When Family Became a Place I Couldn’t Return To novel Chapter 381

"Mr. Watson, do you know her too?" Sheila blurted out. "I heard she’s been hanging around the Watson family a lot lately, but she’s still married. Isn’t that... cheating?" She hesitated, tripping over her words. "The Garland family sponsored her, you’d think she’d be grateful. Even if she wanted to be with someone else, this isn’t the way..."

"Wait, you’re saying... Nelly is already married? And she has a daughter?" Nicholas didn’t even react to the rest of what Sheila said. His jaw tightened as he looked at her, all seriousness.

Sheila nodded, still confused by his reaction. "Yes..." Inside, though, she was a little pleased. Could it be that the guy involved with Nelly didn’t even know she was married? Nelly really was playing with fire.

"Tell me more about her," Nicholas pressed. "You mentioned she owes a lot to the Garland family?"

He seemed really interested in Nelly, but Sheila couldn’t read anything from his face. All she could do was keep going, even if it made her feel uneasy. In Sheila’s version, Nelly was nothing but a shallow gold-digger, always chasing after whatever benefited her most. She used the Garland family’s kindness to climb higher, never showing a shred of gratitude or decency.

Nicholas’s expression shifted completely. "Is Nelly really like that?"

Sheila dropped her gaze. "She’s horrible to me, and the way she treated Brody... it’s just too much. To make her own life easier, she even left her daughter behind."

That hit Nicholas hard. It was true, Nelly had never told anyone in the Watson family about her daughter. She must have had her reasons. If Michael found out, he’d be furious—he’d feel tricked.

"She even had her bodyguards lock me up last night," Sheila added, her voice trembling. "This bump on my head? Her people did it." Tears started streaming down her face again.

Nicholas felt a headache coming on. For a moment, he pictured Christopher, and it made sense. Like father, like son.

"Ms. Olson, please don’t be so upset. This is on me."

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