Chapter 603

「Ten minutes earlier.」

Joanne White carefully held the child in her arms. Her eyes were red-rimmed as she looked gratefully at Lucy White beside her. "Thank you. Thank you for bringing Miles out so we could see each other..."

Lucy White shook her head and replied softly, "Don’t be so formal with me!"

After she spoke, she glanced at the time and urged in a low voice, "We don’t have much time. I have to take Miles back soon, or they’ll get suspicious... Sis, hurry!"

Joanne White nodded. She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and looked at the child in her arms—the child she had nearly died to bring into this world. She asked softly, "Sweetheart... your name is Miles, isn’t it?"

Perhaps it was the bond between mother and son. When Miles Simmons saw Joanne White, he didn’t recoil as he would from a stranger. He nestled obediently in her arms, looking up at her with eyes that were practically a mirror image of her own. He answered in a bright, clear voice, "Yes!"

Miles Simmons then dove back into Joanne White’s embrace, giggling as he said, "Pretty lady! Miles likes you!"

Hearing Miles’s words, Joanne White’s tears began to flow uncontrollably again.

She raised a hand to wipe her face, desperately suppressing the urge to sob. Gently patting Miles’s back, she said softly, "I like you too, Miles! I’ve never seen a child as adorable as you! ...You have to be a good boy, Miles. Eat well, and grow up strong..."

"...I can’t be by your side, Miles. I can’t take care of you. You have to take good care of yourself, okay?..."

Before Miles could answer, a sharp, scolding voice suddenly came from behind them—

"What do you think you’re doing?!"

The voice made both Joanne White and Lucy White freeze. They turned around in surprise, only to see Kylie Walsh storming toward them, followed by Joy Jennings, who wore an amused expression.

The moment they saw Kylie Walsh, both Lucy and Joanne’s hearts sank. ’This is bad,’ they thought. But before they could react, Kylie and Joy had already reached them, blocking their path.

Seeing the scene before her, Kylie Walsh instantly understood what was happening.

She shot a sidelong glance at Lucy White and sneered, "Well, well, Lucy White... And here my cousin trusted you so much, even made you her goddaughter. I never thought you’d betray her trust and secretly bring Miles to see this bitch!"

It was no secret that Joanne White had betrayed Paige Walsh, helped Bernard Simmons meet his mistress, and been kicked out of the Simmons family. Kylie Walsh knew the whole story.

And now Lucy White had secretly brought Miles out to see Joanne White, his biological mother. If that wasn’t a betrayal, what was?

The more Kylie thought about it, the angrier she got. She reached out to grab Joanne, shouting, "You little bitch, let go of Miles! He’s a child of the Simmons and Walsh families. Someone with your background doesn’t deserve to be his mother!"

Joanne quickly took two steps back, still holding Miles, to avoid Kylie’s hand. She didn’t notice that Miles was looking up at her from her arms, stunned—

’Mommy?’

’...Could this pretty lady be his mommy?...’

Seeing Kylie about to grab for Joanne again, Lucy quickly stepped forward, shielding both Joanne and Miles behind her.

She took a deep breath and said to Kylie, "Don’t you touch them! I’ll explain what happened today to my godmother..."

Kylie scoffed at that. She looked Lucy up and down with disdain and sneered, "Explain what? Don’t think I don’t know what you’re plotting!"

"You’re just taking advantage of Miles because he’s young and easy to manipulate! You want to brainwash him into accepting his low-class biological mother so you can leech off the Simmons and Walsh families through him in the future!"

Convinced she had seen through their plot, Kylie fixed her sharp gaze on Joanne and snapped, "Let me tell you, that’s just wishful thinking!"

"I’m going to tell my cousin about your little scheme right now! I’ll expose your true colors to her!"

’Paige doesn’t tolerate any deceit,’ Kylie thought. ’If she knew these two bitches were corrupting her eldest grandson, she’d teach them a harsh lesson!’

Kylie’s words made Joanne’s face turn pale with fear. She quickly put Miles down and pressed her hands together, pleading with Kylie, "Miss Walsh, I never thought that! I never intended to use Miles to get anything from the Simmons or Walsh families, please believe me!"

"I just missed Miles so much... I couldn’t help it, so I begged Lucy to bring him out so I could just see him... This is all my fault!"

"I’m begging you, please don’t make things difficult for my sister! I’ll leave right now. I... I promise I’ll never see Miles again!"

Joanne’s words were sincere, but Kylie wasn’t buying it.

Kylie had long held a grudge against the White sisters. She always felt that if they hadn’t schemed to seduce and corrupt Zane Simmons, he might have married Zara Walsh long ago! If Zara had married Zane sooner, she wouldn’t have made one mistake after another, which ultimately cost her her life!

The White sisters were half to blame for Zara’s death!

At this thought, Kylie could no longer contain her rage. She took two steps forward, grabbed a handful of Joanne’s hair, and viciously slapped her face twice!

With two sharp sounds—SLAP! SLAP!—Joanne cried out, "AH—!!"

Seeing Joanne’s terrified expression, Kylie snorted contemptuously and cursed, "Shameless little bitch! I’ll teach you to seduce men! If it weren’t for you, how would my niece have died? This is all your fault!"

Kylie was about to strike again, but just then, she felt a sharp pain in her stomach—

Miles, with a sudden burst of strength, had picked up a decorative vase from nearby and rammed it hard into Kylie’s stomach. In his childish voice, he shouted, "You’re a bad person! Don’t hit the pretty lady!"

Lucy quickly pulled Miles and Joanne behind her. She glared at Kylie and said through clenched teeth, "If you have a problem, take it up with me! I’m the one who brought Miles here. Go tell my godmother. The worst she can do is throw me out!"

Kylie clutched her aching stomach, glaring furiously at the three of them. She didn’t dare lash out at Miles, so she directed her anger at Lucy instead. "You bitch! You’re the one who corrupted Miles!"

With that, she raised her hand and swung it at Lucy’s face. "Don’t think I won’t touch you just because my cousin made you her goddaughter! If she finds out you’ve corrupted Miles, she’ll never let you get away with it!"

But before Kylie’s hand could connect with Lucy’s face, it was caught from behind.

Melody Summers grabbed Kylie Walsh’s arm, shoved her aside, and said in a cold voice, "Kylie Walsh, Autumn Sawyer is already dead. When are you going down to join her?"