Prosperous Marriage: Married to My Brother-in-law-Chapter 444 - 443 The Pregnant Woman, Special Treatment (4)_1

Adele Horne had become friends with Julia Bluen and was willing to share her innermost thoughts with her. Perhaps if Julia persuaded her, Adele might change her mind.

"Mom, I tried to persuade her." Julia Bluen grasped Adele Horne’s tightly clasped hands, reassuring her. "With me and Glades here, no one will hurt the fetus in Adele’s womb." Julia looked at her mother-in-law and continued, "I just accompanied Adele to a hospital where she had planned to terminate the pregnancy. But then Adele changed her mind. I respect Adele’s decision. Besides, the child is Adele’s and is innocent."

"But..." Mila Anderson knew the child was Adele’s and innocent. The problem was that Adele had become pregnant before marriage, after being drugged and violated by a stranger.

If Adele Horne had been like Julia Bluen, married to a good man when she became pregnant, Mila would have been overjoyed to become a maternal grandmother. She would have been as thrilled as when she found out Julia was pregnant and she was to become a paternal grandmother, eagerly awaiting the arrival of her grandchild.

The two different situations naturally led to different feelings.

"Mom, don’t try to persuade me anymore, and don’t blame my sister-in-law either. It’s all my own decision, and it has nothing to do with her. I don’t want to marry again; I’ll just live with my child from now on." She wasn’t as fortunate as her sister-in-law to have such a happy and fulfilling marriage.

But she would definitely give her child double the love and ensure they grew up healthy.

She was no longer the Adele Horne she used to be; she could support herself and her child now.

"No, I don’t agree! I absolutely do not agree with you giving birth to that bastard child! Come on, I’ll take you to the hospital again to get this child aborted!" When Mila Anderson heard Adele say she wouldn’t marry again and would live only with her child, she was both distressed and furious. She seethed with hatred for Orlando Evans, the one who had taken Adele’s innocence and brought her to this state. Beyond her hatred, she also realized she bore some indirect responsibility.

As a mother, she had failed. She had neglected her daughter, thinking that providing a comfortable material life—a car at her disposal, servants at home, a limitless black card—was the best. She hadn’t realized she hadn’t given her daughter the real maternal love she needed. That was why her daughter, out of loneliness, had become willful and irrational. It was why she had placed too much trust in that insincere friend, Orlando Evans, leading to her current predicament.

Mila Anderson impulsively stood up, rushed forward, and grabbed Adele, intending to drag her back to the hospital to terminate the pregnancy.

"Mom! This child is your own grandchild! Can you really bear to kill him?" Adele Horne forcefully shook off her mother’s hand, yelling at her, tears of grievance welling in her eyes.

She had forgotten that just a few hours earlier, she too had steeled her heart, determined to kill the baby inside her.

"An illegitimate grandchild? I don’t want one!" In her anger, Mila Anderson blurted out the hurtful words. Only when the words were out and she saw Adele’s face instantly turn as white as a sheet did she realize she had hurt her daughter.

Instantly, her heart aching with remorse, she quickly pulled Adele into her arms, saying tenderly, "Adele, I’m sorry, I’m so sorry. It’s all Mom’s fault. It’s my fault."

"Mom, Grandma, Adele isn’t a child anymore; she’s an adult now. She can make her own decisions. Adele has decided to have this child, and I think we should all respect her decision." Glades Horne, who had been silent until then, finally spoke up after Julia Bluen twisted the back of his hand.

He continued in a low voice, "With me here, I absolutely won’t let Adele and her child suffer any injustice. Mom, when you make nourishing soup in the future, remember to prepare a double portion. In fact, Mom, you should be happy. You get to be a paternal grandmother and a maternal grandmother."

When Mila Anderson heard her son say this, she was suddenly at a loss for words.

Her emotions were a whirlwind.

When Julia got pregnant, she had been the happiest.

But with Adele pregnant, she was the most heartbroken.

The old lady sighed heavily. Seeing Adele’s determination to have the child, she knew she could no longer object. She had no choice but to say to Mila Anderson, "Mila, children and grandchildren have their own destinies; it’s not for us to fret over. Let her be. If she wants to have the baby, then let her. Even if we don’t know who the father is, if she gives birth, the child is still of the Horne bloodline. Our Horne family can afford to support both mother and child."

Now that the old lady had spoken and accepted the situation, Mila Anderson, though still heartbroken, could say nothing more for the time being.

Seeing that her mother and grandmother were finally no longer forcing her to have an abortion, Adele Horne felt considerably relieved. Her family was still her family, able to embrace everything about her!