After a long time, Patricia breathed deeply and reluctantly tried to explain everything.

“Twenty years ago, your dad and I were actually a loving couple. At that time, your father already made up his mind to enter the business world, while I also aspired of making a name in the entertainment circle.

However, no matter it is the business world or the entertainment circle, it will be extremely difficult to be successful given our humble background back then. As you know, your father comes from such a small village. Of course, he can't possibly just become a big shot in the business world on his own.

Although the status of my family is a little better, after barely paying the tuition fees for me to study music, dancing, and acting, they have no resources left to help me make my debut.

But then, later on, I met Julie..."

At this point, Vivian suddenly cut in out of impatience.

“It's none of my business if you want to pursue your dreams! Tell me how I became Julie's adopted daughter. That's what I want to hear!"

“Vivian! How dare you talk to your mother like that?!" Bill instantly reprimanded Vivian, pulling a long face. He wanted to teach his daughter a lesson, but he found from her expression that she was not afraid of him at all.

In the end, Patricia had no choice but to continue telling their story from the past and defend what they had done.

“Julie's character may be indifferent on the surface, but in fact, she is weak and has a soft heart. She easily trusts the people around her. She is not good at making friends, so I took the opportunity and befriended this high-class girl. As I expected, it was easy to become her good girl friend. Eventually, we talked about everything, and we became close.

Obviously, I just wanted to become friends with her to ask the Smith family for help through her. That way, Bill and I will have the support we need to realize our dreams.

Unfortunately, things backfired. I suddenly became pregnant... With you.

To make matters worse, the doctor said that my constitution is not that strong. If I have an abortion, I may lose the chance of becoming a mother ever again for the rest of my life.

I was caught in a huge dilemma. I can't give up having a career in the entertainment circle, yet I don't dare to have an abortion. Besides, the truth will come to Light sooner or later. If I really enter the entertainment industry in the future and someone finds out that I had undergone an abortion, I'm afraid that my career will instantly be over."

While admitting all of this, Patricia's face showed hints of embarrassment .

"In the end, we were left with one option. Your father and I tricked Julie into marrying him in Sheffield.”

Patricia paused again, swallowing hard before continuing the story.

“We planned to make Julie pregnant with your father's child, and I even drugged her because of this. But in an unfortunate accident, your father failed to sleep with her. There were a Lot of people at the banquet in the hotel that night. Bill lost sight of Julie, and she ended up with a different Lucky guy.

“Nonetheless, Julie still got pregnant. Making a slight change in our plans, I asked your father to lie that it was his child. As Julie believed that it was so, the two of them came to Sheffield and got married.”

Bill said with resentment, "I really didn't aside from the fact that she got pregnant with someone else's child, we never really got married."

Patricia chimed in, “Then, we planned to deceive her into raising you after I gave birth to you. As for Julie's own child, we don't care about it. We don't even know who the father is. Therefore, we agreed to just give it to someone else."

“So... What happened to her real baby? Where is it now?" Vivian asked with furrowed brows.

Patricia sneered. "After Julie gave birth, we found something interesting. The baby was born very weak and on the verge of death. Luckily, Julie fell into a coma due to her complicated delivery. Afterward, I bought off her doctor and told him to declare that it was a stillborn.

After that, you already know what happened. Julie lost her own child, fell into deep grief, and shut everyone out for several days. Then, Bill again told a lie that he saw an abandoned baby in the hospital. But in fact, it was the real flesh and blood of the Jenkins family!" Patricia's eyes lit up, feeling elated of this fact.