After Divorcing my Captain Husband (Chloe and Michael)

"I know. The 'accident' I'm referring to wasn't your mother willingly sleeping with the Miller."

Wendy had always loved her husband deeply, even after he cheated on her with Tiffany. She never truly let go of him; otherwise, she wouldn't have suffered a mental breakdown from the shock. Chloe frowned. "Then what do you mean?"

Amanda sighed deeply, "Back then, your father was doing business and needed the Miller family's investment. But they didn't see any potential in the project and turned him down. So your father had to find another way." Chloe didn't understand what she meant.

She knew her father had always been in business but had never heard Wendy mention this.

"Your father offered your mother to the head of the Miller family to secure the deal."

The implication was clear.

Chloe was filled with shock.

Although her memories of Charles were hazy, she remembered him being a devoted father when she was young.

He would bring her gifts every time he returned from a business trip and was always considerate towards Wendy.

If it weren't for his affair being exposed after his death, she would have always believed her parents had a loving relationship.

"How could such a man do something like this?" she thought.

Seeing Chloe's silence, Amanda's eyes filled with pity. "I know it's hard for you to accept this, but I think you need to know the truth about what happened back then."

Marvin, sitting beside her, continued where Amanda left off.

"After that night, your mother ran away. We don't know what she told your father when she got back, but they never divorced. Your father used this to blackmail the Millers, and they gave him a large sum of money." No wonder there was a time in her memory when her family was very wealthy, and Charles' work was surprisingly successful during that period.

It was during that time that their family started saving money and gradually built up their business.

"Although this is just our speculation, the Millers believe that your father's infidelity later on was likely because he couldn't accept that your mother had been with someone else and had a child." These cruel truths caused a sharp pain in Chloe's heart.

"So, my mom always knew that my dad had sent her to another man's bed?"Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Amanda and Marvin fell silent at this question.

Wendy must have known; after all, she woke up the next day in the Millers' bed after being drugged.

Chloe's eyes reddened. She couldn't imagine the despair her mother must have felt when she learned the truth.

The man she loved deeply had actually given her to someone else like an object, just to make money.

"No wonder my mom always said it was her fault, that she had made a mistake, when she was delirious... So that's what happened..."

Chloe raised a hand to wipe away the tears on her cheek.

Back then, she hadn't understood Wendy's words, thinking the mistake she referred to was marrying into the Nelsons.

She never expected it to be this.

"At that time, the Millers were immigrating, and your mother had a complicated relationship with them. Your father didn't tell anyone, and naturally didn't know she was pregnant."

Then, the Nelsons faced a crisis, burdened with massive debt, and Wendy lost her mind.

Later, by chance, the Millers learned that Wendy had been pregnant and given birth, and the child was likely a Miller.

They also discovered that Charles had died and had been unfaithful. That was when they decided to bring back the Miller bloodline.

The image of her father in Chloe's heart, already in ruins, crumbled further, leaving nothing but dust.

"Chloe, I know you've suffered all these years. It's my fault. I didn't find you sooner."

Chloe's eyes were vacant, lost in thought. She didn't respond to Amanda.

"If you're willing, I can make your mother a Miller too, so she won't be a Nelson anymore."

Chloe blinked, showing a reaction only when she heard about Wendy.

"No need. She's not anyone's wife. She's just herself, my mother."