Chapter 484 Damian Learns About the Rainy Night Three Years Ago
Damian's whole body trembled, and it felt as if the sky before him had split open. His world seemed like a fantasy, teetering on the edge and collapsing with a crash.
He never knew Ashley was pregnant with his child!
They didn't have many opportunities to be together, so when did she get pregnant?
Could it be that time when he found out Dorian had embezzled KM funds, and in his anger, he went home and assaulted her?
"I..."
Amelia didn't want to hear his excuses, "At that time, she hoped you would spare the Astor family for the sake of the child, but none of you Hearst family members went out to see her. You all hid at home, letting a pregnant woman get drenched in the heavy rain! She finally mustered the courage to return to the country, wanting to start over. Why did you have to shatter her last bit of hope? You used the entire KM Group's power to go against a defenseless woman. Even if you won, wouldn't your conscience hurt?"
"I used to tell Ashley just to use your resources and connections to achieve her career, but she refused. She said she was afraid she couldn't control her heart. Once she got close to you, she would fall for you! Scumbag, you ruined her life, yet she still didn't want to take advantage of you!"
Damian remembered Ashley telling him that she hated herself for not being able to hate him even now completely.
She must have been in so much pain.
Caught between him and her parents, between emotion and reason.
Every moment she spent with him must have been difficult for her.
Because it was he who caused her family to be torn apart, unable to reunite.
The Astor Group's bankruptcy and the huge debts they couldn't repay were true, and Todd not daring to return to the country and being labeled as someone who didn't repay debts was true. But how could he say he had no part in it?
Moreover, it was his orders that led to Dorian losing his right leg.
Damian clenched his fists for a long time, the veins on the back of his hands bulging, his knuckles turning white.
He was trembling all over, his teeth clenching uncontrollably.
"Ashley did nothing wrong. Her only mistake was falling in love with you and marrying you. If it weren't for the brainless Ashley, try someone else? The Hearst family would have been ruined long ago."
"Anyway, Ashley has moved on and doesn't plan to have any more contact with you. I have nothing to fear. The Fields Group didn't go bankrupt because Mr. Hearst showed mercy, but if the price is Ashley's happiness, I'd rather not have it. Mr. Hearst, some things can be found again once lost, but some things, once lost, can never be found again. You will never meet a woman who loves you more than she does in this lifetime."
Damian forced himself to speak, "What about the child? What about our child?"
"The child? Who knows? Mr. Hearst, you're so capable, go find out yourself."
Damian sat in the car for a good ten minutes before he could barely calm his wildly beating heart.
Then, he stepped on the gas and returned to Nicole's place.
The servant saw him return and greeted him joyfully, "Mr. Hearst, you're back?"
Damian, with a cold aura, stormed into the living room without looking sideways.
Hearing the servant's voice, Nicole, in her pajamas, got out of bed and came downstairs in large strides. Seeing Damian standing under the crystal chandelier, she was somewhat surprised and somewhat delighted.
I'm surprised because he wasn't supposed to be at Nine Creeks Garden. Mrs. Baldwin said Jessica was staying at the hotel tonight, so didn't Damian stay with her?
Delighted because Damian left Nine Creeks Garden and came home at night, which she couldn't be happier about!
"Someone, prepare a room for Damian and change the bed linens," Nicole warmly tried to take Damian's hand.
Damian sidestepped, avoiding her, his cold eyes bloodshot, his whole being seeming to come from an abyss, "Before Ashley and I divorced, did she come to see you?"
Nicole's hand paused, then she nervously tidied her hair, speaking in a normal tone, "It's been so long, how could I remember clearly? Why? Did someone say something they shouldn't have?"
Damian looked at Nicole's expression. As her son, he thought he understood his mother, but it seemed he was wrong about this well-educated woman from a cultured family, "She knelt in the heavy rain, begging you to see her, and you didn't go out?"
Every question was an answer.
Nicole, seeing Damian's interrogative tone, was displeased, "Damian, I raised you with great difficulty, not to have you scold and blame me one day!"
Damian, expressionless, spoke firmly, "You sent me to Grandpa's to discuss work to get me out of the way, afraid I would see her, didn't you?"
That heavy rain left a deep impression on Damian because he had a business event that day. After it ended, he planned to come back and discuss a contract detail with Bryan, but on the way, he received a call from Nicole, asking him to go to Anthony's first.
When he got there, he found there was nothing urgent, just chatting with Anthony and playing chess for two hours.
He had many work calls, but Anthony said chess required concentration and no phone calls, so he turned off his phone.
When he got home, the yard was as peaceful as ever, with no trace of anything.
No one told him Ashley had been there!
For three years, no one mentioned it.
Damian was holding back, but the veins on his forehead and his clenched fists all declared his anger, conveyed his guilt, and released his accusations against Nicole's cold-bloodedness and cunning.
Nicole sneered, having been exposed by Damian, there was no need to hide, "Yes, you're right. She came to see me that day, that scheming woman, saying she hoped I would see her for the sake of her love for you over the years, and spare her parents. She would find a way to make up the money. How could I believe such words? How could I watch her deceive you again and again? Play with my son, deceive KM Group? Deceive the Hearst family! Impossible!"
Damian gritted his teeth, "So, you drove her away?"
"Me? Damian, don't you think that's too much? The one who drove her away was you. You didn't love her, and you didn't trust her. Since that's the case, wasn't it good for me to help you drive her away?" Nicole said it as if it were only natural. She always believed that driving Ashley away was her good idea, preserving the Hearst family's dignity and Damian's interests.
Damian was young and didn't understand, but he would understand in the future.
Damian let out a cold laugh, "I deeply regret treating her that way back then. One day, you will regret it too."
Nicole raised her hand to slap Damian but couldn't bring herself to do it in the end, "Damian, have you gone mad? For a woman, you dare to contradict your mother?"
"What are you arguing about? It's late at night, why are you arguing?"
Bryan, awakened by the noise, came downstairs, seeing the tense atmosphere in the living room, his face darkened, "Damian, do you have to cause a commotion every time you come back?"
Damian looked at Bryan's righteous face. Such a father was hard to associate with a man who indulged in debauchery and had many women around him. "That day, was Dad also at home?"
Bryan frowned, "What day?"
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