him to her bedroom.

The investigation afterwards also revealed that while the Gonzalez family was taking action, Katherine wasn't sitting idle either. After learning from the Gonzalez family members that Andrew had been tricked into the Gonzalez Villa, she went out looking for me herself.

She drove straight into the sports car Jamie was driving. To successfully kidnap me, she had someone beat up Jamie, who couldn't even fight back, and stuffed me into the trunk of her car.

The police told me that originally she wanted to kill me, but she didn't want to commit murder. So instead, she went and manipulated Elise, who had mental problems, hoping to use Elise's hands to get rid of me.

What she didn't count on was that right when I had the car accident, Thora happened to call. My phone, which I'd dropped on the ground, was picked up by a passerby who told Thora that I might have been kidnapped.

Worried sick about my safety, Thora took a wild guess and figured that whoever attacked me was probably connected to the Gonzalez family.

So without any hesitation, she rushed straight into the Gonzalez Villa.

To save my life, she had no choice but to reveal the truth in front of Thomas - that I was his biological daughter.

Yes, I am Thomas's biological daughter.

Back then, for the sake of his future, he didn't hesitate to leave Thora. At that time, Thora was already over a month pregnant.

After he returned to the Gonzalez family, he rushed to marry Thea, wanting to use Thea's family's influence to take control of the Gonzalez Group.

From that point on, he never contacted Thora again.

It was as if he had never appeared in Thora's life at all.

Not long after Thea married Thomas, she got pregnant with Nancy. Worried that Thomas would go back to Thora, she sent people to the small town where Thora lived to threaten her in all sorts of ways, even claiming she would kill Thora.

Thora wasn't afraid of death, but I was her child, and she didn't want me to get hurt.

After Thea attacked her multiple times, causing serious problems with her health, she had no choice but to find a way out for me.

So after I was born, she found an honest man and married him.

After seeing that Thora had gotten married, Thea chose to spare our lives. However, Thora hid things well and never told Thea from start to finish that I was Thomas's biological daughter.

That man worked himself to the bone to take care of Thora and me while Thora was weak. He got seriously ill at a young age, and in the year I started middle school, he left this world.

And I was able to attend a decent university thanks to the money he had saved up over all those years.

Just as I graduated from college and was about to look for work, Thora became seriously ill.

The doctor told me that Thora's condition was very serious, and if she didn't get treatment in time, she would lose her life.

In this world, Thora was my only family. My life still had a long way to go, and I didn't want to lose my mother at such a young age.

To pay for Thora's treatment, I agreed to the contract marriage that Andrew proposed.

At the time, I thought marrying Andrew was just for his money, to create a good medical environment for Thora. But what I didn't expect was that people are emotional creatures, and during my time with Andrew, I had unknowingly fallen in love with him.

I thought everything would develop in a good direction, but I never imagined I would lose the child that belonged to me and Andrew.

This blow left me in unbearable pain.

I clutched Andrew's arm tightly, crying in agony.

No one knew how much I had hoped this child would come into this world.

Just as I was crying my heart out, I heard Thora and Thomas arguing in hushed voices outside the door.

Thomas said, "I want to go in and see Jane."

Without thinking, Thora refused directly.

"Jane just woke up. I suggest you don't go in to see her. After all, I don't think she wants to see you." I imagine Thora's feelings were very complicated at that moment.

I had almost died in a trap set by my biological father.

"But I'm her father after all. Can't I even see her?" Thomas's tone was full of pleading toward Thora.

Thora let out a cold laugh.

She said through gritted teeth, "Thomas, it's been over twenty years. How do you have the nerve to say you're Jane's father?"

"When Jane was born, I hemorrhaged badly and nearly died. Both of us almost died. Where were you then?"

"I imagine at that time, you were probably holding your lovely wife and young daughter, happy as could be, right?"

"When Jane graduated from college and kept sending out resumes looking for work without any luck, where were you?"

"And when Jane had to sell herself to the Lopez family to pay for my treatment, where were you?"

"You say you're Jane's father - over all these years, have you done even one thing to help Jane?"

Thora's questioning left Thomas speechless. He fell silent, not knowing what to say.

What Thora said was just a small part of my life over the past twenty-plus years. The pain of growing up without a father's care was far more than just this.

Outside, Thora was arguing with Thomas, while inside the hospital room, I was already sobbing uncontrollably. Andrew held me in his arms, comforting me softly.

"It's okay, Jane. It's all in the past now, it's all over."

Through my tears, I shook my head desperately.

Is it over? No, it's not.

Thomas apologized to Thora, "I'm sorry. At the time, I was helpless too. I..."

"Can one 'I'm sorry' cancel everything out? Thomas, you schemed against Andrew, trying to use your daughter to control Andrew and take large amounts of money from the Lopez family - was that also you being helpless?"

"You let your wife try to kill Jane - was that also you being helpless?"

"Thomas, you're the most shameless person I've ever met in my life."

Thora used the harshest words to scold Thomas.

In fact, such scolding wasn't enough - it really wasn't enough.

Faced with Thora's scolding, Thomas desperately tried to defend himself.

"Yes, scheming against Andrew and Jane was indeed my mistake, but at the time, I didn't know Jane was my biological daughter."

"Besides, I wanted to make the Gonzalez family better so I could properly make it up to you in the future, right?"