The Pampering CEO: Don't Mess With My Secretly-Married Sweet Wife novel Chapter 297

Oliver's badly phrased question offended Jacob as his face fell and he answered without any hesitation, "Of course! Susie's my biological baby sister!"

"Are you sure that you’ve personally seen your mother get pregnant with her and give birth to her?" Oliver pressed.

Jacob frowned. He actually did not. Back then, his parents worked outside most of the time and barely returned home throughout the year. When Susie came to him, she was already an adorable baby.

Nonetheless, he did not answer it instantly but looked at Oliver with frost in his eyes. "What are you trying to say?"

"My apologies. I may have rushed it too much.” Oliver held himself back and said, "Why don't I tell you guys a story first?"

Without actually seeking their agreement, he began.

"Everyone knows that our country had a dark political time decades ago. Countless meritorious contributing members to the nation were accused and slandered. M y grandfather was passed as a rebel and then he received incredibly unfair treatment. My grandfather himself was tortured to death during the political unrest while my parents were lucky to stay alive and reclaimed their innocence after that. During that period of time though, they were assumed to be rebels too and had a hard time due to it."

Any Canadian knew about the history, so the group nodded. 2

"I was already born then, and I was about five or six. Mom had another baby," Oliver sighed, "The three of u s were imprisoned in a bullpen and living conditions were the worst. We were very careful, so we survived. Fortunately, the baby grew up healthy too. When it came to labor that day, we had no money and the person guarding us wasn't willing to send Mom to the hospital. With no other way around it, Mom had to give birth to the baby in the bullpen. It was a girl, and Dad named her Rosalie Wright. Rosie’s birth wasn’t the best and we were living horribly too, but all of us were happy when we saw how adorable she was. It was my first time seeing a baby so tiny. I told myself back then that I had a baby sister. From then on, I'd protect her well even if I had to sacrifice myself."

Susan was inexplicably unsettled while listening to Oliver. She could not help asking, "Then?"

Oliver chuckled wryly. "We had to go to work every day back then. I was young so I didn't have to go, but Mom and Dad were required to do so. Mom had just given birth and could barely move, so she didn’t go for that time. That day... Dad was called off to work while Mom and I took care of Rosie in the bullpen. Suddenly, a few men barged in and took her away. We cried and shouted, stopped them with all our might, but it was useless. Dad wasn’t around and we didn't have any power to fight back. We could only watch them take Rosie away."

Oliver punched the couch hard when he got to this part. An icy flash flared in his eyes. “Since that day, I vowed to become stronger and not let those I care about get hurt! Now, I'm strong enough to protect anyone but I've lost Rosie. She never came back."

"No..." Susan's eyes were wet. "What a pity. Poor Rosie too..."

She was more emotional than usual since she was pregnant. In addition, what Oliver went through was moving. Susan could no longer stop her tears.

"Stop crying now." Julian passed her a handkerchief helplessly as he watched her cry. 1