"I..." Amelia wanted to say something, but after thinking for a while, she pretended to be calm and joked, "I didn't want you to look
down on me."
Gideon frowned as if he didn't like her answer. Amelia was afraid that he would ask about Eli, so she prevented him from saying
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anything else. She chuckled dryly and said, "After all, getting pregnant before marriage isn't a glorious matter. Besides, | don't
know who the father is."
Amelia deliberately lowered her voice when she said the last sentence. She wanted to create the impression that she had been in
romantic relationships before and stop Gideon from asking about Eli.
When Gideon heard that, his gaze toward her becameplicated. He didn't expect her to harm herself in that manner.
To him, she was a flower in the concrete that would never give up. Even though the Gaskell family had fallen back then and she
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beca woman who anyone could bully, she didn't give up on herself and still survived.
Gideon admired Amelia's proud and tough personality, so when he saw that she was in a predicament, he lent her a helping hand
and becfriends.
They finally reunited after so many years, and he noticed that her proud personality seemed to have dissipated throughout the
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